The Chicago Bears have a leg up on 30 teams scouting talent for the upcoming NFL Draft because John Fox and his coaching staff will coach many of them in the Senior Bowl.

There, the Bears (and Cleveland Browns) will get personal time and hands-on coaching experience with some of the best college football prospects as they rebuild for the future. Rosters for the North and South teams participating in the Senior Bowl were posted on Wednesday. You can see full rosters for the North team (coached by Fox) here and the South team (coached by Hue Jackson) here.

There should be a particular focus from Bears coaches and those who are in charge of evaluating talent to dive into the six quarterbacks attending the Senior Bowl. The franchise doesn’t have the kind of long-term solution who can bring the long-term success Fox and GM Ryan Pace seek, making the Senior Bowl a good place to start looking for that kind of player.

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NORTH QUARTERBACKS

Sefo Liufau, Colorado

Liufau has a familiarity with rebuild projects being the quarterback of the Colorado Buffaloes. Listed at 6-4, 240, Liufau started as a freshman and was leading the way through tough times as Colorado went 10-27 overall and 2-25 in Pac-12 games from 2013-15. He owns the school’s all-time record for passing touchdowns (60) and passing yards (9,763) and set or tied 96 other school records during his time with the Buffaloes. In November, Adam Jude of the Seattle Times wrote about Liufau’s role in Colorado’s revival and return to relevance as it went from worst-to-first in the Pac-12 South.

Nate Peterman, Pittsburgh

Peterman started his college career at Tennessee before transferring to Pittsburgh, where he came in as a back-up to Chad Voytik before replacing him as the starter after two games. In his two seasons leading the way at Pittsburgh, Peterman threw for 5,142 yards, 47 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. His brief stint represents some of the best quarterbacking the Panthers have seen in recent years and Peterman has parlayed that into being the sixth best quarterback prospect according to NFLDraftScout.com.

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C.J. Beathard, Iowa

His senior year numbers (17 touchdowns, 10 interceptions) don’t stand out, but  he finished his career with the sixth most touchdown passes and eighth most passing yards in Iowa history. What stands out about Beathard’s college career was that he was a winner for the Hawkeyes, with 21 wins making him the third winningest quarterback in school history. At minimum, the Beathard family tree is intriguing because his father (Casey) is a country music songwriter, his brother (Tucker) is a country music singer and his grandfather (Bobby) is a former executive who Sports Illustrated once dubbed the “Smartest Man in the NFL.”

SOUTH QUARTERBACKS

Antonio Pipkin, Tiffin (Ohio)

A Division II standout from Gary, Ind., Pipkin is already on radars as a top-10 quarterback prospect according to Mel Kiper Jr. and he can really make a name for himself with a strong Senior Bowl showing. He owns some gaudy college numbers, re-writing the record books at Tiffin with 10,040 passing yards, 88 passing touchdowns and 15 300-yard passing games. Pipkin showed he can do damage as a runner, too, logging 2,207 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns en route to racking up 13,147 yards in total offense. Because of his dual-threat potential and relative anonymity as far as quarterback prospects go, Pipkin might be the most intriguing player to watch at the Senior Bowl.

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Davis Webb, California

Webb started his college career at Texas Tech where he threw for 5,557 yards and 46 touchdowns, but moved onto California where he made the most of his one year as a starter. Webb threw for 4,295 yards, 37 touchdowns and only 12 interceptions. He posted 300-yard passing games in 10 of his 12 starts en route to leading the Pac-12 in passing yards. In June 2016, Mel Kiper Jr. ranked Webb No. 1 projected senior quarterback for the 2017 draft.

Josh Dobbs, Tennessee

Dobbs did a little bit of everything while playing his college ball for the Volunteers. He finished with a 3-0 record in bowl games and a 23-10 record as a starter overall. He set Tennessee’s career rushing yards mark for a quarterback (2,160) and rushing touchdowns (32) – including 12 in 2016, which represented a single-season best for a Volunteers quarterback. Dobbs threw for the fifth most yards of any quarterback in school history and joined Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott, Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel and Florida’s Tim Tebow as the only quarterbacks in SEC history with 50 career passing touchdowns and 25 rushing touchdowns. Dobbs and Prescott are the only quarterbacks in conference history with multiple seasons with at least 15 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing touchdowns.

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