Saturday went for talent and skills speed, since field marshals, open runners and open receptors completed sports and drills in the field. The supply of first -round caliber receptors is limited this year, but that only means that most of the main perspectives were in the field competing in Lucas Oil Stadium.
These are some of the winners and losers of the exercises in the field of Saturday in Indianapolis, starting with a look at the measures of the perspectives in The 50 best CBS Sports consensus classifications.
Superior WR qualification
Everyone knew that Luther Burden III was fast and capable of escaping from the competition, but his 4.41 -second career of 40 yards validated that belief. His drilling work was good, not exceptional. I was a bit loose through the glove drill, but in general it was solid.
Matthew Golden did not do much in Indianapolis, but what he did left a lasting impression. Its 4.29 seconds of 40 yards passed the first group for .05 seconds. Combined with its acting in Texas last season, Golden may have differentiated between that superior group receptor group.
Tre Harris is still working back from an injury to the groin, so he sat in the exercises in the field. However, he made a respectable 40 yards of 4.54 yards with a division of 1.56 seconds of 10 yards.
Jack Bech is an open filling receiver that showed average athletics with a vertical jump of 34.5 inches and a wide 10 -foot and 5 -inch jump. Bech had a really strong senior bowl and continued to build on that during the exercises in the field in Indianapolis. He did a great job running his routes and tracking the ball in the field.
Elic Ayomanor is filled in 6 feet 1 and 206 pounds. Its 108 second division of 10 yards was the worst among the first group of open receptors, but showed a long -speed quality speed by executing an impressive 4.44 seconds in the 40 -yard race. Its vertical jump of 38.5 inches and its wide 10 -foot and 7 jump stacked well with their peers.
Once Jalen Royals obtained the instructions for Gauntlet’s drill, it was relatively good. He ran the 40 -yard race in 4.42 seconds, but tied for the fastest division of 10 yards (1.49 seconds). The second group of receptors went through much softer and Royals’s real was among them.
Grade: B+
Tai Felton marked the boxes on Saturday, running the 40 -yard board in 4.37 seconds with a division of 1.51 seconds of 10 yards. His vertical jump of 39.5 inches and his jump of 10 feet and 10 inches were among the best in the group. Through the exercises, he did a good job and stood out during the glove drill.
If an open receiver is seen measuring 6 feet 4 1/8 and 214 pounds, it would be assumed that the player was a ball winner in the field instead of a sprinter. Higgins ran the 40 -yard race in 4.47 seconds and reached the third fastest speed (19.14 miles per hour) between the first group of open receptors, according to the next generation statistics.
Other winners
Jaylin Noel, Iowa state
Noel had a high performance in the Senior Bowl and continued in that ascending trajectory in Indianapolis. The 40 -yard board ran in 4.39 seconds with a division of 1.51 seconds of 10 yards. Previously he jumped from the gym with a vertical jump of 41.5 inches and a width jump of 11 feet 2 inches. On his first trip through the glove, there were some balls outside the goal, but they never dragged him from his way.
Chimere Dike, Florida
Dike was one of the passes receptors that I noticed that he stood out in the Gauuntlet exercise. His 40 and 40 yards race of 4.34 yards was the second fastest, while his 10 -yard (1.51 seconds) division was the third fastest among the first group. He gathered really soft training.
Jimmy Horn Jr., Colorado
The horn was consistent and controlled through the exercises in the field, especially the glove. Its 19.81 miles per hour was the fastest time from the first open receiver group through the glove drill, according to the next generation statistics. Its vertical jump (38 inches) and large jump (10 feet 8) were explosive.
Other losers
Johnson Tez, Oregon
Johnson is the lightest width receiver (154 pounds) in the NFL scouting combine from Brandon Banks in 2010. Datated in 1989, there have only been seven lighter open receptors. The 33rd team indicates that no open receiver of less than 170 pounds has executed a slower 40 yards race since 2003. His work in the field was good with the climax of a simulated leap that skiing to break down.
Josh Kelly, Texas Tech
Kelly measured 5/8 feet and 186 pounds, then the career time of 40 yards slower passed with little impressive jumps. Its 10 yards division (1.56 seconds) was tied for the second lowest.
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