Official Pre Draft Workout Thread and Haberdashery

[KYPack]

Agree with second point, but your first raises a question: does CSM regularly (or semi-regularly) produce prospects that make the NFL? I had never heard of it.

No.

It's a tiny school with a nothing program. Two guys from CSM were in the ancient NFL for one year. One in '28 and one in '40. It's for people who want to go to college and ski, hunt, fish, and hike for four years. That school having two NFL prospects is a flat out freak deal.

[mraynrand]

I just don't see how a school of Mimes could possibly even field an effective football team:

[Lurker64]

Sumner (who is an NT, not an OLB) is a man who may well like the weight room more than anything else in the world.

[packrulz]

"The Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos and Green Bay Packers were on hand for the workout. This is the second time we’ve seen the Packers front and center looking at a potential bookend OLB to pair with Clay Matthews. As we mentioned from the Senior Bowl the team is interested in Brooks Reed." Posted on: March 12, 2011 10:02 pm
Edited on: March 13, 2011 5:01 pm

29 teams attend rare Saturday Pro Day at Arizona

Proving the intrigue developing around an underrated senior class of prospects from the University of Arizona, 29 NFL teams were represented at the Wildcats' Pro Day, Saturday.

Typically, Pro Days are reserved for the normal work week. But with the buzz being created by Brooks Reed and his fellow pass rushers, Ricky Elmore and De'Aundre Reed, who were also invited to the Combine, plenty of NFL personnel men showed up Saturday.

It was a senior not invited to the Combine, however, who best took advantage of the opportunity to workout in front of NFL personnel, however.

Running back Nic Grigsby was clocked at 4.38 seconds in the 40-yard dash by one league source I spoke to following Saturday's workout. The scout also noted that the 5-11, 199 pound Grigsby had a 43" vertical jump, which would have led all Combine participants this year.

Grigsby's athleticism does translate onto the football field. His lateral agility and explosiveness have made him a big play threat for the Wildcats throughout his career. Unfortunately, his thin build caused him to struggle with injuries throughout his career, as well. In fact, he played only one full season with the Wildcats, earning Honorable Mention all-conference honors in 2008 with 1,153 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns. Since his breakout sophomore season, Grigsby finished with 567 and 569 yards each of the past two years, respectively.

Considering that Reed enjoyed one of the Combine's best overall performances , it wasn't surprising to hear that he elected to sit on his numbers from Indianapolis. He did, however, perform defensive line and linebacker drills in front of scouts and coaches, Saturday, including Jacksonville defensive line coach Joe Cullen and Cleveland linebackers coach Bill Davis.

Considering the hype he's getting as a potential late first round pick, Reed's production at Arizona wasn't staggering. In starting all 13 games for the Wildcats, Reed registered 47 tackles and ten tackles for loss. He only had 6.5 sacks, however. That said, a strong Senior Bowl and an impressive workout that provided evidence that he might be able to handle the transition to outside linebacker in the 3-4 scheme has his stock soaring.

According to a source close to him, Reed has already scheduled private workouts with the Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills -- each of whom, of course, run the 3-4.

The 6-4, 255 pound Elmore was clocked at 4.80 in the 40-yard dash on Saturday. Elmore led the Wildcats with 11 sacks last season as a defensive end. While his time in the 40-yard dash was better today than at the Combine (4.88-5.0 on his two attempts), teams are still going to have a tough time moving him to outside linebacker at that speed. His best bet might be to remain as a 4-3 defensive end.

[Deputy Nutz]

Sumner is Hell of a prospect in the weight room, and his technique on the football field screams "I am the biggest and strongest guy out here!". Not a lot of technique, but it is hard to tell because he was going against just terrible offensive linemen. The pad level and hand play of his competitors was just terrible. He is just goes up field no sense of gap control, would be an absolute waste as a nose tackle even if picked in the later rounds. Maybe he would develop, but again there is a reason he is at a d-2 school.

[Deputy Nutz]

Hell of a lead blocker though.

[Fritz]

I just don't see how a school of Mimes could possibly even field an effective football team:

Why not? Think of how well they could run the silent counts. Imagine the elaborate, effective sack-dances and touchdown celebrations.