As far as the NFL draft is concerned, all it takes is one team to fall in love with a player -- then he's set, and the rest is up to him.

The trick, of course, is giving the team enough reasons for that to happen.

That's how, in any case, the draft has been presented to former Penn State quarterback Zack Mills by his Philadelphia-based agent, Brett Senior, who is also representing former Penn State football players Andrew Guman and Robbie Gould.

"There are some teams that just are going to say he doesn't fit," Senior said of Mills. "But there are some teams that are going to say, 'Hey, here's a guy that brings a lot, he's going to be an addition to a team that's positive in any manner, and he can play football.' "

The plan, then, is to get the teams to know the player, with reports, letters and interviews, and then to take care of the rest with a physical display at combine-like workouts such as Penn State's Pro Day, which takes place tomorrow.

Senior takes care of the first part, by contacting position coaches and player personnel directors in the NFL, sending out player and character bios and, later in the process, setting up interviews and follow-up workouts for the players.

The players themselves implement training schedules leading up to the pro day, which Mills, Guman and Gould have been able to do at Penn State with the help of Jeremy Scott, the football team's speed development coach. Mills has also had the guidance of former NFL quarterback Mike Tomczak, who is one of Senior's consultants, to help him make the mental and physical adjustments necessary for the NFL.

"The speed of the game takes off, and I think, with Zack, he has to react more," said Tomczak, who played 16 years of professional football. "The best way to get a young quarterback or skill player to react is to put him in as many situations mentally and just explore from that.

"He has a strong enough arm, he's a great athlete, and we just needed to work on accuracy and knowledge."

Mills and Tomczak worked together for a full day in Pittsburgh this spring, which included an evaluation of Mills' core strength at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that led to some necessary recommendations for his training program.

"He had one little, small mechanical flaw, in his core, that can allow him to make big positive gains," Tomczak said. "His core strength wasn't where it needed to be, that's when the accuracy tends to be the end result.

"A strong lower back, abdominals and hip flexors really are important for throwing the football."

Mills' arm strength has been his self-proclaimed weakness, but both Tomczak and Senior feel that his arm strength is sufficient for the NFL.

"You hear that, people say, 'Well, Zack doesn't have the strongest arm in the world,' but I looked at the scouting reports on the kid from Utah [Alex Smith], and he's got what they consider is average arm strength," Senior said. "Zack's going to surprise some people. He's been able to focus on certain strength training things that will help delivery, and he'll surprise some people with his arm strength. He has the ability to make all the NFL throws, and we made a compilation on tape that shows his ability to do that."

Tomczak has also worked with Mills on calling audibles, play-faking and exploding away from center to get more time in the pocket, qualities that give quarterbacks an extra look from NFL scouts. Tomczak also feels the fact that Mills is a lefty will help his cause, but, until after tomorrow, neither he nor Senior has a concrete idea of how the draft will play out.

"We'll get his name in the ear of the right people," Tomczak said. "Our goal is to find one team to fall in love with him and give him an opportunity. Thursday will be a good sign of what's to come."