"We're outnumbered," Thompson said grinning. "But me and B.J., we're holding our own with those guys."

As far as holding onto a roster spot, Thompson said he'd even consider a move to receiver - a move he offered OU coach Bob Stoops and staff after Bomar was named as the starter in 2005.

"Everywhere I've been and talked about playing, it's always been at quarterback," he said. "No one has asked me to run routes. If a team asked me, I wouldn't have any problem with it."

Alexander has his own hill to climb. The sixth-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 2007 tore an ACL in the first preseason game and was lost for the year.

"I'm back 100 percent," he said. "I haven't missed any minicamp time since I was injured so early, I feel like I'm in a better position now. I'm comfortable with things - they've got the same defense here that I played in at OU, but then most NFL defenses are like what we had at OU.

"Right now, for me, it's just a matter of getting myself in and keeping myself in the right position to show what I can do in order to make the team. I feel good about where I'm at with that."

And then there's Kelly. Projected as a late-first, early-second round pick, he fell to the Washington Redskins, a team the Longview, Texas native grew up learning to hate while cheering for the Dallas Cowboys, in the third round. Complicating things was that Washington selected another receiver, Michigan State's Devin Thomas, in the early part of the second round.

"No problem there," he said. "This is all business. I grew up a UT fan and look what happened."

That settles the Cowboys-Redskins issue. Now what about the crowd at receiver, which includes starters Santana Moss and Antwaan Randle-El?

"I'm battling," he said. "I've been rotating with the 1s and 2s in mini-camp. I'm getting a lot of work, I've made some plays in practice but a lot of balls I've left out on the field for not doing things correctly. In the NFL, they don't ask you to do things right more than once. It's 100 percent every day. This is your living. So much is on the line, you don't want to embarrass yourself or the Redskins."

He's happy that former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Jim Zorn has brought the west coast offense in as he replaces Joe Gibbs as the team's head coach.

"But really I think I ended up in the most perfect situation. Aside from the fact that the DC area is a great place to play for, the fans and all, it's an offense I'm used to, it's a coach who is a laid-back sort of guy, I'm a laid-back sort of guy, and really I think I ended up in the most perfect situation," Kelly said.

So were the kids who were there to soak up what Kelly and the others had for them.

"This has been a big thing for Hilldale Youth Football," league director Ben Pybas said. "Getting in a camp with guys like this runs several hundred dollars and thanks to Ken, it gives a lot of kids an opportunity they wouldn't have."