NFL Combine Notes

Good length for Proctor at his size though. Some legit 3T options emerging

Two we’ve been waiting for. Looks like Bain’s arms were as short as feared:

Man DDS lost some weight. He better test out of his mind.

While Faulk check in about like we expected him to

So Cashius Howell IS officially a lower than 1st percentile arm-length outlier

And check it out @CuriousHusker , @farmerted , Jacas hands grew an inch and a half since the senior bowl!

Sikkema tweet

Banks:
HT: 98th percentile
WT: 89th percentile
Hand: 94th percentile
Arm: 94th percentile
Wingspan: 99th percentile (longest at the Combine for DTs since 1999)

God don’t make many of 'em like Caleb Banks

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He’s back on my board!:raised_back_of_hand:

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YIKES

He might fall to the 2nd, really depends how he tests.

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Yeah, not a great look. Barely longer than Bain, who caught hell for his arms all season.

Yeah, I wasn’t overly worried about it, but grip strength is something that matters to a power edge, so for him specifically this matters quite a bit.

Kayden MacDonald is a Tyliek Williams clone and Dontay Corleone is a Jerry Ball clone.

It was super strange to me that his hands were SO small, so this correction makes sense.

Well I didn’t expect his hands to be that small, but it’s not like it’s something I notice on tape. Even when deep-diving, it’s just not something I can tell with my naked eye. So it wasn’t too surprising, and honestly I thought it might explain why he is sort of a middling run defender, given his size.

I’m also not surprised that they’re not actually that small.

What DOES surprise me is someone can measure it so differently in the course of a month. You’d think these guys would be somewhat experienced at what they do.

That article that @frm710 posted implies Banks to the Lions at 17, do we really think he last that long?
He had a good Senior Bowl and if he tests well, I don’t see how he gets down to 17

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https://x.com/i/status/2027074444074619212

Per team sources, the Detroit Lions really like Auburn DE Keldric Faulk and he is in play for the Lions at 17

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If they’re that short when it’s Woods you have to wonder how small flaccid Peter is.

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Probably

That would be good. I don’t keep track of the projected status on all these guys so just going off his stats, versatility and his Senior bowl I thought he might be projected higher.

He’s a big man with foot problems and missed plenty of time, that probably keeps him from going too high. I don’t think the injuries themselves are worrisome long-term, except that big fellas sometimes tend to have foot issues.

Yeah he was one of the most obvious ones for us. I wish he got more pressure - he’s pretty much a run-stuffer only at this point - but he’s young and could improve. And he’s supposedly a great kid, leader, and captain at 21 years old, and he’s the type of edge-setting, can-crushing edge we tend to go for.

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