Interesting profile tidbits on draftscout:
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03/02/10 - One Dallas Cowboys scout took a look at Maryland offensive tackle Bruce Campbell at the NFL Scouting Combine and decided he'd seen the second coming of a mythological Greek god. "He has the best body of anyone I've ever seen," the scout said. Campbell met the media on Friday and the impression was that if Hercules looked like Campbell, then Hercules was in pretty good shape. At 6-foot-61/2 and 314 fat-free pounds, Campbell was an imposing figure in a tight-fitting Under Armour shirt with shoulder muscles so large that he looked as if he was wearing shoulder pads. But as impressive a physical specimen as he is, Campbell started only 17 games in college and is viewed as a project. "I feel like everybody in here, we're all starting freshmen again," Campbell said of the players at the combine. "We're all rookies so one person may not be able to tell how raw another person is." Several NFL mock drafts have the Cowboys drafting Campbell with the No. 27 pick in the first round, and there is little doubt they need to add offensive line depth. But if he is impressive at the combine, he might be off the board by the time Dallas drafts. "Wherever I go, I'm going to go there and compete for a position," Campbell said. "I'm going to play football wherever I go. I really don't mind wherever I go - Cowboys, to the Rams, Commanders, it doesn't bother me. I'm going to play football." If there is a negative Campbell has besides experience, it's a condition called Arnold-Chiari, which healthline.com describes as "a rare genetic disorder" where "some parts of the brain are formed abnormally." Campbell said he had surgery in high school to relieve the problem and that doctors at the combine cleared him to play, but it could be the type of condition that might affect his draft status. - Jan Hubbard, Fort Worth Star Telegram
03/01/10 - Let me take you into one interesting thing I saw at the combine. Walking through one of the downtown hotels Friday, I ran into a team doctor I know. He told me he'd examined lots of offensive linemen in his years coming to the combine, but Maryland tackle Bruce Campbell was the best physical specimen he'd ever seen. And when he ran a 4.78 40, one of the fastest by a lineman ever, Campbell's stock shot up all over town. But the most sobering note about Campbell came from Gil Brandt, who helped invent the event years ago and works it every year for the NFL. Brandt said Campbell hadn't received a single all-conference-team vote last year. If a guy's a first-round prospect, would he unanimously NOT be all-conference? I'm not saying the sculpted 6-foot-6, 314-pound Campbell won't be a good player, but he's sounding like a Raider pick to me. Great athlete, questionable production -- like last year's Terp picked first by Oakland, wideout Darrius Heyward-Bey. "I know I didn't get any honors,'' Campbell said, "but I feel my self-accomplishments were better than winning a medal or anything else.'' What, exactly, is a self-accomplishment? - Peter King, SI.com
02/28/10 - Offensive tackles Bruce Campbell from Maryland and Oklahoma's Trent Williams, projected first-round picks by NFLDraftScout.com, ran unofficial times of 4.78 and 4.82 seconds Saturday morning, with Campbell measuring in at 6-6 and 315 pounds and Williams at 6-5, 315. In combine history, the only player to post a similar run at a similar height and weight was Houston Pro Bowl defensive end Mario Williams, who ran 4.73 at 6-7, 295 pounds in 2006. That performance helped Williams ascend to the No. 1 overall selection. Among offensive tackles of similar size, the times of Campbell and Williams easily outdistance those of former first-round picks Gosder Cherilus (5.21 in 2008), Jake Long (5.21, 2008), Jeff Otah (5.56 in 2008), Joe Thomas (5.0 in 2007) and Chris Williams (5.15 in 2008), as well as third-round pick Eric Winston, who clocked a 4.96 in 2006. Teams expected Campbell to break 5.0, but coming in under 4.8 was still a surprise. Williams was expected to join the bunch of linemen in the 5.2-5.3 range, so his time was equally remarkable. Campbell's time won't greatly enhance his draft stock, as teams will rely more heavily on game film. But a team willing to take a chance on his athleticism and upside may decide to take a shot in the top 10. Williams, pigeon-holed as a pure strong-side tackle by some scouts, backed up his claim that he has the athleticism to be a blind-side protector in the NFL. - The Sports Xchange, NFLDraftScout.com
02/28/10 - Campbell has 36.5-inch arms and bench-pressed 225 pounds 34 times. Said one scout said, "He has the best body of anyone I've ever seen." Of course, the question is whether he can block. Said NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock, "If there's a star so far in the combine, it's him. What he's going to have to overcome is the tape." Campbell also has a disorder called Arnold-Chiari, in which some areas of the brain are formed abnormally. Campbell said he had surgery to minimize the problem in high school. "My [combine] medical test went well," Campbell said. "I had surgery in high school that a lot of doctors kind of didn't have enough information on so they wanted me to get a lot of MRI testing and things like that. But I feel great." - The Sports Xchange, NFLDraftScout.com
02/27/10 - While most of the top offensive tackles ran in the 5.2-5.3 range in their first forty yard dash attempts this morning, Maryland's Bruce Campbell looked like a tight end running an unofficial 4.78. At 6-6, 314 pounds, Campbell's time puts in the conversation for a top ten pick. Teams are wary of Campbell's lack of consistency, and his pass protection technique is far from polished. But his impressive physical presence behind the lectern at media day Thursday and his performance today are certainly going to weight heavily on scouts' minds. The Oakland Raiders, picking at number eight, need to bolster their offensive line. Owner Al Davis appreciates size/speed prospects with upside, and Campbell is exactly that. - Chad Reuter, The Sport Xchange, NFLDraftScout.com
