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Armond Armstead, DT –
Mark Harrison, WR –
Corey Grissom, DT –
TJ Moe, WR –
DJ Williams, TE –
Steve Beauharnais, LB –
Jake Bequette, DE –
Chris Barker, OG –
Sam McGuffie, RB/WR –
Reggie Dunn, WR/KR –
Marcus Fortson, DT –
Sacramento's Armond Armstead has two more visits this week - to Miami and Cleveland. The 6-5, 295-pound defensive lineman, who played at USC, also has worked out for the Raiders and Patriots. Last spring, Armstead was briefly hospitalized after experiencing chest pains. He was cleared by doctors to resume football action, but USC would not allow Armstead to play this past season, and he decided to declare for the draft. Read more about Armstead here. Armstead was a two-year starter at USC, totaling 59 tackles and two sacks in 17 career starts. Earlier this month, he worked out for scouts at Sacramento State. He had a 30-inch vertical leap, broad jumped nearly ten-feet and ran a 5.05-second 40-yard dash. - Matt Barrows, The Sacramento Bee
Mark Harrison, WR –
12/04/12 - 12/4/12 NFL DRAFT SCOUT RISER: 4. Mark Harrison, WR, Rutgers...Few receivers have the size, strength and speed of Harrison, who hasn't always lived up to the measureables. However he flashed his big play ability against Louisville last Thursday with a season-best 131 yards on six catches, including a 65-yard catch-and-go touchdown with Harrison doing most of the work. Listed at 6-3 and 230 pounds, he is a huge target for the quarterback and uses his large wingspan to snatch grabs out of the air and his muscle build to create mismatches against cornerbacks and shrug off would-be tacklers.
Harrison lacks much burst and needs a few steps to accelerate to his top speed, but has decent build-up speed with his long strides to run away from trouble. He has developed as a senior from past years, showing much better discipline and reliability with his hands to secure catches. Harrison does a nice job coming back to the ball to help his quarterback and does well in traffic to use his frame against defenders. He won t wow anyone athletically, but his physical skills could earn him a late round draft pick, especially after leading the Scarlet Knights in catches this season with 42 receptions. - Dane Brugler, NFLDraftScout.com
Corey Grissom, DT –
03/28/13 - 2013 South Florida Pro Day: South Florida held its pro day on March 6 outdoors on grass. A total of 17 representatives from NFL teams were on hand to watch, including San Francisco 49ers secondary coach Ed Donatell. Cory Grissom, NT (6-1 3/4, 303 pounds) - The defensive standout had a good position workout and went 4.82 in the 40. He recorded 24 reps in bench press at the standard 225 pounds. - Gil Brandt, NFL.com
TJ Moe, WR –
03/08/13 - 2013 Missouri Pro Day: Similarly, wide receiver T.J. Moe wanted to get a 4.74 off his record. That was Moe’s time at the Combine - the slowest for any wideout in Indianapolis. Perhaps 45 minutes after running his 40, Moe told reporters with a straight face, that he didn’t know his times other than some gossip from the spectator area. When told he was clocked from the mid 4.5s to the low 4.6s, Moe replied without much enthusiasm: “Sounds great.” He then added: “It needed to be faster than 4.74, whatever I ran (at the Combine). I really feel like I could’ve ran that backward today. You can’t get much slower than I did the first time.
“In the NFL you really are speed deficient at 4.59 (at wide receiver). They say, maybe you can’t hack it. But of course, Danny Amendola ran a 4.68 at the Combine, and Wes Welker didn’t even go to the Combine but he ran like a 4.65 at his pro day. I saw Wes Welker on Darrelle Revis run about a 74-yard post route and that worked OK. His ‘speed deficiency’ didn’t show. So he looked OK to me.”
Moe, from Fort Zumwalt West High, was off the charts on all of his other Combine drills - either the best or among the best at the wide receiver position. So other than the 40, all he did Thursday was run pass routes for the scouts. Moe said the Rams invited he and Richardson to visit Rams Park later in the pre-draft process to meet the coaches. Because Moe and Richardson are from the St. Louis area, they can visit Rams Park without counting as a “top 30” visit. - Jim Thomas, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
DJ Williams, TE –
Draft Scout Snapshot: DS Rating on 9-1-10: #2 TE, #59/750 Overall, 3
2010: 2010 JOHN MACKEY AWARD WINNER...Williams won the John Mackey Award in 2010, which goes annually to the nation's best tight end. The three-year starter reeled in a team-high 49 catches for 589 yards and four touchdowns in helping the Razorbacks to a 10-2 record and Sugar Bowl appearance this year. He was a first team All-SEC selection by both the AP and Coaches and also took home the Disney Spirit Award this year (college football's most inspirational figure)...2009: Second-team All-SEC (coaches)...Named to Lombardi and Mackey Award watch lists...AFCA Good Works Team nominee...FedEx Orange Bowl Courage Award nominee...Tied for 24th in the SEC in receptions per game (2.46) and was 23rd in receiving yards per game (31.62)...Ranked third on the Arkansas roster in catches with 32 for 411 yards, a total that ranked fourth on the team...Caught passes in nine of 13 contests on the season, and had multi-catch showings in all eight games...2008: Williams had a record-setting season that saw him become the first Mackey Award (presented to the nation’s top tight end) semifinalist in school history. He finished as the team leader in receptions (61), receiving yards (723) and receiving touchdowns (3). He set school records for catches by a tight end in a season (61) and in a game (10 for 129 vs. Ole Miss). His 61 catches and 723 receiving yards ranked sixth among all tight ends nationally in 2008. His 24 catches and 275 yards against Top 25 teams were the third-highest totals for any tight end in the nation in 2008. Nearly half of his catches resulted in a first down for the Razorbacks (29 of 61, 47.5 pct.) and he accounted for nearly 25 percent of Arkansas’ receptions and receiving yards in 2008...2007: A backup at tight end to Andrew Davie, he played in every game except the Cotton Bowl. He was Arkansas’ lone starting tight end against Kentucky and started along with Davie in a two-tight end set against Chattanooga. For the year, he had five receptions for 94 yards, and was named to the SEC All-Freshmen first team. His 18.8 yards-per-catch average ranked third on the team.
Steve Beauharnais, LB –
Draft Scout Snapshot: A closer look at the Patriots' picks: Round 7/235 - Steve Beauharnais, ILB, 6-1, 240, Rutgers...Apparently three's a charm when drafting Rutgers players as the Patriots closed out the draft with another Scarlet Knight. Beauharnais started 26 games over his final two seasons at Rutgers, but projects as a potential backup and special teamer at the next level. - The Sports Xchange
Jake Bequette, DE –
Draft Scout Snapshot: A closer look at the Patriots' picks: Round 3/90 - Jake Bequette, DE, 6-5, 274, Arkansas...Similar to Hightower, Bequette can play both linebacker and defensive end, and he has tremendous size and wingspan at 6-5. This could be a tremendous value pick; Bequette was a two-time team captain at Arkansas and competed at a high level in the SEC, making him an attractive prospect in the third round. - The Sports Xchange
Chris Barker, OG –
03/17/13 - 2013 Nevada Pro Day: Chris Barker, G (6-foot-2, 303 pounds) - Barker ran the 40-yard dash in 5.14 and 5.13 seconds. He had a 4.67-second short shuttle, 7.86-second three-cone drill and an 8-foot-3 broad jump. Barker was worked out by one of the scouts in attendance, Adam Engroff, who is one of the best at working out linemen. - Gil Brandt, NFL.com
Sam McGuffie, RB/WR –
04/17/13 - 2013 NFL DRAFT: 124 FBS PROGRAMS, 124 POSSIBLE UNDRAFTED ROOKIE FREE AGENTS: RICE: RB/WR Sam McGuffie (5-10, 201, 4.36)...Known for his YouTube highlights leaping over defenders, McGuffie, a Michigan transfer, hasn't yet put it all together on the football field, but the athleticism is there. - Dane Brugler, NFLDraftScout.com
Reggie Dunn, WR/KR –
03/28/13 - 2013 Utah Pro Day: Reginald Dunn, WR (5-9 3/8, 178) - Dunn ran the 40 in 4.25 and 4.26 seconds. He had a 36-inch vertical jump and a 10-foot-1 broad jump. He ran the short shuttle in 4.36 seconds and the three-cone drill in 6.85 seconds. Dunn had 17 lifts on the bench press. Dunn has never been a full-time starter, but his speed might get him a look by an NFL team in training camp. - Gil Brandt, NFL.com
Marcus Fortson, DT –
03/13/12 - NFL DRAFT SCOUT TOP DOWN DEFENSIVE LINEMEN: *Marcus Forston, Miami, DT, 6-1, 301, 3...Forston has exceptional, natural athletic ability that thus far has been offset by his equally natural ability to have something go wrong, one way or the other. His career has been scarred, quite literally, with a number of injuries that limited his time on the playing field. As a promising freshman, Forston played eight games, including one start. The next year he was in only three games before being redshirting after injuring an ankle. He then missed spring practice in 2010 with a shoulder injury, but looked good in 12 starts that season. In 2011 he was suspended from the season opener by the NCAA for taking impermissible benefits while being recruited. Forston returned to start the next three games before a knee injury ended his season and, when he declared for the draft, his college career. NFL scouts are left to evaluate an injury-plagued, strong, gifted athlete who has been a work in progress, albeit with little progress. He demonstrated his natural strength at the combine by benching 225 pounds 35 times and although his speed and agility results were mediocre, he was at least healthy enough to take part. - Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange