INDIANAPOLIS — Among the many attributes Joey Bosa will present to teams at the NFL Scouting Combine, confidence is near the top of the list.

“I do believe I’m the best player in the draft. I think as a player, if you don’t believe that, then there’s kind of something wrong,’’ Bosa said. “There’s, of course, a lot of amazing players in the draft, and it’s going to be up to Tennessee to make that decision.’’

The Titans have the No. 1 overall pick, and Bosa, at least before last season, had been mentioned as a strong candidate to be selected first. That was before he was suspended for Ohio State’s season opener against Virginia Tech (for reasons Bosa said he will discuss with NFL teams privately), and before he was ejected from the Buckeyes’ Fiesta Bowl win over Notre Dame for a questionable targeting penalty.

In between, he was his usual defensive force, being named an All-American for the second straight season and helping the Buckeyes, who had won the national championship the year before when Bosa was a sophomore, finish 12-1. The defensive end finished his three-year college career with 26 sacks.

If the Bosa name sounds familiar, it’s because John Bosa, Joey’s father, is a New Hampshire native who played at Boston College (1983-86) before being selected in the first round of the 1987 draft by the Dolphins. Now his son is expected to be a first-round draft pick, too.

“He’s surrounded me with the best agents, the best trainers, with all the best people. I really trust him with everything he’s done for me in this process,’’ Bosa said of his father, who played three years in the NFL, all with Miami. “I think I bring the best pass rusher, the best defensive lineman in the country. I’m obviously coming to the team that drafts me to help them win, and help them eventually make it to the Super Bowl.’’

Bosa is one of 14 Ohio State players who were invited to the combine, the most this year from any school.

Williams owns up to mistakes

Overinflating one’s draft status is common practice, so it was refreshing to hear the comments from former Auburn wide receiver Duke Williams, who was kicked off the team last season following a series of off-field incidents, including his involvement in a nightclub fight.

“I’m a first-round pick no matter what. But off the field I’m a seventh-round pick. My character is seventh round,’’ Williams said.

It has been a dramatic fall for Williams, who had been Auburn’s top returning receiver last season and had been projected as a top-round talent, especially among wide receivers. Now, most mock drafts have him going in the late rounds, if at all. That puts great importance on his performance at the combine — not only on the field and in the measurables, but during team interviews. Williams said there hasn’t been much football discussed when he has met with teams. It’s mostly been about his character.

“I hurt my family, my friends, my teammates, my coaches who gave me chance after chance,’’ Williams said. “It’s not [Auburn coach Gus Malzahn’s] fault. It’s my fault because I should have learned. He took a chance on me, and I hurt the Auburn family by getting dismissed.’’

Aguayo knew when to go

It’s rare that a placekicker declares early for the draft, but Florida State’s Roberto Aguayo has been viewed as the best college kicker for the past few years. His decision, it sounds like, was pretty easy to make. “I graduated, I got my degree. I won a national championship. I won a Lou Groza Award. I had a great four years at Florida State, and sitting down with coach [Jimbo] Fisher and my family and talking it over, it was the right time to go,’’ Aguayo said. A kicker hasn’t been drafted as high as the second round since Mike Nugent (Jets, 47th overall) in 2005. Over the past 30 years, only one kicker has been a first-round pick, and he’s still in the league. Sebastian Janikowski (also from Florida State) was taken by the Raiders with the 17th pick in 2000 . . . Notre Dame wide receiver Will Fuller (4.32) had Saturday’s fastest time in the 40-yard dash, while a pair of running backs — Dan Vitale of Northwestern and Andy Janovich of Nebraska — paced the field with 30 repetitions in the 225-pound bench press.

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