Posted at 9:10 a.m., Monday, May 1, 2006
Eaton, Manners receive NFL tryouts
By Stephen Tsai
Advertiser Staff Writer
Eaton, who played guard and tackle at UH, will attend the Washington Redskins' four-day rookie camp this week.
Manners, a safety, has a similar arrangement with the San Diego Chargers.
Both are hopeful that the tryouts will lead to invitations to those teams' ensuring mini-camps.
"We'll see how it goes this weekend," said Eaton, who is 6 feet, 2 inches and 312 pounds. "I'll go to camp, and do my thing."
The San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots also are interested in Eaton.
The 5-foot-10, 215-pound Manners, who has bench-pressed 500 pounds, said his four-day audition is "not guaranteed" to lead to a free-agent contract.
"I'm going to work out for (the Chargers) and see what happens," he said.
Manners said he also might receive auditions with the Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons.
