Day one of the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis is a lot of talk. Literally. Prospects have yet to take the field to perform any drills or workouts, but the offensive linemen and tight ends stepped in front of the microphone on Wednesday to discuss the process.

There is a lot to learn from the prospects as they face rapid fire questions, especially the offensive linemen and tight ends who don’t usually see the limelight. The three “throwing” quarterbacks also spoke to the media on Wednesday: East Carolina’s Shane Carden, Southeastern Louisiana’s Bryan Bennett and Prairie View A&M’s Jerry Lovelocke. There are three passers invited to the Combine every year who are brought in as extra arms, but are still able to reap the benefits of the other invitees.

Below are five of the highlights:

5. Yes, he is only one of the “throwing” quarterbacks, but that doesn’t matter to East Carolina QB Shane Carden as he is excited to be in Indianapolis to have this opportunity at the Combine. With 617 pass attempts in 2014, no quarterback tossed the football around more than Carden this season. Factor in the Senior Bowl and Combine prep, and his arm was busy.

“My arm feels great,” Carden said Wednesday. “I worked with the baseball strength and conditioning coach to help keep my arm strong.”

Carden, who is the son of a former pro baseball player, set several East Carolina passing records, including career completions (1,052), passing yards (11,991) and passing touchdowns (86), besting several of David Garrard’s former marks. He had a chance to pick Garrard’s brain during the offseason, but the first comment the 13-year NFL veteran made to Carden?

“Thanks for breaking all my records,” Carden said.

4. Although his father wouldn’t allow him to play football until high school, Stanford OT Andrus Peat says his dad is proud that he is following his dreams. After all, Andrus is attempting to follow in his footsteps of his father, Todd Peat, who played six seasons in the NFL. The younger Peat started every game the last two seasons at left tackle for the Cardinal, a program that is becoming known as a football factory for offensive linemen.

“The pro-style scheme has really prepared me,” Peat said Wednesday. “It’s a great culture of offensive linemen: David DeCastro, Cameron Fleming, David Yankey. My coaches have prepared me.”

Although he acknowledged his mechanical inconsistencies, Peat also mentioned his toughness and athleticism to get the job done, calling himself a “knee-bender with long arms.” He tries to pattern his game after Cowboys Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith, a player who had similar raw inconsistency as a prospect. Smith was drafted in the top 10 and blossomed into one of the NFL’s best. Peat is trying to do the same.

3. Despite receiving a “go back to school” grade from the advisory committee, OT D.J. Humphries decided to leave Florida and enter the 2015 NFL Draft. He is determined to prove the grade incorrect, saying his “fluid athletic ability” sets him apart. Humphries also focused on bulking up and adding weight the past few months.

Humphries’ playing weight throughout the season varied between 282 and 295 pounds, but he tipped the scale Wednesday morning at 307 pounds, his heaviest ever. Despite the added weight, the former Gators left tackle said he actually is faster. Humphries’ movements in Indianapolis this week could help him move up draft boards as well, possibly into the first round.

Several other underclassmen from this group received “stay in school” grades, including Utah OL Jeremiah Poutasi and Penn State TE Jesse James.

2. The defensive linemen aren’t even in Indianapolis yet, but Florida’s Dante Fowler was mentioned quite a few times at Lucas Oil Stadium already. When Humphries was asked who the toughest matchup was for him this season, his answer: “You mean, besides Dante?”

Missouri OT Mitch Morse faced several tough pass rushers in the SEC, but none better than Fowler.

“He has an incredible motor, it really is remarkable to see,” Morse said.

Fowler is in the conversation to be the top pass rusher drafted in the 2015 class with his explosiveness off the ball and relentless energy to collapse the pocket and disrupt the offense’s game plan.

Fowler will work out at the Combine on Sunday, but he already is creating some buzz in Indianapolis.

1. Minnesota TE Maxx Williams is a little different. Not often you see two “x’s” in the first name “Max.”

“My parents wanted to be unique,” Williams said with a smile.

Williams is also different on the field with the impressive Jason Witten-like skill set to block, catch the ball and be an effective playmaker after the catch. In fact, that is exactly who Williams compared himself to on Wednesday at the Combine.

In Minnesota’s power run scheme, Williams wasn’t the focal point of the offense, but he said that allowed him to become better on the line of scrimmage as a blocker. And at only 20 years old, he has showed he possesses a well-rounded foundation that should continue to develop and get better.

One of the few redshirt sophomores to declare early this year, Williams has a chance to make history. If he is drafted in the first round, it will be only the third time in NFL Draft history that a father-son duo from the same school were both drafted in the first round, joining the Mannings (Eli and Archie) and Matthewses (Clay Jr. and Clay III). Williams’ father, Brian Williams, was a first-round pick (18th overall) in the 1989 NFL Draft, and he played 11 seasons at center for the New York Giants.

“Not many people can say they went in the first round and so did their father,” Williams said. “So having an opportunity to go in the first round, it would be a moment I would remember for the rest of my life.”

Dane Brugler is a senior analyst for NFLDraftScout.com, owned and distributed by The Sports Xchange in cooperation with CBSSports.com