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A year ago Bill Stull wasn't even sure he would be the starting quarterback as a senior at Pitt.

Tuesday, riding the momentum of an excellent season, he was running and throwing in front of NFL scouts at Pitt's South Side football complex because he is a bona fide prospect.

That is quite a meteoric rise, but it is a testament to the hard work that Stull put in and his commitment to become an excellent college quarterback.

Now, his next step is to try to become an NFL quarterback. To that end, he has been diligently working out and refining his passing ability while showing scouts that he has the arm strength and capability to make every pass.

"I'm really just looking forward to getting an opportunity and taking the next step," Stull said Tuesday after Pitt's annual Pro-Day. "I am really happy with the way last season went for us as a team and for me personally. The way things went is really the reason I'm able to stand here and talk about the NFL."

Stull completed 65.1 percent of his passes last season and had 21 touchdowns and eight interceptions in leading Pitt to a 10-3 record, including a victory in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

"It just shows that the competitiveness of myself and also coaches and teammates," he said. "It was everyone -- we all made each other better and that was one of the things that made us so successful this year. We had 11 playing as one.

"Today was great for me. I really threw the ball well and it was great to be able to make every single throw they were asking me to make. It just felt natural, like another day of throwing."

Stull, who was one of 15 former Panthers who worked out Tuesday for scouts representing 27 of the 32 NFL teams, is considered a late-round draft pick or a desired free agent.

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