2024 NFL Combine: Small-college prospects to watch, including a dynamic RB, two OL with lots of potential

INDIANAPOLIS — Essentially, the NFL Combine is a fact-finding mission. Each measurement, test and drill has a purpose. It’s about finding out the most information you can about a player whom you are going to potentially invest millions into. Some players have the luxury of having the benefit of the doubt because they played at a major program against top-level competition.

For players hailing from the FCS and below, they don’t have that luxury. They have to get it right out of the gate because you never know when you’ll get the next opportunity to showcase your skills. Also, a lot of questions about players — whether FBS or smaller levels — can be answered on film throughout their collegiate careers.

However, for a few of the prospects here in attendance at the combine, their film left a lot of pieces out of the puzzle, which leaves a lot of questions about certain aspects of their game.

Here are a few small-college prospects who have a chance to help put those missing puzzle pieces together here in Indianapolis.

What we know: Shirden should light up the 40-yard dash and the agility drills in Indianapolis. His speed, quickness, explosiveness and burst are evident, and they jump off the tape almost immediately.

What we should watch for: While he was such an amazing runner at Monmouth, what we didn’t see a lot of is him catching the ball out of the backfield. He wasn’t asked to do a lot in the passing game, so seeing him run routes and catch the ball away from his body will be something many scouts will be looking forward to. It’ll be the on-field workouts that’ll be huge for him, potentially catapulting his draft stock.

What we know: Dankwah is a neophyte at the game, having just picked up football within the last five to six years. So, we know he’s a raw ball of clay from a prospect perspective. Even in his rawness, he was still a stellar player at Howard, showing dominance…

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Author : Emory Hunt

Publish date : 2024-02-28 17:58:33

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