At 6-foot-3 and 314 pounds, Clark ran a 5.06-second, 40-yard dash with a 1.72-second, 10-yard split at the National Football League scouting combine in February.
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The Packers are just getting started as they’ll have picks in the second and third rounds Friday night and six more selections in rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday. “This is like the coolest thing ever that I’m just going to have a chance, ‘” Tollefson said.
“Obviously, it was just a lucky guess type of thing, but it’s just amusing”. “Versatility always helps”, Gutekunst said.
The first Outland Trophy semifinalist in school history allowed just two sacks in 475 called pass attempts and finished with 79 knockdowns in a team-high 1,074 snaps previous year. He also paired up with “Bash Brother” Josh Garnett on the left side of the line to give Stanford a formidable duo to run behind with Christian McCaffrey. He began the season as a second-team preseason All-American as a kick returner. Additionally, he finished fifth among linebackers in the bench press, second in the three-cone drill and third in the 20-yard shuttle.
The same philosophy applies to the offensive line, where Thompson might have been looking beyond the 2016 season when he selected the tackle duo of Indiana’s Jason Spriggs and Stanford’s Kyle Murphy. I think from a personal standpoint, in terms of common sense it makes sense to me that you would want to take the best player because the situation about needs is normally a temporary one. “He’s athletic. He’s productive”. “He played in space a lot at Stanford”. He can cover, he can blitz, he can sift over the top and make tackles. “I thought he was a pretty versatile guy”.
Now he knows where he’ll take those pass-rushing skills.
Or he might be satisfied with Jake Ryan, who gained playing time last season as a rookie, and Sam Barrington at the position. The Packers select 27th overall in this year’s draft, and are projected to select Alabama LB Reggie Ragland. Ryan arrived in the fourth round from MI in 2015. “Davis was also second among wide receivers in both the 3-cone drill (6.60) and 60-yard shuttle (10.94), as well as fourth at his position group in the vertical jump (38.5”). At the Senior Bowl he handled himself very well.
“You can’t do everything in every single draft”, Thompson said. Throughout his career at IU, Spriggs has shown an elite ability to come out of his stance quickly and move laterally.
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Still, Martinez’s father wasn’t convinced. He hoped to follow her path, but wasn’t disenchanted about his light recruitment. Martinez is no flash, just production. Although many people believe Green Bay’s most immediate need is a playmaking, three-down inside linebacker, Raji’s surprising decision created a hole on the defensive line that trumps even the need in the middle. Appropriately, he took an Instagram photo with the hat and shirt his father bought him beforehand. “We had 63 players under contract that first day and those men sitting in the room, they are going to impact our football team the most as we move forward”.
