I had the pleasure of taking in K-State's Pro Day today. There was at least one scout from all 32 NFL teams and one scout from a CFL team. In total, there was 47 total scouts in attendance for Friday's activities inside the new football facility. Some notes from early in the day:
- Eli Huggins fell to the turf and appeared to injure his left foot/ankle and was helped off of the field by trainers. He fell awkwardly after stepping over a bag while going through drills with other defensive linemen. Julius Brents didn't go through any drills. He has an injured left hand/wrist and I was told that he's not cleared at the moment. Malik Knowles was also not in attendance today.
- I don't have official times for drills, but Ekow Boye-Doe ran two impressive 40 yard dashes, both at about 4.3. Deuce Vaughn -- who was sick earlier in the week -- only ran one, but he ran an unofficial time around a 4.5.
- Kade Warner and Felix Anudike-Uzomah both excelled in the shuttle and three-cone drill. Warner said that he was really hoping to show some of his agility today, and he said he felt like he did that and excelled in his route running. Anudike-Uzomah had the best shuttle -- to the eye -- of any player today and was successful in the three-cone too. Again, I don't have time, but he wanted to show an ability to move in space and I think he did a good job of that.
- Adrian Martinez ran well in the 40, he was at about a 4.6 or so on each of his 40-yard dash times, both unofficial times. He had a few more balls hit the turf than he likely would have wanted, especially when throwing deep. But he had some nice touch on other balls and when he had a nice, clean, sharp release his ball cut through the air well.
- Vaughn said that he's taken a large emphasis on catching and returning punts in his preparation for the NFL Draft. He seems to think that is one of the best ways for him to get on the field at the next level and mentioned that former K-State player Darren Sproles mentioned as such to him.
- Josh Hayes and Drake Cheatum were also in drills today, but neither excelled in any one particular drill. Overall they had a solid day, I would say. I don't think either is a legitimate NFL Draft prospect, but I'm not super in touch with late round selections. Both could be UDFAs, though. I like Hayes' versatility as a DB.
- Robertz Hentz had a tough day. He fell in a couple of drills and looked to bother his wrist at one point because of it.
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