INDIANAPOLIS — Unless you are somehow able to gain access to one of the rooms in which NFL teams meet with draft prospects during the week of the scouting combine, there’s no way to know what’s really discussed. One thing that is almost always happens is a tape-watching expedition in which the NFL people will have play examples dialed up that hopefully show what the prospects can do.
Here at Touchdown Wire, we do not possess the required juice to crash those rooms, but we are able to ask these prospects during their combine media sessions which plays from their college careers best typify their potential.
We’ve already done this with five quarterbacks, six tight ends and seven cornerbacks here at the combine, and now, it’s time to get into the favorite plays of nine receiver prospects of all shapes, sizes, and talents.
The full lineup:
Jalen McMillan, Washington
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Last season for the Huskies, McMillian caught 45 passes on 63 targets for 553 yards and five touchdowns — a bit of a drop from his 2022 season, when he grabbed 79 footballs on 118 targets for 1,098 yards and five touchdowns, but the tape is still strong. He ran a 4.48 40-yard dash at the combine, but as he told me by way of his favorite concepts in college, he’s highly valuable setting defenders up, getting things done after the catch, and working through contact.
“Probably the way I run the Chief routes and the Cowboy routes. Just getting vertical 10-15 yards, and running a two-way go. I mean, I love determining leverage. There was also a play we ran on third down called Pluto, and you’ve got to run it against man. If you know it’s man, you’ve got a two-way go and you can break in or out, but it’s also based on leverage. You gotta get open on any guy, whether it’s inside or outside.”
“I would say…
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Author : Bills Wire
Publish date : 2024-03-04 16:17:14
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