Look at all the NFL love for NDSU quarterback Carson Wentz

A lot of people got their first look at the potential first-round draft choice at the Senior Bowl workouts on Tuesday -- and liked what they saw.

January 27, 2016 at 2:09PM
North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz (11) is interviewed during the FCS championship NCAA college football game between North Dakota State and Jacksonville State, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in Frisco, Texas.
North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz (11) is interviewed during the FCS championship NCAA college football game between North Dakota State and Jacksonville State, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in Frisco, Texas. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A lot of people got their first look at potential first-round draft choice Carson Wentz of North Dakota State at the Senior Bowl workouts on Tuesday -- and liked what they saw.

At least if you can believe social media. (And who doesn't?)

If you missed it yesterday, here's our blog post about whether all the excitement about Wentz is hype or reality. For what it's worth, it's hard to find an NFL mock draft right now that doesn't have Wentz as a first-round pick, and the more extreme position is wondering whether he'll be the first quarterback selected in the draft at the end of April.

Some of our interest in Minnesota could be because many of us have a case of college quarterback envy, after watching the hype and struggles that have abounded in the Gophers quarterback situation in recent years. That's reason enough to look across the border to NDSU, which has won the last five Football Championship Subdivision titles.

Here are 13 examples of what you could find on Twitter in the last 24 hours, starting with FOX Sports senior national writer Peter Schrager, whom you may have seen working the sidelines at a couple of Vikings game this season.

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Of course, there's a bit of skepticism as well. Jumping off the bandwagon for a minute here:

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Howard Sinker

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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