indoor practice facility one day, JK Scott got video of one of the Tide's draft prospects running around.

He had put it in a "follow mode," so the drone moved with the player as he ran. It quickly got Poeth's attention.

"It clicked with me," Poeth said. "I was like, 'Come here, man. Can you fly this beside him as he sprints?' And he was like, 'Yeah, I think so.' So I was like, 'Let's try it.' And sure enough..."

They eventually started using a drone during training, which proved to be a good resource.

An intern was tasked with learning how to fly the drone since -- as Poeth said -- "you've got to have a pretty good drone operator."

That intern eventually flew the drone next to players as they ranat different points, getting video that was helpful for Poeth when he wanted to evaluate a player's technique.

"It's incredible," Poeth said. "It's really cool stuff. I think it's going to be one of the cutting edge things in the future as far as sprint training. Let's say you have a camera and you're trying to film, with a (40-yard dash), you can only get a couple good angle steps with it and then the angles aren't good anymore because you're stationary. Well, with a drone, it's flying right beside, so you can see every step and break down the mechanics directly from the side."

There's also a special program to help players make quick gains on the bench press.

They bench press three days per week. A heavy day designed