Liberty City Stories: Cincinnati

Per DaytonDailyNews.com:

With the NFL draft a little more than a month away on April 25 and 26, no running back prospect is catching fire like Liberty ball carrier Rashad Jennings. Jennings' draft stock has skyrocketed since his performance at the Senior Bowl, Scouting Combine and more recently Pro Day.

A number of NFL teams are showing significant interest in all-purpose running back. Four teams, Denver, Philadelphia, New England, and the New York Jets, held private workout sessions with Jennings last week and more are expected to follow. The Cincinnati Bengals is another team expected to come on campus and give the player a closer look.

Jennings impressed the 11 teams in attendance at the school's Pro Day March 3, when he ran between a 4.39 and 4.47 in the 40-yard dash. A surprise team in attendance was the Carolina Panthers, who already have two stud running backs, DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart, in their stable. I think that says a lot for the talent that Jennings possesses. He's projected as a high second-round draft pick and rated by some teams as a Top 5 running back prospect.

Liberty Pro Day

Per NFL Prospect analyst Gil Brandt:

Another player benefiting from positional coaches coming to watch him work out was Liberty’s Rashad Jennings, who also opened eyes at the combine. He worked out Tuesday in front of six teams, including the Panthers and their RB coach Jim Skipper. He worked out on an indoor track. He weighed 231 pounds, ran a 4.52 in the 40 and a 6.79 in the three-cone drill.

QB Brock Smith used Liberty’s Pro Day to get his name out there as well. He was impressive in his workout and measured in at 6-1 7/8, 242 pounds. He ran 4.87 and 4.84 in the 40, 4.34 in the short shuttle, 7.12 in the three-cone drill and had a 29-inch vertical and a 8-foot, 8-inch broad jump.