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Winners and Losers from the 2015 NFL Scouting Comine
Wondering whose stock went up and down at the combine? Look inside!
The 2015 NFL Scouting Combine has come and gone and that means that teams will go back to their respective facilities and get ready to head out to the various pro days in the coming weeks. Each team will now organize the enormous amount of information they gleaned from the interviews, medicals and on field drills in Indianapolis.
As is the case every year, there are a few players who make some money and a few players that lose some money based on the happening at Lucas Oil Stadium. Since we aren’t privy t0 the individual team interviews and the medical check ups, we will just take a look at it from a drills perspective. With that being said, let’s take a look at some winners and losers from the 2015 NFL Combine.
Winners
Alvin “Bud” Dupree
Many people raved about the workout that Vic Beasley put together, which was well deserved, but the edge-rusher who had the best workout was Kentucky’s Alvin “Bud” Dupree. As you can see in the above graph, Dupree doesn’t have great size compared with other defensive ends, but his workout numbers were excellent.
At 6-foot-4 and 269 pounds, Dupree ran a 4.56 40-yard dash, with a 1.6 10-yard split, and jumped 42-inches in the vertical and 11.5-feet in the broad, which basically amounts to freakish athleticism.
Prior to the combine, Dupree was trending as a mid-to-late first round pick, but after his combine it seems far fetched that he makes it out of the top-15.
Byron Jones
There may not be a player who created as much buzz as the combine then Connecticut’s Byron Jones. First, he measured in at 6-foot-1 and 199 pounds with 32-inch arms, which equates to prototypical size for a cornerback.
In the on-field drills, it is tough to do much better than Jones did. Even though he didn’t run a 40-yard dash, Jones was spectacular in every other drill. With a 6.78-second three-cone, 3.94-second short shuttle, 12.25-foot broad jump and a 44.5-inch vertical, Jones is undoubtedly on every team’s radar.
Jake Fisher
Another player who took full advantage of their opportunity at the NFL combine was Oregon offensive tackle Jake Fisher. He was a player who some would say, “won the weigh-ins” as he measured in at 6-foot-6 and 306 pounds with 33.75-inch arms.
On tape, Fisher is they type of tackle who has great movement skills and that was on full display at the combine. Specifically, he thrived in the broad and vertical jumps to go along with stellar times in the short shuttle and three-cone drill.
Fisher was a thought as a second-round type of prospect, but after his stellar performance, he may vault himself all the way into the top-25.
Brett Hundley
Athleticism is not a prerequisite to playing quarterback, but it is certainly a plus when a team has a quarterback who can create on his own when things break down. UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley put together one of the best combine performances from an athletic standpoint as a quarterback.
Hundley did so well that he tested better than most of the running backs in this year’s draft class. Hundley’s short shuttle time of 3.98 seconds would have ranked second among running backs and tied for seventh best time at the combine, which is unbelievable for a quarterback.
Hundley also showed well in the position-specific drills and his stock could rise him all the way to the late-first round. With the inclusion of the fifth-year option on first-round picks, don’t be surprised if Hundley is the surprise first-round pick in this year’s draft.
Losers
Paul Dawson
It is hard to find a player who tested as poorly as TCU linebacker Paul Dawson did at the combine. Not only did he measure in as an undersized linebacker at 6-foot and 235 pounds, but he failed to showcase the movement skills that teams value with undersized linebackers.
Dawson did not test into higher than the 35th percentile with any of his measurements and the one test that got him into that percentile was the bench press, which has little to no value for linebackers.
Dawson was seen as a possible late-first or early-second round pick going into the combine, but now it is unlikely that teams take a player with those times and measurements any earlier than the third round.
Jamison Crowder
When you’re a player who wins with athletic ability, you should be a player who puts together a stellar combine. However, that just wasn’t the case for Duke wide receiver Jamison Crowder. It was already known that Crowder was an extremely small receiver, 5-foot-8 and 185 pounds, but he was thought to have elite movement skills and quickness.
Nevertheless, that didn’t show up at all throughout the drills at the NFL combine. Crowder tested in the 29th or less percentile in every single measurement or drill except for the vertical jump. These poor numbers will cause teams to go back to the tape and see if he does have enough athleticism to make up for diminutive stature.
Chris Hackett
As team’s look for the elusive safety that can be efficient and productive as a deep-middle defender, the value for safeties who have elite athletic traits goes up as well. One player who was believed to have that type of ability before the combine was TCU’s Chris Hackett; however, he didn’t showcase the athleticism necessary to be able to be a true single-high safety.
Hackett is kind of stuck in a no man’s land, as he doesn’t have the size to survive in the box nor the athleticism to play the deep middle on a regular basis.
Hackett was thought to be a day-two type of player going into the combine, but now it appears more likely that he falls to day-three. His pro day will be huge for where he will go on draft day.
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