Nick marshall

Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall warms up before the Outback Bowl Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (Julie Bennett/ jbennett@al.com)

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Former Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall will participate in quarterback drills and throw at the NFL Combine, according to a person familiar with the decision.

Marshall was invited as a quarterback to the combine in Indianapolis despite moving to cornerback in January.

Marshall will participate in all quarterback drills. Several NFL teams are expected to pull him to the side and work through defensive back drills, but he will not participate in on-the-field drills with the group of defensive backs invited to the combine.

Quarterbacks are scheduled to arrive in Indianapolis today and will participate in on-the-field workouts Saturday.

Marshall broke records as Auburn's quarterback over the last two years, but his future in the NFL appears to be at cornerback. He moved to cornerback in January and played the position at the Senior Bowl.

Marshall was recruited and played cornerback at Georgia during his freshman season in 2011. He showed some rust at the Senior Bowl, but has worked with former NFL assistant and Rutgers head coach Doug Graber to refine his technique.

"He had the guts to come out to the Senior Bowl and roll the dice a little bit with about five days of practice at corner," NFL analyst Mike Mayock said earlier this week. "Now, I know he played as a freshman and all that but to have the guts to roll out there and say I'm going to go cover some of the best wide outs in football coming off playing quarterback the last few years, that showed me something. And I liked it."

Mayock doesn't believe many teams want to see Marshall throw at the Combine.

Marshall's journey to cornerback has been peppered with uncertainty. He arrived in Mobile for the Senior Bowl with the intention to play quarterback in late January, but was moved to cornerback after expressing his desire to play the position in the NFL. He told NFL.com he will work at defensive back upon learning of his invitation to the Combine as a quarterback, and then told AuburnUndercover.com later he was interested in possibly doing both.