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TYLER (KYTX) - A future professional indoor football team held a combine Saturday and Sunday at Trinity Mother Francis Rose Stadium in Tyler. The Pineywood Bucks will play in Henderson at the Rusk County Youth Expo Center starting in March of 2016. The Bucks are a part of the North American Indoor Football Association (NAIF), a sixteen-team arena-football type league. Bucks owner Mike Dixon said he was looking into a couple different locations in Texas, but Henderson made the most sense. Henderson native Daniel Prior was also at the combine and wants to make the team come March. Prior went to the University of North Texas, where he played tight end for the football team. Prior now wants to play linebacker for the Bucks. Even though his last football game was UNT's Heart of Dallas Bowl on January 1, 2014, Prior said he's ready to play at the next level. "I've been out for a little bit over a year, and I've stayed in shape, at least I've tried to," Prior said. "I think it'd definitely be special to be here in my hometown. I'm living here now and to keep playing football is a dream of mine." About 40 to 50 players came out to the combine Saturday and Sunday. Coach Hill said the Bucks will hold more combines before they decide who will make the team. To learn more about the association, you can visit naifnation.com. read more: http://www.cbs19.tv/story/29530243/henderson-professional-indoor-football-team-holds-combine-in-tyler