It was an up and down day for the offensive linemen at their on-field physical testing and positional drills workout at the scouting combine in Indianapolis on Friday. For starters, here is a quick rundown on how the players considered to be the top OL OT prospects fared this week.
- Jonah Williams, Alabama: Williams ultimately checked off all the boxes in Indianapolis, but just about everything was just good enough. At 6-4.4, 302 with 33.5-inch arms he’s big enough; his 5.12 40 time and 1.77 10-yard split were just good enough; his 24 reps in the bench were good enough; his vertical was okay as was his shuttle times. Good enough, but very little in what Williams did screamed out potential elite prospect.
- Andre Dillard, Washington State: May have put some distance between himself and the rest of the field with a solid week at the combine; scouts might have liked to see a few more reps in the bench, but his 4.96 40 clocking and 1.70 split were excellent as was his short shuttle time. For good measure, Dillard also looked very smooth in the positional drills.
- Jawaan Taylor, Florida: Didn’t participate in the physical tests because of an injury, but looked pretty good in the positional drills.
- Greg Little, Mississippi: Looked like a pure RT running the 40 where he posted very pedestrian time of 5.33 with a slow 10-yard split of 1.84. Didn’t show much explosion in the vertical, but his short shuttle was okay.
- Cody Ford, Oklahoma: Looked like an OG at the weigh-in where he measured in at under 6-4; then managed only 19 reps in the bench while his sprint time of 5.21 with a 1.81 split were basically average, while his shuttle times were relatively slow.
- Dalton Risner, Kansas State: Ran a decent short shuttle, but clocked only a 5.30 40 with an almost disastrous 1.97 split.
Among other OTs of note, Kaleb McGary of Washington had an interesting day; he had a solid 40-time of 5.05, an explosive (for somebody that big) vertical of 33″, while his shuttle times were both good. However, he wasn’t quite as quick with a less than impressive 1.83 split, while those short arms are going to bother pro scouts. Meanwhile, Ohio State’s Isaiah Prince also had a pretty good day posting times of 5.09 for the 40 with a good 1.77 split.
In many ways, though, the real stars of the OL workout were the interior offensive linemen. Indeed, NC State C garrett Bradbury may have made as much money as any OL at today’s workout. Bradbury, who many consider to be something of a fringe first-round prospect posted some very first-round like numbers as he ran the 40 in 4.92 seconds with a 1.74 split while also posting a competitive 31-inch vertical, along with very good times in the agility runs including a time of 7.41 in the 3-cone drill the fastest of anyone in the OL group. That was after he posted 34 reps in the bench. There was a similar story for Boston College OG Chris Lindstrom, Penn State C/G Connor McGovern and Texas A&M Erik McCoy who may have been the most consistently smooth offensive linemen in the positional drills. Lindstrom was excellent as he posted a 4.91 40 time with a 1.70 split along with a 30.5″ vertical and some excellent results in the shuttle runs. For his part, McCoy was the quickest OL for the 40 with a 4.89 time including a 1.72 split. McCoy also had a solid 31-inch vertical, although his shuttle times weren’t quite as good. At the same time, McGovern did not run the 40, but was very quick in the shuttle drills. Meanwhile, unheralded Weber State G/T Sua Opeta may have at least sent scouts back to the tape as he posted the day’s quickest 10-yard split (1.66 seconds) on the way to a very good 5.02 40-clocking. He also had a position leading 33-inch vertical after leading the OL with 39 reps in the bench earlier in the week. For some reason though Opeta wasn’t able to translate that athleticism to the shuttles as his times there were rather pedestrian.
