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Hillsdale's Jared Veldheer received 'plenty of positive feedback' at NFL combine
By Brian VanOchten | The Grand Rapids Press
March 03, 2010, 2:15PM
http://blog.mlive.com/twominutedrill/2010/03/hillsdales_jared_veldheer_rece.html
Courtesy Photo | Hillsdale CollegeForest Hills Northern grad Jared Veldheer has been projected as high as the second round for April's NFL draft.Jared Veldheer of Forest Hills Northern returned from the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis convinced he belongs with the other elite members of the 2010 NFL draft class.
The 6-foot-9, 321-pound offensive tackle from Hillsdale College told The Press he got nothing but positive feedback from NFL scouts during interviews, medical evaluations and physical testing drills at the combine.
"Yeah, everything went well. It was a very successful four days," he said.
Veldheer, a consensus NCAA Division II All-American, said he feels that despite coming from a small college he feels like he opened some eyes performing in front of the scouts. He has been rising on numerous NFL mock draft boards -- as high as a second-round pick.
"I don't pay a lot of attention to that. I don't have any control over that. Wherever I go, I go," he said of his draft status.
"I got a lot of positive feedback from the scouts. They said I helped myself and my stock is rising."
Veldheer, a lifelong Michigan resident, does have a preference for what team he'd like to play for next season.
"I'd love that," he said if the Detroit Lions drafted him. "They were always my team growing up. I'd like to stay in the Midwest. It'd be sweet playing for the Lions."
E-mail Brian VanOchten at bvanochten@grpress.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/BrianVanOchten
By Brian VanOchten | The Grand Rapids Press
March 03, 2010, 2:15PM
http://blog.mlive.com/twominutedrill/2010/03/hillsdales_jared_veldheer_rece.html
Courtesy Photo | Hillsdale CollegeForest Hills Northern grad Jared Veldheer has been projected as high as the second round for April's NFL draft.Jared Veldheer of Forest Hills Northern returned from the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis convinced he belongs with the other elite members of the 2010 NFL draft class.
The 6-foot-9, 321-pound offensive tackle from Hillsdale College told The Press he got nothing but positive feedback from NFL scouts during interviews, medical evaluations and physical testing drills at the combine.
"Yeah, everything went well. It was a very successful four days," he said.
Veldheer, a consensus NCAA Division II All-American, said he feels that despite coming from a small college he feels like he opened some eyes performing in front of the scouts. He has been rising on numerous NFL mock draft boards -- as high as a second-round pick.
"I don't pay a lot of attention to that. I don't have any control over that. Wherever I go, I go," he said of his draft status.
"I got a lot of positive feedback from the scouts. They said I helped myself and my stock is rising."
Veldheer, a lifelong Michigan resident, does have a preference for what team he'd like to play for next season.
"I'd love that," he said if the Detroit Lions drafted him. "They were always my team growing up. I'd like to stay in the Midwest. It'd be sweet playing for the Lions."
E-mail Brian VanOchten at bvanochten@grpress.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/BrianVanOchten
