04:46 AM CST on Tuesday, February 14, 2006

By CHIP BROWN / The Dallas Morning News

AUSTIN -- The agent for former Texas quarterback Vince Young, who stated last month that Young would throw for teams at the NFL combine beginning next week, now says Young may not throw and instead may only interview with teams.

“We want to make sure it’s something we want to do and something that’s best for Vincent,” said Young’s agent, Major Adams.

Adams also said that Houston attorney Joe Jamail, a prominent UT booster, had agreed to advise Young during any contract negotiations, adding that Jamail is a member of “Team Vince.”

That team also includes Vince’s uncle, Keith Young, who has been hired as Young’s business manager. Keith Young is a former computer software representative and current teacher and coach at Paul Revere Middle School in Houston.

Despite receiving countless calls pertaining to Young’s new pro status, Keith Young said he is still working at the middle school and will continue to do so until his contract runs out in May. At that point, Keith Young plans to focus on his nephew’s business dealings full-time.

Adams, the family attorney for the Youngs the past eight years, has negotiated only one NFL contract – that of Philadelphia Eagles safety Michael Lewis, a 2002 second-round draft pick out of Colorado. Adams is also representing former Texas linebacker Aaron Harris of North Mesquite and former Georgia Tech running back P.J. Daniels this year.

Jamail said Monday he was contacted by Adams two weeks ago and agreed to help out any way he could – without charge – but hadn’t heard from Adams since.

“I imagine I will hear from him again,” Jamail said. “I’ve helped a lot of former Texas players by reviewing their contracts before they sign them – Roy Williams, Cory Redding, there’s a lot of them, Cedric (Benson), Derrick Johnson … . I’m not an agent and I don’t try to be, I just look them over to make sure they’re not getting tricked or fooled.”

When asked why it might not be a good thing for Young to throw at the combine, Adams replied, “Unfamiliar surroundings, unfamiliar receivers.” The NFL combine in Indianapolis begins Feb. 22.

Young said during a public appearance on Saturday at The Galleria in Houston that he plans to interview with teams and “probably throw a little bit.”

“I’m not going to do much,” said Young, who had already ruled out running and lifting weights for teams. Adams said NFL personnel “already know Vince can do all that.”

When asked what he hoped teams would take away after meeting with him at the combine, Young said, “My personality, where I get it from. The different things I get from my mother and grandmother. How I am as a leader. I think they’re going to get a whole lot of that.”

Adams told The Dallas Morning News last month that Young would interview and throw for teams at the combine.

That was before Young took part in several throwing competitions in a made-for-television College All-Star Challenge aired by ESPN on the Saturday before the Super Bowl.

Young lost a target-throwing competition to UCLA’s Drew Olson and a long-distance skills test to Alabama’s Brodie Croyle – two quarterbacks expected to be taken much lower than Young in the NFL draft.

Young finally won a skills competition in which throwing with accuracy on the run was a premium.

Adams said the uncertainty about throwing at the combine had nothing to do with Young possibly hurting his stock by throwing at the made-for-TV event.

“I think he impressed some people,” Adams said.

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