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Duane Bennett rips off 28 reps on the bench press. Better than any RB at the combine.

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From Nate Sandell @NSandell

DT Anthony Jacobs has been impressive so far. Reportedly clocked a 4.7 40 and 35.5 vertical

McKnight has looked a bit slow in both the 40 and short shuttle. His knee seems like it could still be causing problems

Out at #Gophers FB pro day. Da'Jon McKnight, Chris Bunders among the 30+ players from the area trying out

Scouts from the Giants, 49ers, Patriots and Vikings in attendance, along w/ Vikes Gm Rick Spielman
 



Also Anthony Jacobs had a good day. Clocked a 4.7 40, benched 225 26 times and had a 35 inch vert. Pretty impressive for weighing 291
 





It's likely that there will be some sort of report on the Gophers pro day at this link http://blogs.nfl.com/category/pro-days/ within the next 24-48 hours. It's great to read that both Jacobs and Lair had good days. I am really surprised that the Gopher coaches couldn't find a way to use Lair last season.
 




I don't understand why Minnesota doesn't get together with the other D1 schools in the area like Iowa, Wisconsin, and Northern Illinois (and all the smaller schools in between) to put on a larger Pro Day. More scouts would be willing to attend if they were looking at 30-40 kids instead of just 9.
 

I'd rather not promote other direct competitors' talent.
 

CrocShots said:
I'd rather not promote other direct competitors' talent.
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But they are no longer the competition's talent - they are either headed to the NFL or to a job. This is very beneficial to the scouts who can view the players from multiple universities all at once as opposed to on 3-4 different days/locations or not seeing a school at all. It is also beneficial to the players who will now be viewed by more scouts/teams for the reason above as opposed to just 4 NFL teams like our Pro Day.

Just take a look at this schedule of the Pro days of many schools (schedule) and you will see that there are 10-15 pro-days on some days, and I'm sure many of the pro days only feature 5-10 players like ours did. If schools would get together and consolidate their pro days, they would be doing a service to their players and the scouts.
 



mattw1067 said:
But they are no longer the competition's talent - they are either headed to the NFL or to a job. This is very beneficial to the scouts who can view the players from multiple universities all at once as opposed to on 3-4 different days/locations or not seeing a school at all. It is also beneficial to the players who will now be viewed by more scouts/teams for the reason above as opposed to just 4 NFL teams like our Pro Day.

Just take a look at this schedule of the Pro days of many schools (schedule) and you will see that there are 10-15 pro-days on some days, and I'm sure many of the pro days only feature 5-10 players like ours did. If schools would get together and consolidate their pro days, they would be doing a service to their players and the scouts.
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a lot of the benefits of pro days are that you get to workout at a familiar place around players and people you know and in a QBs case throw to receivers that you know. If you combine pro days most of these benefits go away
 

DrunkGopher said:
a lot of the benefits of pro days are that you get to workout at a familiar place around players and people you know and in a QBs case throw to receivers that you know. If you combine pro days most of these benefits go away
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Which makes it more like the Combine giving those not invited to the Combine a way for scouts to evaluate them in a Combine like atmosphere.
 

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