During the NFL lockout, only draft-eligible players are allowed to participate in a pro day, and they either must live within a 40-mile radius of the workout site's metropolitan area or have played college football in-state.
Green's workout partner, former Montana and Oregon quarterback Justin Roper, lives six miles outside the radius. Green decided to workout with Roper anyway and let scouts watch it on television.
"That's the only quarterback I had timing with here, so my agent and I thought he was the best guy for the job," Green said. Scouts "can watch this film on TV, so it doesn't really matter."
Whitfield learned Tuesday morning that the league wouldn't let scouts watch Green when it learned that Roper's home was in Buford, Ga.
As some scouts walked past Green's agent, Tom Condon, on their way to watch Green's workout on TV inside Georgia's practice complex, Condon shrugged.
"It's all because of the" collective bargaining agreement, Condon said. "Otherwise, we could've had Matthew Stafford come out here and throw."
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