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Here is a look at a handful of defensive players who have seen their NFL draft stocks rise and fall while I’ve been at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, including NC State LB Payton Wilson, Penn State EDGE Chop Robinson, Clemson CB Nate Wiggins, and Washington EDGE Bralen Trice.
Stock Rising
Payton Wilson, LB, NC State
It is hard to overstate Payton Wilson’s astounding 4.43 40-yard dash time at 6-3, 233 pounds. It stands as a 99.5th percentile mark, while his 1.54s 10-yard split places Wilson in the 98th percentile speed wise. A fifth-year player, Wilson graded out as a 90th percentile on-field performer in both coverage (90.4) and tackling (90.6) by PFF and was in a three-way competition with Texas A&M’s Edgerrin Cooper and Michigan’s Junior Colson to be the first off-ball linebacker selected. Though Cooper’s 9.34 overall Relative Athletic Score (RAS) was a very strong performance, Wilson’s 9.81 RAS at his jarringly-long proportions makes him a tantalizing proposition for any team in need of help in the middle of their defense.
RELATED: How Wilson has battled through adversity in NFL journey
Braden Fiske, DT, Florida State
Braden Fiske is a freak of nature who ran a 4.78s 40-yard dash (99th percentile) with a 33.5” vertical jump (95th percentile) and 9’09” broad (98th percentile). A gap plugger who rolled up 111 stops over his six year collegiate career, Fiske maintained his high level of play at Florida State this season after spending his previous five campaigns with Western Michigan. With Fiske recording a pristine 9.97 Overall Relative Athletic Score, the physical marvel may have bumped his stock up to the end of Day 2.
Chop Robinson, EDGE, Penn State
Chop Robinson put an exclamation point on his case to be a first round selection, running a blistering 4.48s 40-yard dash (99.6th percentile) with a 1.54s split (99.2nd percentile) and a 4.25s shuttle (91st percentile) at 6-2, 254 pounds. Though Chop’s sack numbers haven’t been as prolific as one would…
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Publish date : 2024-03-02 19:09:39
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