Speaker 1: Practice, traffic growing Tuxtown. What a win for this Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to
Speaker 1: the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast
Speaker 1: network covering your Miami Dolphins. I am your host, Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: and I'm here to bring you your daily dose of
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins football and the scouting combine addition is a rap. First,
Speaker 1: we'll go back to the weekend that was with the
Speaker 1: defensive backs media availabilities from Friday, as well as the
Speaker 1: Dolphins Cancer Challenge and the smashing success of that event
Speaker 1: on Saturday, and finish up with a comprehensive recap of
Speaker 1: the top performers on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium
Speaker 1: throughout the weekend. All of that and much much more
Speaker 1: on this the March second edition of the Drivetime Podcast.
Speaker 1: And we start today's episode of the Drivetime pod cast
Speaker 1: by talking about the latter portion of the Dolphins mission
Speaker 1: statement to be successful both on and off the field
Speaker 1: with the off the field stuff and of course, the
Speaker 1: Dolphins Cancer Challenge, which ran for the tenth time this Saturday,
Speaker 1: a biking and running and walking event that takes place
Speaker 1: in South Florida. And finishes at hard Rock Stadium, the
Speaker 1: home of your Miami Dolphins. That were over six thousand
Speaker 1: participants this year, and that includes Dolphins players, employees, team
Speaker 1: executives Steven Ross and Tom Garfinkel and Jason Jenkins all
Speaker 1: participating in that event, and of course the two hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty cancer survivors, which is the ethos of the
Speaker 1: entire event, supporting everybody affected by cancer, whether it's survivors
Speaker 1: or people currently fighting the good fight, and all those
Speaker 1: trying to bring awareness to this great cause. The Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins run down there annually with the Dolphins Cancer Challenge.
Speaker 1: Now and it's ten years of operation, this event has
Speaker 1: already generated thirty two and a half million dollars over
Speaker 1: the ten years for research at Sylvester Comprey It's of
Speaker 1: Cancer Center, a part of You Health the University of
Speaker 1: Miami Health System, and that figure doesn't even include this
Speaker 1: year's total as donations are still being tabulated. In addition
Speaker 1: to numerous alumni participants, the Dolphins had ten current players
Speaker 1: out there. Ray Kua, McMillan, Christian Wilkins, Miles Gaskin, and
Speaker 1: John Jenkins all traversed the twenty five mile course. Which
Speaker 1: was actually expanded to thirty miles because of detours throughout
Speaker 1: the city. Jesse Davis, Alan Hearns, Jonathan Ledbetter, and Nick
Speaker 1: Needham each completed the fourteen mile course, with Vince Beagle
Speaker 1: and Matt Hawk participating in the five k portion, and
Speaker 1: we heard from two of those members, both guys that
Speaker 1: completed the twenty five mile course. Ray Kwa McMillan, first,
Speaker 1: a d c C board member, shared some thoughts on
Speaker 1: the event as well as the upcoming season from the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins after he wrote the thirty mile course on Saturday.
Speaker 1: You've always been Rack one. You've always been one of
Speaker 1: the you know, legas and dolphin supporters of disne Man here.
Speaker 1: You know, what does it mean to you to participate
Speaker 1: it into that. I mean ride with some of the
Speaker 1: survivors and uh seeing some of the faces out there
Speaker 1: are just smiling and riding to that, and I see
Speaker 1: some of the living proof search you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: It's living proof that they like battle cancer, they came
Speaker 1: through it, and uh the fight still goes on. So
Speaker 1: any any way possible I can use my name and
Speaker 1: my my platform to help like build awareness about cancer.
Speaker 1: I'll do it. What can you say about the Dolphin
Speaker 1: just being so consistent and helping the community and especially
Speaker 1: for this cause. Yeah, it can't. Kind of remind me
Speaker 1: of a hier state. I don't want to keep bring
Speaker 1: Ohio state here. You know, how they stay out in
Speaker 1: the community and how their a national prayer, how they
Speaker 1: try to bring themselves. Uh, our ourselves is Uh, it's
Speaker 1: just very good man. Anyway we can help our community,
Speaker 1: we try to do. It's just kind of like this
Speaker 1: past week. Yeah, this this week. What does it mean
Speaker 1: that the organization has so much into the home field portion? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I feel like everybody in our organization they invest in
Speaker 1: us as players and it's men, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: On the field, they investor in that and good in
Speaker 1: the facilities. Make sure we're good physically and all the
Speaker 1: field to make you sel like like you said, with
Speaker 1: the business combined, make sure we're good mentally, and uh
Speaker 1: keep going through throughout the summer. What kind of differences
Speaker 1: that you know just between this year in the past
Speaker 1: year to the DC see, Uh, there's a lot more
Speaker 1: people like I know that much. Last year rode fourteen,
Speaker 1: this year rode thirty. My back heard a little, but yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, just uh more more buzz about it throughout
Speaker 1: the city. You know, I'm saying a lot of people
Speaker 1: are talking about it. Actually, am not gonna be out
Speaker 1: on the ride still, so just the buzz around it.
Speaker 1: It's pretty cool. We're you're in the same group as Christian. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was in the same group as Chrission, but christ
Speaker 1: And finishes a little bit before me. He finished first. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he finished first. Man, he was out there ride. Uh,
Speaker 1: I guess he's a little bit better safe than me
Speaker 1: right now, So I got I gotta catch up. So
Speaker 1: he didn't listen to it. It's not a great tool.
Speaker 1: Oh no, as soon as he heard it go, he
Speaker 1: was out of there. Yeah, I knew it's all season,
Speaker 1: you getting the way. But what do you look when
Speaker 1: you look ahead to this upcoming season? What the sights
Speaker 1: you about, what y'all can do on the field? Man?
Speaker 1: How we finished last year? I mean, I'm not the
Speaker 1: type look ahead to you know, I'm saying, the future
Speaker 1: is the future. I'm worried about right now. How we finished.
Speaker 1: I want to do on the past either, But how
Speaker 1: we finished, we keep the same momentum throughout the whole
Speaker 1: summer and keep it rolling until next year. Why do
Speaker 1: you do that with a bunch of new players and
Speaker 1: a bunch of new coaches joining these and you doing good.
Speaker 1: Our coaches do a good job and make sure well
Speaker 1: together they build stuff like the not a coaching but
Speaker 1: the organization, the business combined the d c C. You
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, duke stuff around is that we
Speaker 1: can come to and all come together. And so I
Speaker 1: faced it, and then I'd love to play you the
Speaker 1: audio for John Jenkins, but the wind is pretty bad
Speaker 1: so it gets picked up on the microphones there, So
Speaker 1: we're not gonna play on the podcast because I don't
Speaker 1: want to blow you guys ear drums out. So I
Speaker 1: want us go ahead and read you quotes here because
Speaker 1: Jenkins had some great things to say about the event,
Speaker 1: raising money, raising awareness for cancer. That's a big deal.
Speaker 1: The fact that people are out here enjoying it. You
Speaker 1: just don't know what's going on in their lives behind
Speaker 1: closed doors, but they're here enjoying themselves and trying to
Speaker 1: bring awareness and attention to cancer. It means a lot
Speaker 1: for me to be a part of that. He also
Speaker 1: spoke about his tree trunks for legs and how they
Speaker 1: allowed him to push down on the bike pedals, but
Speaker 1: also how his big frame provided a drafting mechanism for
Speaker 1: those folks behind him. So John Jenkins a great Ricky
Speaker 1: Bobby esque type of drafting system. Maybe slingshot some of
Speaker 1: those writers into first place with a little shake and
Speaker 1: bake at the Dolphins Cancer Challenge. And it should come
Speaker 1: as no surprise of the Dolphins were at the forefront
Speaker 1: of this event and of all charitable contributions throughout the
Speaker 1: course of the season. Of course, they won the huddle
Speaker 1: for one hundred across all thirty two franchises this year,
Speaker 1: and the d c C is the largest event fundraiser
Speaker 1: in the NFL and one of the participant race proceeds
Speaker 1: are donated to innovative cancer research at Sylvester. For more
Speaker 1: information on this, visit ww dot com Dolphins Cancer Challenge
Speaker 1: dot com. Let's go ahead and transition now back to
Speaker 1: Indianapolis and the scouting combine, which is officially complete for
Speaker 1: the season. Now we have pro Days and the thirty
Speaker 1: visits and all the informal and formal meetings teams will
Speaker 1: do from now up until the draft, which is just
Speaker 1: seven weeks away. In Las Vegas. Your Miami Dolphins pretty
Speaker 1: much hold the golden ticket to the draft with the
Speaker 1: four teen picks and an expected to compensatory picks coming
Speaker 1: down the pipeline. And I was all over the floor
Speaker 1: on Friday talking to as many of these offensive backs
Speaker 1: as I could at the final media availability on Friday
Speaker 1: at the combine, it was a busy one. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and start here with the Draft Networks number one
Speaker 1: ranked safety, Alabama's Xavier McKinney. And one of the questions
Speaker 1: I wanted to ask Xavier was about his versatility, but
Speaker 1: luckily the reporter before me asked him about his versatility. Yeah, um,
Speaker 1: I think just bouncing it all, um. I think being
Speaker 1: able to focus when you're at two different positions because sometimes,
Speaker 1: uh maybe if you're you know, at one spot, um,
Speaker 1: then the other one you might try to do it
Speaker 1: better than you do it gathering. But I'm trying to
Speaker 1: make sure that I do both, you know, at the
Speaker 1: same tempo, at the same pace. Um. And I'm trying
Speaker 1: not to get to focused on one. And if you
Speaker 1: read McKinney's player profile card on the Draft Network, they
Speaker 1: laud him for his instincts and his preparation skill set.
Speaker 1: So I wanted to ask him about that and going
Speaker 1: up against the quarterback every day in pre actice the
Speaker 1: caliber of two a tongue of Valoa, Xavier. What does
Speaker 1: practicing against the guy like two a tongue of valoha
Speaker 1: every day do to help your game? Oh? Man, Um,
Speaker 1: He's helped me a lot. Man. Uh, you know, I've
Speaker 1: we've had talks after practice, um, and he's told me,
Speaker 1: you know, what he sees and how, because he's looked
Speaker 1: me off several times, several times and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I got to a point where I started to be
Speaker 1: kind of frustrated because I'm like, I don't know how
Speaker 1: you're doing it. So, Um, you know, We've talked and
Speaker 1: I've asked him, you know, what does he see that
Speaker 1: I'm not seeing? Or what is he doing that you
Speaker 1: know that I need to do so And he's also
Speaker 1: you know, told me the same thing. He's like, uh,
Speaker 1: if I'm doing something, let me know after practice, like
Speaker 1: if if if if you don't see something, let me know.
Speaker 1: So that's what that's how we community. You ever pick
Speaker 1: him off from practice, I have people to know about it.
Speaker 1: I have, Um, you know, it's not a lot, though
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sit op here and try to act
Speaker 1: like it's a lot. It's probably been about three times.
Speaker 1: But when I do get a pig, I'm happy. Dark
Speaker 1: Up next was Minnesota's and On Winfield, who was asked
Speaker 1: about the praise the head coach Brian Flores has given
Speaker 1: his father, Antoine Winfield Senior has his favorite all time cornerback.
Speaker 1: This question came in from Joe Shadow of the Palm
Speaker 1: Beach Post, and then I follow up with a question
Speaker 1: about Antoine's Versatility's trying to Miami golfans Frian Fores. He
Speaker 1: told us that your dad was his favorite and all
Speaker 1: time defensive back. I don't know that where your reaction is, No,
Speaker 1: I have not, but that's that's great to hear. Um, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's just great to He said that he appreciated that
Speaker 1: even though he was the biggest guy, he played tough
Speaker 1: and physical and attack. How did how did your skill
Speaker 1: set and heard of what you saw him watching down film? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Very similar. You know, we're almost about the same in
Speaker 1: size and um, you know, my dad had a lot
Speaker 1: of heart and that's kind of what I looked up
Speaker 1: to in him. Uh, just seeing him go out there
Speaker 1: against Like I said, professionals like great guys that you
Speaker 1: see on TV all the time, and um, that's just
Speaker 1: something I kind of mondified my game after. You know,
Speaker 1: it's something about how big you are, how tall you are,
Speaker 1: It's about how much fight you had. Antoine, you had
Speaker 1: seven pecks last year down in the box supporting the
Speaker 1: run game books in the quarterback. What's the one thing
Speaker 1: you do best? Um, I think versatility is my best attribute. Um.
Speaker 1: I can pretty much play anywhere and also create takeaways.
Speaker 1: You know, that's my goal to create takeaways for my
Speaker 1: team that gives us the best opportunity to win, and
Speaker 1: I'm going to do everything in my power to do that.
Speaker 1: I then caught up with Utah safety Julian Blackman to
Speaker 1: ask him what makes him stand out from the rest
Speaker 1: of the class there in Indianapolis. Among all the things
Speaker 1: you do, whether it's covering a back or a tie
Speaker 1: that you're playing off the ball to be coming down
Speaker 1: on blitzing, I think you had a forced fumble, I
Speaker 1: forget the game. What is the number one thing that
Speaker 1: you do best? I would just say my instincts is
Speaker 1: the best thing that I do. UM, just being able
Speaker 1: to adapt like I said, understanding football. I have a
Speaker 1: really high football like you, so I think that that
Speaker 1: helps a lot. What was that conversation like with Kyle
Speaker 1: Winningham when he asked you to move to safety quarterback?
Speaker 1: I was the one who brought it to him, so,
Speaker 1: you know, I just thought that it would be a
Speaker 1: good idea for me to move to stage, just because
Speaker 1: my play style is more, you know, playmaking rather than
Speaker 1: just guarding a guy. But I mean I can do
Speaker 1: that too. It it was just I really wanted to
Speaker 1: make plays and be able to see the whole field.
Speaker 1: And on that topic with Kyle Whittingham, what is some
Speaker 1: of the stuff that he did that in that program
Speaker 1: Utah that prepares you guys to get to the next level.
Speaker 1: You've got nine teammates here, I would say, just making
Speaker 1: sure that we're all pros. It's a pro style defense
Speaker 1: and it's a pro style offense. UM. Just making sure
Speaker 1: that we all understand more than just what our job is.
Speaker 1: But once we perfect our job, you make sure that
Speaker 1: we understand things like gaps um, you know, um, and
Speaker 1: positioning and understanding where our guys will be so that
Speaker 1: we can make plays. So it really helps when we
Speaker 1: have interviews here, Ohio State has a pair of cornerbacks
Speaker 1: that should get drafted relatively high. I caught up with
Speaker 1: Damon Arnett, the other cornerback opposite Jeffrey Ocuta there at
Speaker 1: Ohio State. Damon, you mentioned the chip on your shoulder,
Speaker 1: and when I watch your table, you're an ultimate fully
Speaker 1: out there. Where did that chip form your should on
Speaker 1: your shoulder come from originally? Um? Always always being overlooked,
Speaker 1: always being uh the underdog literally and everything I do,
Speaker 1: like coming out of high school, three star, you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. It took me a while to get
Speaker 1: my stuff together out of Ohio State. UM. And and
Speaker 1: and just naturally I'll just always be in the shadows,
Speaker 1: just blinding, like I'll go through my my own personal issues.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I always always
Speaker 1: rise up on top. And Ohio State has been no
Speaker 1: stranger to the College Football Playoff. Another team that has
Speaker 1: crashed the college Football Playoff party just about every single
Speaker 1: year since its inception, the Clemson Tigers and quarterback A. J. Terrell,
Speaker 1: who I talked to about his last two appearances in
Speaker 1: the National Championship Game, one with the pick six against
Speaker 1: Alabama in twenty nineteen and then two against Jamar Chase,
Speaker 1: the Blittnicoff winner of the National Championship Game. I want
Speaker 1: to go back to the National Championship game two years
Speaker 1: ago against two A ton of my lower that pick six.
Speaker 1: Can you walk me through that play and kind of
Speaker 1: what you saw it broughably to the football in there
Speaker 1: preparation and you know, just uh we we've had great
Speaker 1: preparation and um that play. Uh we a great covering
Speaker 1: team called just sat on the tickets to the help.
Speaker 1: And this year the National Championship Game, Jamar Chase had
Speaker 1: a big day. But you were in tight coverage all day.
Speaker 1: What's it like for a defense to back to kind
Speaker 1: of be in the right position but still have the
Speaker 1: receiver produced like that? Right? That's just great competition. You
Speaker 1: know started out strong. Uh you know, he got the
Speaker 1: best of me some plays and you know, just going
Speaker 1: counter back and forth. That was that was a great competition.
Speaker 1: Uh And you know we just every every time we
Speaker 1: lined up, just couldn't take a playoffs and l s
Speaker 1: U receiver Jamaar Chase pretty much got every cornerback he
Speaker 1: faced this past season except Mississippi States Cameron Danceler, who
Speaker 1: talked about that matchup this year against Jamar Chase. Cam
Speaker 1: nobody handled blitting the cough winner Jamar Chase anywhere near
Speaker 1: like you did. What was it about that matchup that
Speaker 1: was allowed you to have success against him? Um? Just
Speaker 1: on watching film want them, you know, and it would
Speaker 1: be a big match up for me in the big
Speaker 1: game for me. Um let's watching him just made it
Speaker 1: easier for me. Like his um his technique all that.
Speaker 1: What do you like to do? Garagi like to ran
Speaker 1: its leverage and someone sometimes liverage gave up throughout. So
Speaker 1: I just you know, study that and just brought to
Speaker 1: the game with me and just did the bestie of
Speaker 1: dud what covered you comfortable? Ended and those defensive backs
Speaker 1: were the last ones to work out in Indianapolis on Sunday.
Speaker 1: As the workouts and the combine has concluded and the
Speaker 1: NFL calendar is about to heat up with free agency
Speaker 1: just a couple of weeks away and the Draft now
Speaker 1: seven weeks away, we turn our attention to the combine
Speaker 1: here and the article up on Miami Dolphins dot com
Speaker 1: taking a look at the top performers on the field
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis throughout the weekend and I start with the
Speaker 1: disclaimer that we were given by Jim Naggi in the
Speaker 1: interview on the Friday podcast, the Friday edition of the
Speaker 1: Drivetime Podcast, to make a note that the combine is
Speaker 1: all about just giving scouts a chance to kind of
Speaker 1: double check their work and go back and see where
Speaker 1: maybe they might have made a mistake or maybe they
Speaker 1: need more time in the film room on a particular player.
Speaker 1: Nagy said, quote, whether it's something testing wise or the
Speaker 1: other day when everyone made a big deal about Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow's hand size. With Joe's hand size, you go back
Speaker 1: and pull up l s U tape of a bad
Speaker 1: weather game or two bad weather games, and see how
Speaker 1: he controlled the ball. If a guy runs a slower
Speaker 1: forty time than maybe you thought he played on the field,
Speaker 1: then you go back and you check your eyes again.
Speaker 1: So with that mind, these athletic measurements they have a
Speaker 1: place in the process. But again the tape always rules all.
Speaker 1: But I want to go over the best performers at
Speaker 1: each position group and check off who did the best
Speaker 1: in each event under those position groups. And we start
Speaker 1: here with the quarterbacks and the forty yard dash and
Speaker 1: vertical jump on the quarterbacks went to Cole McDonald of
Speaker 1: Hawaii with a four point five eight forty yard dash
Speaker 1: and a thirty six in vertical jump, and you saw
Speaker 1: that athletic ability on display in his tape. In college,
Speaker 1: he piled up eighty two total touchdowns and twelve of
Speaker 1: those were on the ground. He also threw for eight
Speaker 1: thousand thirty two yards and Nick Rolovitch's running shoot offense
Speaker 1: there at Hawaii, we had a tie for the broad
Speaker 1: jump at a hundred inches between Kelly Bryant of Missouri
Speaker 1: and Jalen Hurts of Oklahoma. And I love that they're
Speaker 1: on that spot because these two guys played against each
Speaker 1: other in the playoff game the Sugar Bowl in seventeen
Speaker 1: or eighteen, rather after the seventeen season against one another.
Speaker 1: Of course, Alabama and Jalen Hurts won that year, and
Speaker 1: then Hurts with Bama one more year in Oklahoma the
Speaker 1: following year goes back to the playoffs in three consecutive seasons,
Speaker 1: and then this past year, Kelly Bryant had his career
Speaker 1: high in touchdown passes at Miszoo the top three cone
Speaker 1: time among quarterbacks seven point oh six seconds for Justin
Speaker 1: Herbert from Oregon, fresh off that Rose Bowl winning season,
Speaker 1: he acquits himself well in the athletic measure of the
Speaker 1: three cone time. He had three rushing touchdowns in that
Speaker 1: victory over Wisconsin and the Rose Bowl with a career
Speaker 1: high there and brought his four year total up to
Speaker 1: thirteen touchdown runs via the ground. He has the number
Speaker 1: three ranked player on the Draft Networks quarterback rankings and
Speaker 1: number fifteen overall among all positions. Also working out on
Speaker 1: Thursday night, the opening night of the scouting Combine as
Speaker 1: far as on field drills go, were the wide receivers
Speaker 1: and the pace center for the forty yard dash. Henry
Speaker 1: Ruggs at Alabama sets the pace with a four point
Speaker 1: to seven blaze forty yard dash time and that time
Speaker 1: was just five one hundreds of a second from matching
Speaker 1: John Ross's record of four point to two seconds, and
Speaker 1: that speed definitely shows up on tape and it produced
Speaker 1: an average of seventeen point five yards per reception and
Speaker 1: Rugs scored touchdowns on one career touches. A touchdown maker
Speaker 1: there at Alabama, Quentin sea Fest set them pace with
Speaker 1: twenty three bench press reps from Wisconsin. This quote from
Speaker 1: the Draft Network as a blocker at the catch point,
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage or in run after catch scenarios.
Speaker 1: He's a good blend of quickness, strength, balance, and intensity.
Speaker 1: That blend for a fun mix. That's Kyle Crabs's note.
Speaker 1: The strength and tenacity of c faces game translates to
Speaker 1: his position pacing performance there on the bench press, the
Speaker 1: vertical and broad jumps both go to Donovan People's Jones
Speaker 1: of Michigan forty four and a half inches vertical, one
Speaker 1: hundred inches on the broad jump, and that forty four
Speaker 1: and a half inch vertical jump is third all time
Speaker 1: at the combine and was just a half inch shy
Speaker 1: of tieing the all time record of forty five inches.
Speaker 1: People's Jones scored fourteen touchdowns and had one thousand, three
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty seven yards there at Michigan and finally
Speaker 1: the three cone time of Denzel Mims. He scores twelve
Speaker 1: touchdowns one thousand, twenty yards this past season to help
Speaker 1: Baylor get to a school tying record eleven victories. He
Speaker 1: also ran a four three eight in the forty, which
Speaker 1: was third among wide receivers this combine. Also on Thursday Night,
Speaker 1: the tight ends we start with the forty yard dash.
Speaker 1: Albert Oakaway Boum, I think I got that right from Missouri.
Speaker 1: Four point four nine seconds on the forty yard dash
Speaker 1: there and at six ft five to fifty five, What
Speaker 1: an impressive time that was for the Missouri product. He
Speaker 1: caught twenty three touchdowns there his three years in college.
Speaker 1: On the bench press, Josiah Deguara from Cincinnati twenty five
Speaker 1: reps there and he's regarded as one of the more
Speaker 1: versatile tight ends in this class according to the Draft
Speaker 1: Network and Joe Marino, and he showcased that functional strength
Speaker 1: on his tape. Quote Deguara is a versa little blocker
Speaker 1: and receiver who can win both inline and next as
Speaker 1: a wide receiver end quote there. Notre Dame tight end
Speaker 1: Cole Comment set the standard on the vertical jump with
Speaker 1: thirty seven inches. He also came in second and the
Speaker 1: forty yard dash and broad jumps at the combine among
Speaker 1: all tight ends, and Notre Dame was more of a
Speaker 1: run first scheme, but commit still scored six touchdowns and
Speaker 1: had five hundred and fifteen yards this past season to
Speaker 1: finish up his collegiate career. Dalton Keene went one hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty five inches on the broad jump. He was
Speaker 1: a top five finisher among tight ends on the bench press,
Speaker 1: broad vertical jumps as well as the forty yard dash,
Speaker 1: so one of the athletic marvels here in Indianapolis. Adam
Speaker 1: Troutman wins the three cone time with a ridiculous six
Speaker 1: point seven eight second three cone time. He was a
Speaker 1: high school quarterback, transitions to tight end at Dayton. He
Speaker 1: carries a lot of buzz from the Senior Bowl into
Speaker 1: the workouts and he won the positions three cone time
Speaker 1: and also had the fourth highest broad jump among all
Speaker 1: tight ends. We now transition to Friday Night and the
Speaker 1: offensive line in the running backs. Starting with the running backs,
Speaker 1: the forty yard dash was set by Jonathan Taylor of
Speaker 1: Wisconsin four point three nine seconds, and that time does
Speaker 1: well for him because of the production he had in
Speaker 1: college fifty five career touchdowns, six thousand, one hundred seventy
Speaker 1: four yards and three years there at Wisconsin. A great
Speaker 1: workout for the Wisconsin Badger tailback. Scottie Phillips from Mississippi
Speaker 1: hit twenty nine reps on the bench press. He was
Speaker 1: a junior college transfer there scored fourteen of his twenty
Speaker 1: career touchdowns that first season at Mississippi and average six
Speaker 1: point one yards per carry on the ground. That same season,
Speaker 1: A J. Dillon was the vertical and broad jump champion
Speaker 1: among running backs forty one inches vertically, one hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty one inches on the broad and that explosiveness was
Speaker 1: on display all season long running through ball carriers. I
Speaker 1: often compare him to Ronnie Brown, the former Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: tail back, and you saw that power, but also the
Speaker 1: fleet of foot ability of Dillon every Saturday throughout the
Speaker 1: fall this past season at Boston College, and at two
Speaker 1: forty seven for him to go four point five three
Speaker 1: on the forty yard dash, that's pretty impressive. Joshua Kelly
Speaker 1: wins the three cone time among tailbacks six point nine
Speaker 1: five seconds. He had a great Senior Bowl week that
Speaker 1: carried success into the combine career touchdowns there and two thousand,
Speaker 1: three hundred three yards in a two year career with
Speaker 1: the u c l A. Bruins out here in the
Speaker 1: Pac twelve. On the offensive line, Tristan Worths was the
Speaker 1: man of the night Friday. He went for the best
Speaker 1: forty yard dash time at four point eight five seconds,
Speaker 1: the best vertical jump at thirty six and a half
Speaker 1: inches and one one inches on the broad jump to
Speaker 1: set the pace in all three of those categories. And
Speaker 1: an interesting factoy about worse. He is the first ever
Speaker 1: true freshman to start for Kirk Feren's there at Iowa,
Speaker 1: a program that's rich in their offensive line history. He
Speaker 1: played both the left and right side, and Daniel Jeremiah
Speaker 1: of NFL Network has compared him to Quinta Nelson should
Speaker 1: he kick inside to guard as a pro, but it
Speaker 1: sounds like for now he might play tackle, and who
Speaker 1: would blame him? He's great at that position. The pace
Speaker 1: center on the bench pest wasn't attained Moody from Fresno State.
Speaker 1: He put up forty four reps, just four shy of
Speaker 1: the record at forty eight, and the combine only played
Speaker 1: five games the last two years, but his tape is
Speaker 1: as good as any guard in this class. That strength
Speaker 1: he showed in the bench press is on display every
Speaker 1: single week, as well as his athletic profile. This from
Speaker 1: the Draft Networks Benjamin Soliac special movement abilities and quote.
Speaker 1: That's it. That's all there is to it. Strong and athletic,
Speaker 1: a good combination for a guard. And then the three
Speaker 1: cone time was set by Boise States Ezra Cleveland seven
Speaker 1: point to six seconds for him there, he too has
Speaker 1: rare movement abilities, as that three cone time was nearly
Speaker 1: point two seconds better than any other offensive lineman that
Speaker 1: competed this week in Indianapolis. Matt Hennessey from Temple was
Speaker 1: next at seven point four, five behind Cleveland seven point
Speaker 1: to six. Cleveland also finished third among linemen in the
Speaker 1: forty yard dash and in the top eleven and both
Speaker 1: broad and vertical jumps. Going over to the other side
Speaker 1: of the football, the defensive line, James Smith Williams from
Speaker 1: North Carolina State had a four point six forty that
Speaker 1: was the pace center. This was a week of marvels
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis, big dudes that can run really fast, and
Speaker 1: Smith Williams was among that group. At two hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty five pounds out. Combination of length and athletic ability
Speaker 1: make him an intriguing edge option at the next level.
Speaker 1: On the bench pressed to Von Hamilton from Ohio State
Speaker 1: put up thirty three reps. If you watch his tape,
Speaker 1: that's not a surprise. This is a power player, but
Speaker 1: he also showcased an athletic profile with a one two
Speaker 1: inch broad jump and a forty time of five point
Speaker 1: one four seconds. Among defensive lineman, nobody out jumped Miami
Speaker 1: product Jonathan Garvin. He is a lake Worth native, played
Speaker 1: his home games at hard Rock Stadium there for Miami,
Speaker 1: and he was all over the leaguer board this week,
Speaker 1: finishing second in the broad jump and tied for ninth
Speaker 1: in the forty yard dash among defensive lineman. The broad
Speaker 1: jump goes to Jabari's Aniga of Florida one d and
Speaker 1: twenty seven inches for him there. This event was really
Speaker 1: made for a guy like Jabari's Aniga, who also finished
Speaker 1: within point oh four seconds of leading the defensive lineman
Speaker 1: in the forty yard dash. Finally, the best three cone
Speaker 1: time goes to North Dakota States Derek Tusca. He had
Speaker 1: a significant gap between he and the second place finisher
Speaker 1: among defensive lineman for the three cone time. He was
Speaker 1: one of just a few play is there to come
Speaker 1: in under seven seconds on that three cone time. Also
Speaker 1: put up a four point seven nine forty yard dash
Speaker 1: and a one d and twenty in broad jump. At
Speaker 1: linebacker Isaai S. Simmons from Clemson was always going to
Speaker 1: do well. In these workouts, and he was across the
Speaker 1: top of the leaderboard in the three categories where he
Speaker 1: worked out, of course, setting the pace with a four
Speaker 1: point three nine second forty yard dash. He also checks
Speaker 1: in at fourth in the vertical jump and second in
Speaker 1: the broad jump, and those workouts put a nice capper
Speaker 1: to an impressive career there at Clemson with a stat
Speaker 1: sheet that was full up this last season, one hundred
Speaker 1: and four tackles, sixteen and a half of those for
Speaker 1: a loss, eight sacks, three picks, and two forced fumbles.
Speaker 1: On the bench press, Kalikui Hudson from Michigan, who had
Speaker 1: some great praise for new Dolphins linebacker coach Anthony Campanelli.
Speaker 1: We have the story on that on Miami Dolphins dot Com.
Speaker 1: Check that out. But he might be a potential safety
Speaker 1: linebacker hybrid convert because he's two hundred and twenty four pounds,
Speaker 1: but at that size he still puts up thirty bench
Speaker 1: press reps, a great number for him there on the
Speaker 1: vertical jump. Dante Wilson from Montana out here in the
Speaker 1: Pacific Northwest, had a great workout with the sixth best
Speaker 1: three cone time among all linebackers. Willie Gay junior Mississippi
Speaker 1: State product probably had the second best combine of any
Speaker 1: linebacker besides Isaiah Simmons. There he was all over the
Speaker 1: leaguer board, of course, first place with a hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty six inches on the broad jump. His lowest finish
Speaker 1: among these five categories was in the three cone time
Speaker 1: at eleventh place. He checked in with the second fastest
Speaker 1: forty time behind Simmons, and the second best vertical jump,
Speaker 1: and also was seventh in the bench press workout among linebackers. Finally,
Speaker 1: the three cone best time goes to Maleek Harrison from
Speaker 1: Ohio State. He has the requisite length, instincts and production
Speaker 1: for the position, and in addition to a combine best
Speaker 1: among linebackers six point eight three second three cone time,
Speaker 1: he also put up a thirty six inch vertical and
Speaker 1: one d and twenty two inch broad jumps in Indianapolis. Finally,
Speaker 1: the defensive backs, the folks we talked to on Friday
Speaker 1: earlier in this podcast played the sound for you guys.
Speaker 1: The forty yard dash best time him among defensive backs
Speaker 1: and second best time across the entire combine goes to
Speaker 1: Javelin k Gudri from Utah was point o nine seconds
Speaker 1: faster than the next best time among defensive backs, and
Speaker 1: of course was second to Henry Ruggs. He also put
Speaker 1: up twenty one bench press reps, just three off the
Speaker 1: pace of the leaders Cameron Curl from Arkansas and Daniel
Speaker 1: Thomas of Auburn twenty four bench press reps, and the
Speaker 1: two of those guys. Both Curl and Thomas also tied
Speaker 1: in their broad jumps at one inches. Kyle Dugger, the
Speaker 1: Lenore Ryan safety, won the vertical jump contest among defensive
Speaker 1: backs forty two inches. He blew the roof off the combine,
Speaker 1: third among defensive backs in the broad jump, and he
Speaker 1: broke that coveted four point five mark for defensive backs,
Speaker 1: especially for a safety at a four four nine forty
Speaker 1: yr dash. The best broad jump goes to one hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty eight inches of Jeremy Chen from Southern Illinois.
Speaker 1: He had a great week of practice and mobile at
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl and then reasserted himself this week in Indianapolis.
Speaker 1: In addition to pacing the defensive back group among the
Speaker 1: broad jumpers, he was second in the vertical jump and
Speaker 1: finally the three cone winner for defensive backs. Cavon Wallace
Speaker 1: from Clemson six point seven six seconds. He had the
Speaker 1: twitchy skill set that really was on display with that
Speaker 1: three cone time. He also had the second best three
Speaker 1: cone time across the entire combine, behind only Denzel Mims,
Speaker 1: the receiver from Baylor. He had good ball production this year,
Speaker 1: which is kind of proof of the explosiveness from those legs.
Speaker 1: And in addition to the three cone time, one d
Speaker 1: and thirty three in broad jumps and thirty eight inch
Speaker 1: in the vertical and that ball production was career highs
Speaker 1: and both interceptions this season with two and pass breakups
Speaker 1: with ten. Alright, that is it. That is all our
Speaker 1: combine coverage for now is a rap, but we're gonna
Speaker 1: get back into it on the next couple of podcasts.
Speaker 1: Here we have Kent Lee Platt, the creator of the
Speaker 1: r A S Scorecard, the Relative Athletics Scorecard. We'll talk
Speaker 1: to him about who posted the best scores this year,
Speaker 1: as well as revisit some of the best are A
Speaker 1: scores from our current Miami Dolphins. Wednesday, we're gonna have
Speaker 1: Jordan Reed of the Draft Network on to talk about
Speaker 1: his current big board, general draft thoughts, and of course,
Speaker 1: a former college quarterback himself this quarterback class. But as
Speaker 1: for today's edition of the Drivetime podcast, that is going
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