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Friday, April 8, 2011
The Cowboys are hosting local draft prospects today at Cowboys Stadium and three former Horned Frogs were in attendance.
TCU center Jake Kirkpatrick, receiver Jimmy Young and cornerback Jason Teague are among area prospects invited to Cowboys Stadium today.
I was kind of shocked to see Jimmy Young invited but no Jeremy Kerley. I was also a little surprised to see no Marcus Cannon because the Cowboys need offensive line help. Maybe they expect him to be off the board by the time their second round pick comes around? Or maybe they just don’t like his skills.
Friday, March 11, 2011
TCU pro day is in the books and I would say it was a success. Scouts and coaches from 26 NFL teams were in attendance including 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden, and Mean Joe Greene. Here are some of the highlights…
- Andy Dalton looked solid. He went through about 50 scripted throws and I didn’t see many bad balls from him, and each one was catchable. Dalton was much sharper than at the NFL Combine. You could tell he has been working on his deeper routes. Not only can Dalton throw, he showed off his catching abilities on a flea flicker.
- Jake Kirkpatrick who wasn’t invited to the NFL Combine for some reason went through most of the drills. Jake benched 225-25 times, had a 30.5” vertical, and a 5.31 40 time. He also participated in position drills.
- Jeremy Kerley improved his 40 time despite his hamstring being tight. Most of the scouts had him between 4.55 and 4.60. Kerley caught passes from Dalton and also fielded punts from Anson Kelton.
- Marcus Cannon stuck with most of his stats from the combine, but jumped 8’11” in the broad jump and went through position drills.
- A player who improved his draft stock drastically was Colin Jones. Jones might have been the star of the show. Jones put up 20 reps of 225, a 37” vertical, and a 4.31 40 time. Wow! The crazy thing is one scout had him at 4.25…
- Cornerback Jason Teague had a good showing. Teague worked out along with going through position drills. Jason did 14 reps of 225, had a 36” vertical, 10’4” broad jump, and around a 4.5 40 time.
- Another impressive player was Malcolm Williams. Williams ran a 4.47 40 which was nice, but not as impressive as his jumping ability. Williams had a 40” vertical and 10’8” broad jump.
Here is a video, audio, and a few pictures for you to check out. I will post more results later and I also have a short interview with former Frog Jerry Hughes.
Gary Patterson comments:
Andy Dalton comments:
Jeremy Kerley comments:
Standing behind Jim Harbaugh
Vertical
Jeremy Kerley vertical
Scouts timing 40’s
Gary Patterson and Jim Harbaugh
Dalton throwing
Saturday, January 29, 2011
A couple of quick TCU notes for today…
Don’t forget to check out Andy Dalton, Jake Kirkpatrick, and Jeremy Kerley in the Under Armour Senior Bowl today at 3:00. The NFL Network will be broadcasting the game.
Also, Andy Dalton has been chosen to take part in the 13th-annual All-Star Football Challenge. The February 4th event will be held at Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas, and air at 6 p.m. CST on ESPN2.
Other participating in the events are quarterbacks Jake Locker (Washington) and Ryan Mallett (Arkansas), wide receivers Julio Jones (Alabama) and Austin Pettis (Boise State), running back Jordan Todman (Connecticut), linebackers Ross Homan (Ohio State), Von Miller (Texas A&M) and Kelvin Sheppard (LSU) and defensive linemen Sam Acho (Texas), Nick Fairley (Auburn) and Ryan Kerrigan (Purdue).
