‘Horns OT disappoints in early OL combine numbers … Unfortuantely, we don’t have anyone in Indianapolis this week for the scouting combine so we’re picking up results from wherever we can. Courtesy of Walter Football here are some early numbers from this morning’s weigh-in session for the offensive linemen. Perhaps this biggest story out of those early numbers are that Texas OT Connor Williams really didn’t measure up all that well. Williams, who many consider to be a potential top 10-20 prospect for this year’s draft who might go even higher if he checks out medically after missing most of the 2017 season, weighed in at only 296 pounds and, worse, registered just 33-inch arms whereas most teams are looking for something closer to 35 for a prototype shut-down LT prospect. Rising Humboldt State OT Alex Cappa also disappointed with arms under 33 inches. NFL teams were probably also a little disappointed with Mississippi State OT Martinas Rankins’ numbers afetr he measured in at just 6-4 with 34-inch arms, both of which are probably pretty close to the minimum for an NFL tackle prospect. At the same time, OTs Mike McGlinchey of Notre Dame and UCLA’s Kolton Miller were both over 6-8, but both also had just 34-inch arms. Meanwhile, a trio of top-rated interior OL – Ohio State C Billy Price, UTEP OG Will Hernandez and Auburn OG Braden – also each measured in with relatively short arms at around 32 inches, although the problem is less acute for centers and guards. On the other hand, OL ‘passing’ the eyeball test included massive Oklahoma OT Orlando Brown, who measured in at 6-8, 345 with 35-inch arms, while fellow OTs Tyrone Crosby of Oregon and North Carolina A&T’s Brandon Parker also both had 35-inch arms. Among the interior OL, Georgia’s Isaiah Wynn was an inch taller than expected at 6-3; he also weighed in at a solid 313 with 33.5-inch rams. Iowa’s James Daniels weighed in at 306, about 10 pounds more than expected; he also has nice 33 3/4 inch arms, as does Notre Dames’ Quenton Nelson who measured in at 6-5, 325. Maybe the most impressive physical specimen among the early OL tested today, though was relatively unheralded Pitt OT Jaryd Jones-Smith who measured in at 6-6, 317 with 36-inch plus arms.
