GREEN BAY -- Greg Paulus opted not to play college football, but that doesn't mean his time on the gridiron is necessarily over.

After a four-year career playing basketball at Duke, the former high-school Parade all-American quarterback worked out for the Green Bay Packers "a couple of days ago" at the school's Durham, N.C., campus, an NFL source said Monday night.

While Paulus' odds of starting a football career now -- and at the NFL level -- would seem long, he does have an impressive pedigree in the sport.

Paulus, who won the Gatorade National Player of the Year Award in football after his senior year at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, N.Y., turned down football scholarship offers to the University of Miami and Notre Dame to pursue basketball at Duke, where he was a three-year starter before coming off the bench for the Blue Devils for much of this season.

Paulus lost his starting job to Nolan Smith and ended up averaging just 4.9 points per game this season for coach Mike Krzyzewski. He is not considered an NBA prospect, so he could pursue football instead. Presumably, the Packers were trying to keep their interest in Paulus under the radar.

Asked if coming back to football after not playing it in college was do-able, one NFL scout replied, "It's do-able, but he'd need some work."

A four-time all-state selection during his high-school career, the 6-foot-1, 185-pound Paulus set six New York state passing records at Christian Brothers, including the record for passing yards (11,763). Christian Brothers was 42-3 with him at quarterback, and he started the U.S. Army All-American game. He finished his career with 152 career touchdown passes in 45 games and led his school to the NYSPHAA Class AA championship as a senior.

Still, he opted for basketball, joining Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer as two Gatorade award winners who chose not to play football in college. Paulus's five brothers all played Division I-A football, including younger brother Mike, who is at North Carolina.

Asked in January whether he regretted passing up football to play basketball, Paulus said told USA Today he did not.

"I wanted to play point guard, and I got a chance to do that and to play for Duke and Coach K," said Paulus, who is on track to graduate this spring with a degree in political science, "I wouldn't change a thing."