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Stock up: Jordan Willis, Kansas State
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/jordan-willis
This one was a head scratcher.
It wasn’t surprising that Willis performed at an elite level in the jumps and 40/10-yard splits as he is a very linear and explosive athlete on film, but his performances in the agility drills were incredibly surprising as he appeared to lack flexibility at Kansas State.
Willis tested into at least the 93rd percentile in every drill except for the 20-yard shuttle, where he tested into the 80th percentile. Willis’ numbers even dwarf other freak athletes that have come out of college recently:
Clowney
4.53 (1.59)
21 bench
37.5" vert
10'4 broad
7.27 3C
4.43 SS
Willis
4.53 (1.54)
24 bench
39" vert
10'5 broad
6.85 3C
4.28 SS
Willis’ athletic testing will cause a lot of people to go back to the tape to figure out the disconnect between the athleticism he showed on tape and the athleticism he showed at the combine. Is Willis just a workout warrior or did technical inadequacies cause him to look stiffer than he is on tape? That can only be answered with further evaluation.
In any event, Willis made himself some money at Lucas Oil Stadium as he likely passed the force player threshold.When you take his college production and combine in with his excellent athletic testing, you get a player who could be a surprise pick at the end of the first round, even though the traits he showcases on film don’t really warrant that.
Stock down: Charles Harris, Missouri
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/charles-harris
Coming into this weekend, Harris was seen as one of the more athletic edge defenders in this class; however, the Missouri product proved everyone wrong at the NFL Scouting Combine, and not in a good way.
Looking at Harris’ spider graph, one doesn’t get the feeling that he is the type of player who wins with athleticism. His jumps were extremely unimpressive, as neither broke the 40th percentile among edge defenders, and his 40/10-yard splits were uninspiring as well. Harris was never a super pliable edge bender so his time in the three-cone drill isn’t that surprising.
While he looked smooth in the on-field drills, Harris was extremely disappointing in his agility drills and that cost him a good deal of money on Sunday.
Taco Charlton,
on the other hand, didn’t do much to improve his stock. After wowing folks at the weigh-in where he measured in at 6-foot-6, 277 pounds with 34.25-inch arms, Charlton was unimpressive in his athletic testing. He had a poor 10/40-yard splits, and he was extremely average in the rest of the drills as he tested around the 60th percentile in all of his other drills.
This kind of average testing may cause some to slow down on the top 10 talk, but it likely doesn’t do enough to push Charlton out of the first round for those that like him.
UCLA’s Takkarist McKinley
proved that he is the explosive athlete that he appeared to be on film, but he also tested poorly in the agility drills. He tested into the 95th percentile with his 40-yard dash, the 86th percentile with his broad jump and the 50th percentile in his vertical jump, but also test below the 15th percentile in three-cone and short shuttle drills.
This is troubling because it makes it appear as though McKinley’s pad level could be due to a lack of flexibility and not inexperience, which hurt his projection a bit.
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https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/jordan-willis
This one was a head scratcher.
It wasn’t surprising that Willis performed at an elite level in the jumps and 40/10-yard splits as he is a very linear and explosive athlete on film, but his performances in the agility drills were incredibly surprising as he appeared to lack flexibility at Kansas State.
Willis tested into at least the 93rd percentile in every drill except for the 20-yard shuttle, where he tested into the 80th percentile. Willis’ numbers even dwarf other freak athletes that have come out of college recently:
Clowney
4.53 (1.59)
21 bench
37.5" vert
10'4 broad
7.27 3C
4.43 SS
Willis
4.53 (1.54)
24 bench
39" vert
10'5 broad
6.85 3C
4.28 SS
Willis’ athletic testing will cause a lot of people to go back to the tape to figure out the disconnect between the athleticism he showed on tape and the athleticism he showed at the combine. Is Willis just a workout warrior or did technical inadequacies cause him to look stiffer than he is on tape? That can only be answered with further evaluation.
In any event, Willis made himself some money at Lucas Oil Stadium as he likely passed the force player threshold.When you take his college production and combine in with his excellent athletic testing, you get a player who could be a surprise pick at the end of the first round, even though the traits he showcases on film don’t really warrant that.
Stock down: Charles Harris, Missouri
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/charles-harris
Coming into this weekend, Harris was seen as one of the more athletic edge defenders in this class; however, the Missouri product proved everyone wrong at the NFL Scouting Combine, and not in a good way.
Looking at Harris’ spider graph, one doesn’t get the feeling that he is the type of player who wins with athleticism. His jumps were extremely unimpressive, as neither broke the 40th percentile among edge defenders, and his 40/10-yard splits were uninspiring as well. Harris was never a super pliable edge bender so his time in the three-cone drill isn’t that surprising.
While he looked smooth in the on-field drills, Harris was extremely disappointing in his agility drills and that cost him a good deal of money on Sunday.
Taco Charlton,
on the other hand, didn’t do much to improve his stock. After wowing folks at the weigh-in where he measured in at 6-foot-6, 277 pounds with 34.25-inch arms, Charlton was unimpressive in his athletic testing. He had a poor 10/40-yard splits, and he was extremely average in the rest of the drills as he tested around the 60th percentile in all of his other drills.
This kind of average testing may cause some to slow down on the top 10 talk, but it likely doesn’t do enough to push Charlton out of the first round for those that like him.
UCLA’s Takkarist McKinley
proved that he is the explosive athlete that he appeared to be on film, but he also tested poorly in the agility drills. He tested into the 95th percentile with his 40-yard dash, the 86th percentile with his broad jump and the 50th percentile in his vertical jump, but also test below the 15th percentile in three-cone and short shuttle drills.
This is troubling because it makes it appear as though McKinley’s pad level could be due to a lack of flexibility and not inexperience, which hurt his projection a bit.
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