I went against more of the top receivers than anybody in this draft class, and I’m going step for step. It appears to be a neck-and-neck race as to which one will be the first quarterback drafted this year. “It depends on what the team needs, and I’m just really trying to get myself into the best position to be drafted as high as I can”. There are lots of goodies to be had in what should be a deep draft full of quality players. But I think as a player if you don’t believe that then there’s kind of something wrong.
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All six players helped the Bulldogs to their highest two-year win total (19) in school history, including a 10-3 campaign in 2014 and a 9-4 mark in 2015.
“It’s shocking to be able to say, ‘Wow, I’m at the NFL Scouting Combine, ‘ ” Williams said. “I’m just moving forward and embracing this moment”. “Wouldn’t you want to reach out and thrive in that competition and show, ‘This is why I am who I am?'” “I think there is a definite benefit here”.
But the former All-Big Ten first team and academic team member has to prove to National Football League executives that his checkered past won’t inhibit a successful future.
Receiver Josh Doctson wanted to play college football in his native Texas, but spent his freshman season at Wyoming. “Me personally, I like being off the ball as a Mike, Will, Sam, even I’ve heard some at strong safety – I feel like I could do that role as a Kam Chancellor [of the Seattle Seahawks] type of role”.
What there’s no question about is whether Henry measures up in the NFL.
And while Spielman is becoming more trusting of analytics as it relates to the combine testing, he said that when the Vikings are on the clock with the 23rd overall pick in April, whom they select will still come down to gut instinct.
“It’s huge for me, especially with my drug tests and I’m still being drug tested to this day. That’s how good his junior season was”. His 30 bench-press repetitions of 225 pounds tied for fifth-most among defensive linemen at the combine and ninth-most at any position. He far and away led the field in the 40-yard dash, running it in 4.43 seconds and also posted the best broad jump with a length of 11 feet, one inch.
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In a one-on-one drill in which Dahl had to hold off an oncoming opponent, NFL Network analyst and former New York Giants offensive lineman Shaun O’Hara commented that the former WSU left tackle “makes it look easy” and said Dahl had “really good footwork”.
