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LARAMIE -- Brett Smith can expect more attention from National Football League teams after his performance Thursday.

Smith, a quarterback, and eight other former Cowboys participated in Wyoming's Pro Day, a tryout of sorts for football players hoping to make the leap to the NFL. Good marks and times can be the difference between playing on Sundays or having already played a last game.

Three UW players -- Smith, wide receiver Robert Herron and defensive back Marqueston Huff -- have received most of the pre-draft publicity. This was the second chance for Herron and Huff to impress after their workouts at the NFL Combine on Feb. 22-25. Inexplicably to come, Smith wasn't invited.

Thursday, he made up for it, posting the fastest 40-yard dash time of any of this year's quarterback prospects -- 4.51 seconds. By comparison, Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas had the fastest time at the combine at 4.61. Media darling Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M clocked in at 4.68.

Smith, who has been training in Carlsbad, Calif., since the end of the season, also threw the ball well, showing the velocity that some had questioned.