NFL COMBINE: Which FCS Player Had The Best Sunday

Given the uncertainty atop the draft this year, a quarterback that one team craves might fall that deep into the draft.

Saquon Barkley stole the show at the NFL Combine among running backs, and the elite Penn State runner will nearly certainly be drafted in the first four picks of the NFL Draft.

He also finished with 15 bench press reps which, at 5-foot-10 and 182 pounds, certainly impressed National Football League teams.

His first attempt at the 40-yard dash came in at 4.76, and he lowered that to 4.70 on his next attempt – good for second among all QBs in the draft. There is one school of thought emerging that the Browns could take the versatile running back at No. 1 and then pick up their quarterback when they are back up at No. 4. This was fun to watch, but not exactly welcome news for Orlando Brown coming off his disastrous combine workout. The 2018 Peach Bowl Defensive MVP ran a record-breaking 4.38 40-yard dash and posted 20 bench press reps of 225 pounds. “Somebody who’s highly motivated”.

Griffin is expected to be a mid-rounder like his brother. Njoku was the NFL’s youngest offensive player and fared reasonably well as a rookie, too. “He’s an energy giver”.

“Everybody in the stands was hyping me up”.

“If an organization wants to draft me, it’s their choice of what to do with me when I get there”, he said. “It felt fantastic”, Griffin said. It will be interesting to see how much it impacts his draft projections, and if the Texans will still have (presumed) interest. “And he’s going to win games with his legs”.

Because while Allen and Mayfield have been tied to Cleveland, USC quarterback Sam Darnold has been curiously out of the picture.

Which defensive lineman did you think showed out the best? I wonder in his heart of hearts if he missed competing (Saturday). He lost his left hand due to a prenatal condition when he was four years old, but he’s never let that limit him.

The negative during DeLuca’s outstanding NDSU career was injuries, and as he moves toward the next level, his NFL.com bio notes he “doesn’t run fast even when healthy”, so scouts would have preferred to be surprised in the speed drills at the Combine. Hurst told Utah defensive lineman Lowell Lotulelei that he had been diagnosed with the same heart condition as Lotulelei’s older brother, Star. You can see that right here. “He’s pretty good. I would”. The 6-foot-5 pass catcher shined during the on-field drills, running the 40-yard dash in 4.54 seconds and leaping 41.5 inches in the vertical.

With Oklahoma’s NFL Pro Day being held March 14, Brown will have one more chance to impress coaches before the draft – and after a bad Combine show, he better make that count. He should now be the first corner off the board, and maybe a top five overall selection.