Kansas State Pro Day

Per NFL Prospect analyst Gil Brandt:

A number of teams are showing significant interest in Kansas State’s Josh Freeman. He is the biggest quarterback in this year’s draft class at 6-foot-5 3/4, 252 pounds and he came out after his junior season.

At Kansas State’s pro day on March 12, he did not do workout drills, but looked sharp throwing the ball in position drills. He also had his hand measured at 9 3/4-inches and his arm measured at 32 3/8-inch.

Quarterback coaches from Tampa Bay (Greg Olson), Detroit (Jeff Horton), Minnesota (Kevin Rogers), Seattle (Bill Lazor) and St. Louis (Dick Curl) were on hand to watch Freeman at Kansas State’s pro day and Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer will bring a board to diagram plays with Freeman on Monday. Jets coach Rex Ryan and Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum will join Schottenheimer on Tuesday to work out Freeman.

Jaguars quarterbacks coach Mike Shula will run a personal workout with Freeman the following Monday, March 23.

Here are some other notable prospects from Kansas State’s pro day, which was conducted indoors on FieldTurf:

DE Ian Campbell (6-3 7/8, 263 pounds) ran a 5.07 and 4.99 in the 40, had a 21-inch vertical jump and stood on the rest of his combine numbers.

WR Deon Murphy was a no-show, because he is trying to get an extra year of college eligibility.

WR Willie Edwards (6-1 3/8, 203 pounds), a notable player from Bethany College ran a 4.71 and 4.74 in the 40, had a 36-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot, 11-inch broad jump, a 4.41 short shuttle, a 7.19 three-cone drill and 14 bench press reps.

Aside from Josh Freeman no other player from Kansas State is draftable. Really Ian? 21 inch vert? I think I had a better vertical jump then he did and I outweigh him by almost 90 pounds when I was playing. Terrible for a pass rusher who is trying to show explosion.

As for Freeman, it looks like he is drawing some serious interest and has probably moved himself into first round consideration. I think the Bucs, Vikings and Lions will be the heavily favored teams for Freeman's services and it should be interesting to see if he even jumps one of the QBs like Sanchez and Stafford as he might have the highest ceiling of the three despite being the least NFL ready.

-Matty

Kansas Pro Day

Per NFL Prospect analyst Gil Brandt:

Ten teams ran indoors on AstroTurf to watch eight players at the Kansas Pro Day.

As follows were the notable prospects:

LB Mike Rivera (6-2, 245 pounds) ran a 4.63 and 4.66 in the 40, had a 38 1/2-inch vertical, a 9-foot, 10-inch broad jump, a 4.08 short shuttle, a 6.67 three-cone drill and 14 bench press reps.

LB James Holt (6-1 7/8, 223 pounds) ran a 4.72 and 4.73 in the 40, had a 32-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot, 5-inch broad jump, a 4.12 short shuttle, a 6.81 three-cone drill and did 17 lifts in the bench press.

LB Joe Mortensen (6-0 1/4, 240 pounds) ran a 4.71 and 4.72 and 4.69 in the 40, had a 32-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot, 4-inch broad jump, a 4.25 short shuttle, a 6.96 three-cone drill and had 23 bench press reps.

Prospect Update: Josh Freeman

Per ProFootballTalk.com:

In a Friday morning appearance on The Dan Patrick Show, NFL Network draft guru Mike Mayock said that Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman has moved into round-one territory after putting in a “tremendous” Pro Day workout on Thursday.

The top two quarterback prospects in the draft are Georgia’s Matthew Stafford and Mark Sanchez of USC.

But some league insiders wonder whether Stafford and Sanchez are regarded as first-round talent because they genuinely merit such consideration in relation to players at other positions, or simply because they’re the best two quarterbacks in a class that isn’t all that impressive.

One scout recently opined that neither Stafford nor Sanchez would be regarded as possible first-round picks in any other year.

Mayock isn’t a fan of Stafford as the potential No. 1 overall pick, to the Lions. Mayock explained that Stafford’s performances in college were too inconsistent, despite being surrounded by elite talent. Mayock compared (and not favorably) Stafford to Matt Ryan and Jay Cutler, both of whom in Mayock’s opinion would try to will otherwise mediocre teams to win.