More Clemson coverage

March 16, 2017

More Clemson pro day notes … Still trying to get an accurate 40 time for big-time Clemson WR Mike Williams from today’s pro day. As noted earlier, the school announced a time of 4.49 for Williams, who did not run at the combine, while there were press later press reports that had Williams running anywhere from 4.53 to 4.58. For the record, 4.55 was what scouts were expecting from Williams, one of the top 2-3 rated WR prospects in this year’s draft. By way of comparison, three Clemson players ran at both the combine and today’s pro day; in all three cases their times were faster today by 0.05 seconds, 0.08 seconds and a full 1.2 seconds or an average of roughly 0.08 seconds. At the same time, Williams’ time today was the same as that for fellow Clemson WR Artavis Scott who clocked a 4.61 in Indianapolis. So it is probably a safe bet to figure that Williams’ actual time is somewhere in the 4.57-4.60 range. Again, that’s not bad for a receiver who is almost 6-4 and 218 pounds, but it may not be quite top 10-15 type time either. Among other for Clemson players who ran today after not running at the combine, TE Jordan Leggett timed in the high 4.7 range, while rugged MLB Ben Boulware likely ran in the high 4.8 territory. Bottom line is that neither was a particularly good clocking. We also noted in the earlier report that Chicago, which has the 3rd pick overall this year, had a full contingent at the Clemson pro day including G.M. Ryan Pace and head coach John Fox. They were one of four teams that had both their G.M. and head coach there including Detroit and Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, although we should point out that Steelers G.M. Kevin Colbert and head coach Mike Tomlin go to just about every major pro day, as well as a whole bunch of less major ones. One team that apparently didn’t send any top execs to Clemson was Cleveland, although the Browns do intend to attend a private workout by Watson; the Browns will also reportedly have Watson in on for one of their 30 pre-draft visits.