The
Manning Center played host to 16 former Ole Miss players, including NFL
Scouting Combine participants Cody Prewitt and Senquez Golson,
attempting to make a lasting impact on the 27 NFL teams represented at
Pro Day on Thursday.
Prewitt, a projected second-round pick by CBSSports.com,
was not pleased with his performance at the combine, where he ran a
4.60 40-yard dash and recorded 11 bench-press reps of 225 pounds. He
improved both marks at Pro Day, as he posted times of 4.47 and 4.46 in
the 40 and recorded 12 reps on the bench. His 4.46 mark would rank third
among safeties and tied for 10th among all defensive backs at the
combine.
"It
ate me up," Prewitt said of his combine performance. "It aggravated the
crap out of me. I still think I can do better in the 40, but I think
today was a lot closer to what I think I can run."
After projected fourth-round pick by CBSSports.com,
only participated in two testing drills at Pro Day. One those drills
was the bench press, where he improved his number of 225-pound bench
press reps from 15 at the combine to 16 at Pro Day. Overall, he was
pleased with his performance at Pro Day.
"There
are a lot of questions when you got a 5-8 corner that catches 10
interceptions, Golson said. "A lot of people want to get their eyes on
me and see if everything matches up with the numbers.
"They
have asked me, 'What makes you think you can play in the league?' You
go back to my freshman to my senior year, every week I played against
first-round, top-10 picks. I played against Odell (Beckham, Jr.). I
played against Mike Evans for two or three years. I played against Amari
Cooper and Sammie Coates, all the top receivers that are going to come
out this year, I have film against all those guys."
Both
Prewitt and Golson went through defensive back drills with New York
Jets defensive backs Joe Danna. Golson said he has private workouts or
visits scheduled with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens and
Pittsburgh Steelers.
"It
was fun," said Golson of working with Danna. "You get an idea of how
NFL coaches think and how they want us do things. I was happy for that
opportunity."
Other
standouts at Pro Day were Deterrian Shackelford, who benched 225 pounds
33 times, which would have ranked second among linebackers and ninth
among all players at the combine, and Carlos Thompson, who posted a
38-inch vertical jump and 10-foot-3 broad jump. He ran the 40 in 4.75
and 4.77 seconds and recorded 21 bench-press reps of 225 pounds.
Pro
Day was also an opportunity for Bo Wallace to impress NFL scouts after
not receiving an invitation to the combine. Wallace said he felt healthy
and threw the ball well in a scripted positional workout put together
by former NFL quarterback John Beck.
"I
wanted to show I'm talented enough to compete with the guys that were
brought into the combine," Wallace said. "I was upset I wasn't there and
it pushed me and motivated me. I felt like I had as good of a day as I
could have."
Here's an Gil Brandt:
Representatives
from 27 NFL teams, including a defensive backs coach from the New York
Jets, were present to see 16 players work out at Ole Miss' pro day on
Thursday.
The workout was held indoors and run on FieldTurf.
Cornerback
Senquez Golson (5-foot-8 3/4, 180 pounds) had 16 reps of 225 pounds on
the bench press and a time of 11.93 seconds in the 60-yard shuttle
(staying on the rest of his numbers from the NFL Scouting Combine).
Golson -- who made a pivotal interception in Ole Miss' upset of Alabama
in October -- was very fluid in the positional workout and displayed
great ball skills.
Free
safety Cody Prewitt (6-2 3/8, 208) ran much better at his pro day than
he did at the combine in the 40-yard dash, posting times of 4.47 and
4.46 seconds (he ran 4.6 in Indianapolis). He also performed 12 strength
lifts. Prewitt also showed good ball skills during his positional
workout.
Quarterback
Bo Wallace (6-3 5/8, 211) ran the 40 in 5.1 and 5.07 seconds. He had an
8-foot-8 broad jump. He went through a scripted positional workout and
did an adequate job doing so. Wallace's workout was put together by
former NFL quarterback John Beck.
One relatively unknown prospect was really impressive to the scouts present at Ole Miss' pro day.
Defensive
end Carlos Thompson (6-4 1/4, 252) ran the 40 in 4.75 and 4.77 seconds.
He had a 38-inch vertical jump and 10-foot-3 broad jump. He did the
20-yard short shuttle in 4.54 seconds and the three-cone drill in 7.51
seconds. Thompson recorded 1.5 sacks in limited playing time while at
Ole Miss, but might have had so impressive of a pro-day workout that he
could get drafted as a pass-rushing prospect. At worst, Thompson will be
a priority free-agent pickup for an NFL team following the 2015 NFL
Draft.
The scouts at hand were treated to a big breakfast and lunch.[/QUOTE]
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