You may have heard of Mo Alie-Cox if you’re a big college basketball fan. The name probably doesn’t mean much to you otherwise. Alie-Cox spent four years playing basketball for Virginia Commonwealth University. After a conversation with Cowboys tight end Jason Witten a couple years ago, Alie-Cox decided football a try.

He held a workout for NFL teams on Tuesday and the Titans were one of the teams in attendance.

Easier to list who WASNT at Mo's workout: Saints, Cowboys, Bengals, Texans, Panthers and Buccaneers At least no one wearing their gear — Lane Casadonte (@LaneCtvsports) April 11, 2017

It’s hard to fathom a guy that played basketball at a school without a college football team being able to play in the NFL. The likelihood of Alie-Cox making a 53-man roster are slim, but his size and skill set make him an intriguing prospect.

Alie-Cox is listed at 6-foot-7, 250 pounds on VCU’s athletics website. He also has a 7-foot wingspan. He also averaged 7.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game as an undersized power forward for the Rams. Alie-Cox had to learn to use quickness and body positioning to be effective on the basketball court. Look no further than Jimmy Graham and Antonio Gates for examples of guys who used basketball skills to succeed in the NFL. The difference is Gates and Graham played football in college. Alie-Cox would be learning from scratch.

While the big body and long wingspan are enough to raise eyebrows, the learning curve to succeed in the NFL is very steep. It isn’t as easy as boxing someone out and grabbing the ball. He’d need to learn a route tree, how to block effectively, and how to take a hit. Basketball is plenty physical, but physicality in the NFL is a different beast.

Alie-Cox is a free agent so he can sign with whatever team he’d like. Given his inexperience and the Titans’ need for a tight end that can block effectively, it’s hard to believe the team will give him more than this cursory glance.