Pro Day Schedule

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How is the GM and the entire staff supposed see these guys workout on the same day in different cities?
This is why the Prospects should work out at the combine. Now the Bears have to go to Boise St., LSU, and Ohio State on the same day or Mississippi and Penn St etc.

The players should have to answer if they will work out in advance and allow another player to attend in their place if not.

March 3

• Ball State
• Miami (Ohio)

March 4

• Indiana

March 5

• Purdue

March 7

• Washington State
• Wisconsin

March 10

• Washington
• Western Michigan

March 11

• Kentucky
• Oklahoma
• Tennessee

March 12

• Georgia
• Rutgers
• USC

March 13

• Clemson
• Colorado State
• Illinois

March 14

• Delaware
• Georgia Tech

March 17

• Arkansas
• Northern Illinois
• Oregon State
• Syracuse
• UCLA

March 18

• Big 12 pro day
• Central Arkansas
• Memphis
• Oregon
• South Carolina
• Virginia

March 19

• Big 12 pro day
• Alabama
• Alabama A&M
• Minnesota
• San Jose State
• Stanford

March 20

• Big 12 pro day
• California
• William & Mary

March 21

• Big 12 pro day
• Florida State
• Michigan
• Missouri
• Utah State

March 24

• Auburn
• Boston College
• Bowling Green
• East Carolina
• Iowa
• Marshall
• Miami
• North Carolina
• Northern Iowa
• SMU
• Toledo
• UNLV
• UTSA

March 25

• Louisville
• Nebraska
• N.C. State
• Texas
• Tulane
• UConn

March 26

• Boise State
• LSU
• Navy
• Ohio State
• Pittsburgh
• Virginia Tech
• Western Kentucky

March 27

• Florida
• North Dakota State
• Notre Dame
• Texas A&M
• Villanova

March 28

• Jacksonville State
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• Penn State

March 31

• Sacramento State

April 1

• Nevada

 

[Runruffshod75]

I don't disagree with the notion of a combine mandate at all but I see why some players do it. Some of these guys get and extra month of preparation if they skip over the combine to their pro days.

You can add another 5+ reps to your bench reps, shave time off your 40/split, or to your broad/vertical.

Every tenth of a second, inch and reps matters. Especially with a drill as blunt as the BP. If your a linemen and you think that you can squeak out another 5 reps with a little more time to buckle down and prepair then that matters.

If you put up 25 reps instead of 20 or 30 instead of 25 that is going boost your draft stock if your already vaguely considered a first/second round lineman.

Now that the college season and the practices/workouts that come with it are over, some of these players want to check out for a minute instead of jumping right into another hardened workout routine for the combine.

If they have the option of checking out for a few weeks after the college season then working out at a later pro day date then I don't blame players that choose to.

Personally I would rather see them just push the combine to the end of March/starte of April and make it a mandatory event.

 

[--CyBear--]

I don't disagree with the notion of a combine mandate at all but I see why some players do it. Some of these guys get and extra month of preparation if they skip over the combine to their pro days.

You can add another 5+ reps to your bench reps, shave time off your 40/split, or to your broad/vertical.

Every tenth of a second, inch and reps matters. Especially with a drill as blunt as the BP. If your a linemen and you think that you can squeak out another 5 reps with a little more time to buckle down and prepair then that matters.

If you put up 25 reps instead of 20 or 30 instead of 25 that is going boost your draft stock if your already vaguely considered a first/second round lineman.

Now that the college season and the practices/workouts that come with it are over, some of these players want to check out for a minute instead of jumping right into another hardened workout routine for the combine.

If they have the option of checking out for a few weeks after the college season then working out at a later pro day date then I don't blame players that choose to.

Personally I would rather see them just push the combine to the end of March/starte of April and make it a mandatory event.

I suspect they prefer the combine before FA so teams have a better feel for positional depth and what they can't rely on drafting vs where they'll need to overspend. The Pro Day only guys tend to be knowns or coming off dings.