Bengals out in force at Ducks pro day … Still waiting for some actual results from today’s pro day at Oregon where OT Penei Sewell is the featured prospect. What we do know is that Cincinnati is there in numbers including head coach Zac Taylor, Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin and offensive line coach Frank Pollack. The… Read More »
Tulsa LB Collins has a little disappointing pro day … Still waiting for the full results, but the early returns from the Tulsa pro day is that star LB Zaven Collins had a liitl bit of a disappointing day. Collins, who looked more like a DE when he measured in at almost 6-5, 260, was clocked in an… Read More »
Ducks wrap pro day week … The busiest week on the pro day circuit wraps up later today with a number of on-campus workouts set to go including one at Oregon where star OT Penei Sewell will be the featured prospect. And while there will be some pro days next week, this pretty much wraps up the process.… Read More »
Strong pro day puts Gopher WR Bateman back in picture? … Very interesting performance at the Minnesota pro day today where star Gophers’ WR Rashod Bateman had a really strong outing. Bateman raised some eyebrows early in the day when he measured in at 6-0.5, 190 which is significantly smaller that his program weight of 6-2, 210. Bateman,… Read More »
Cowboys’ RB Hubbard, OT Jenkins impress at OSU pro day … Oklahoma State RB Chuba Hubbard made something of a statement at the Cowboys’ pro day earlier. Hubbard, a Canadian who exploded for over 2,000 yards on the ground in 2019, but whose draft stock plummeted after an up-and-down season this past fall, ran an unofficial hand-timed 4.36… Read More »
Oklahoma State heads another busy day on pro day sked … There will be yet another busy day on the pro day circuit later today with at least 8 on-campus workouts set to go including those at Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Minnesota, South Florida, Central Florida, Appalachian State and Charlotte. And while we don’t expect the fireworks we… Read More »
One month to go … until the 2021 draft!!! Hang in there guys!!!
Pro day wrap … It really was a rather amazing day on today’s pro day circuit with some truly outsanding performances from top prospects like LSU WR Ja’Marr Chase and Florida TE Kyle Pitts. We have finally been able to post full reports for the pro days at LSU, Florida and Notre Dame. However, these weren’t the only… Read More »
Gator stars fast as pro day … Apparently there are some fast players in the SEC. Who knew!! After LSU WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Terrace Marshall both clocked 40s in under 4.4 seconds, Florida’s Kyle Pitts and WR Kadarius Toney also posted excellent times. Pitts, who some teams reportedly have rated as the top non-QB prospect in this… Read More »
LSU WR Chase sizzles at pro day … LSU WR Ja’Marr Chase got today’s pro days sessions off to a great start with an elite performance at the Tigers’ on-campus workout. Chase measured in as a sculpted 6-0.5, 201-pounder and then ripped off a 41-inch vertical followed by a 4.38 40 clocking. Fellow WR Terrace Marshall also reportedly… Read More »
Gators, Irish hilite busy day on pro day sked … Another busy day on the pro day circuit gets underway within the hour with up to a dozen on-campus workouts set to go today including those at Florida and Notre Dame. The Florida session should draw a real crowd with several top prospects on display including star TE… Read More »
Buckeyes’ QB Fields strong at pro day … It appears that Ohio State QB Justin Fields had an excellent out at today’s pro day. Fields, who measured in at 6-3, 227 and ran a sizzling 4.44 40 with a 1.57 10-yard split, showed off with impressive arm strength and very nice touch, although of course he was throwing… Read More »
Jones throws better at 2nd Tide pro day … Alabama QB Mac Jones probably had a better day today throwing the ball at the Tide’s second pro day than he did last week at Alabama’s first go-round. The ball still doesn’t explode out of his hand as it does with some of the stronger-armed QBs and there a… Read More »
Pro day potpourri … While we wait for today’s pro days, including ‘biggies’ at Alabama and Ohio State to get underway, a couple of follow-up notes from yesterday’s on-campus workouts. Most of the attention on Monday’s pro days, of course, was on the session at Miami where DEs Jaelin Phillips and Greg Rousseau worked out, but in fact… Read More »
Jags, Niners commit to QB picks … Normally at this time of year just over a month to the draft, teams tend to be tight-lipped about their upcoming pick, even those teams with very high selections for which it seems pretty obvious who the pick is going to be. Not so much this year though. Jacksonville head coach… Read More »
Tide, Bucks hilite busy pro day sked set to go … The final – and arguably busiest- week on this year’s pro day circuit continues Tuesday when Alabama holds its second pro at which most of the Tide’s top prospects ARE supposed to participate, along with Ohio State where QB Justin Fields is expected to draw a crowd.… Read More »
DE Phillips dazzles at Canes pro day … It was DEs on parade at today’s Miami pro day where Greg Rousseau, Jaelan Phillips and Quincy Roche all worked out. And while Rousseau was the guy everyone was expecting to put on a freakish performance, it was Phillips that stole the show. Phillips measured in at 6-5, 260 with… Read More »
Final full week on pro day sked set to go … The final – and arguably busiest- week on this year’s pro day circuit gets underway tomorrow with over a half dozen on-campus workouts including those at Miami and North Carolina. The session at Miami will almost assuredly draw the most interest from NFL teams with DEs Greg… Read More »
Presumed #1 pick Lawrence to skip draft … What if they gave a draft party and nobody came? We are not quite there yet, but Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, the presumptive #1 pick overall at next month’s draft, has confirmed that he will not be attending the draft in Cleveland. Instead, Lawrence indicated that he’ll be watching the… Read More »
Pro day leftovers … With the final full week on this year’s pro day schedule set to kick-off tomorrow, we’ve had a chance to go back over some of our notes from this month’s on-campus workouts. In the process we were able to identity a number of pro day workouts that we weren’t able to flag earlier to… Read More »
Projection updated … We actually weren’t planning on updating our first-round projection until later in the week, but with all those trades last week shaking up this year’s opening round selection order, we figured we really couldn’t wait so here you go! And with the 49ers moving up to the 3rd pick presumably to take a QB, the… Read More »
Couple of trade updates … There are a couple of updates to the spate of trades that took place last week. First, it was originally reported that the 3rd round pick Miami received from San Francisco as part of the deal in which the Dolphins and 49ers flipped the 3rd and 12th picks was from this year’s draft.… Read More »
Readin’ the tea leaves … Part of the fun of pro days is watching to see who goes to the various workouts from which teams and trying to see if there are any clues there as to what that particular team might be thinking. And maybe the most revealing tidbit from yesterday’s BYU pro day where QB Zack… Read More »
Cards get late Vikes pick for C Cole … Amid all the hoopla yesterday surrounding the two monster first-round trades engineered by Miami, there actually was a 3rd trade, although no where near as seismic. Arizona sent C Mason Cole to Minnesota in exchange for a 6th round pick, #223 overall. Cole was a 3rd round pick by… Read More »
UM pro day draws crowd … While much of the national draft attention was focused on BYU’s pro day where QB Zack Wilson put on a show. However, there was also a pretty good crowd at the Michigan pro day where the Wolverines had 8 players who were invited to this year’s non-combine. And they gave NFL scouts… Read More »
