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Found a link that mentions the New England Patriots will be attending the Missouri Pro Day today (along with Atlanta, New York Giants, San Francisco, and St. Louis).
Unfortunately I can't link it but it's on Atlanta.sbnation
Could they be looking at DE/OLB Jacquies Smith?
Representatives from 16 NFL teams — or half the league — including two scouts from the Rams are on hand Thursday for Mizzou’s pro day. Among the other teams on hand: Super Bowl participants, the New York Giants and New England, and 2011 season playoff teams Atlanta, Green Bay and San Francisco.
A total of 16 Tigers are participating, including Mizzou’s four NFL scouting combine participants: tight end Michael Egnew, defensive tackle Dominique Hamilton, wide receiver Jerrell Jackson and defensive end/linebacker Jacquies Smith. Because those four are just a few days removed from the combine, their participation will be limited.
Egnew, projected as a mid-round pick, probably is the most highly-regarded in the group, although Smith is attracting interest as a potential 3-4 outside linebacker.
For others, such as wide receiver Wes Kemp and linebacker Luke Lambert, it’s a chance to get noticed and maybe work their way into late-round or rookie free agent status.
Tight end Michael Egnew, as well as receivers Jerrell Jackson and Wes Kemp, all looked good in pass-catching drills. Jackson, who ran in the upper 4.5s at the combine, will run the 40 on March 15, when Missouri has its second pro day.
Offensive linemen Austin Wuebbels and Dan Hoch both impressed. Wuebbels, a three-year starter at guard, completed 40 reps on the bench press, receiving applause from scouts.
Hoch measured 6-6½ and 320 pounds. His 40 time of 5.25 was adequate while many were impressed by his short shuttle time of 4.73, a mark which would've placed him in the top half of offensive linemen at the combine.
Tight end Michael Egnew, Missouri's top tight end prospect, is still struggling with a tight hamstring which came about during the combine. He will wait until March 15 to better his time of 4.62 seconds in the forty from the combine. Egnew did participate in the broad jump, measuring 11-feet, 4-inches, which was a five inch improvement from Indianapolis. His vertical jump of 37.5 inches today bettered his combine number by 1.5-inches.
Receiver Wes Kemp, who entered the season with late round grades yet was not invited to the combine, gave scouts a lot to think about today. The 6-foot, 3.5-inch receiver who tips the scales at more than 220-pounds completed 22 reps on the bench press then posted times as fast as 4.46-seconds in the forty.
Godsey left with BoB to Penn St.
The New England Patriots were among the teams that invited Fleming to a secondary interview at the combine last week in Indianapolis.
‘‘It was a very cool experience,’’ Fleming said of his visit with the Patriots. ‘‘He’s a great guy. I really look up to him. I appreciate his coaching style. That’s somebody who I would love to play for.’’
‘‘It was pretty much the same stuff — a lot of background questions,’’ Fleming said. ‘‘There were a couple of football questions at the end [of his interview with the Patriots]. But the biggest thing was character.’’
That played to Fleming’s strength. Several players spent much of their interviews with the teams and the media explaining youthful indiscretions. Fleming zipped right through that part.
The Senior Bowl went great. I played well and increased my stock I feel like. I met with about 20 teams. To name a few I met with the Dolphins, Jaguars, Falcons, Texans, Packers, Colts, Patriots, Redskins, Buccaneers, Panthers, and several others. I pretty much talked to majority of the teams in the league.
Every NFL team was represented at the workout except for Dallas and Chicago, according to Georgia's sports information staff.
Our college scouting director Jon Robinson was at ILLINI pro day to take a peek at Whitney Mercilus.
Mercilus impresses at Illinois pro day - chicagotribune.com
Illini cornerback Tavon Wilson also might have boosted his stock a bit with a 4.55 40-yard dash.
12:11 p.m. - Scouts from the Jets, Texans, Patriots, Titans, Jaguars, Chargers, Steelers, Redskins, Panthers, Seahawks, Saints and Bengals on hand.
The Pats were definitely at Lee Smith's Pro Day. I linked to it in another thread.
Before the draft, I was convinced Pats were drafting Bailey because of all the contact. (Though I later had some doubts when someone posted some game film showing how slow he was off the line.) It seems to me that a lot of reported interest is probably a smokescreen.
The Patriots were one of four NFL teams represented with scouts at the University of Massachusetts Pro Day today in Amherst.
New England scouting assistant Ronnie McGill was on hand, along with scouts from the New York Jets (Scott Cohen), Atlanta Falcons (Robinson Payne) and Pittsburgh Steelers (Dave Petett).