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2016 NFL Combine Stock Report: Linebackers

This is the 2016 NFL Combine Stock Report for the linebackers. Follow me @walterfootball for updates. Kentrell Brothers, LB, Missouri Big and slow thumper linebackers were great in the 1990s and just fine last decade. They don’t fly anymore in today’s NFL, meaning Kentrell Brothers is due for a draft-weekend slide. Brothers (6-0, 245) clocked…
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2016 NFL Combine Stock Report: Quarterbacks

This is the 2016 NFL Combine Stock Report for the quarterbacks. Follow me @walterfootball for updates. Connor Cook, QB, Michigan State Connor Cook didn’t do anything physically wrong at the Combine, but he has reportedly drawn some major red flags amongst several teams. There’s a growing concern about him not being one of Michigan State’s…
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2016 NFL Combine Stock Report: Defensive Linemen

This is the 2016 NFL Combine Stock Report for the defensive linemen. Follow me @walterfootball for updates. Jonathan Bullard, DE, Florida Jonathan Bullard was the No. 2 testing athlete for defensive linemen at the 2016 NFL Combine (I’ll get to No. 1 later). Bullard posted a 1.66 10-yard split in his 40 (4.93), which was…
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2016 NFL Combine Stock Report: Offensive Linemen

This is the 2016 NFL Combine Stock Report for the offensive linemen. Follow me @walterfootball for updates. Willie Beavers, OT, Western Michigan Willie Beavers’ Combine performance pretty much validated the belief that he has a lot of potential. Beavers’ testing numbers weren’t that great – though a 5.26 40 for a 321-pounder isn’t bad –…
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2016 NFL Combine Stock Report: Tight Ends

This is the 2016 NFL Combine Stock Report for the tight ends. Follow me @walterfootball for updates. Ben Braunecker, TE, Harvard Ben Braunecker posted the best workout numbers of the players at his position. He ran a 4.73 40 with a 1.63 10-yard split, the latter being the second-best number of all the tight ends….
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2016 NFL Combine Stock Report: Wide Receivers

This is the 2016 NFL Combine Stock Report for the wide receivers. Follow me @walterfootball for updates. Tyler Boyd, WR, Pittsburgh Tyler Boyd has some off-the-field concerns, so he needed a strong showing at the Combine to help offset those. Well, I guess you can say mission accomplished. He didn’t run a good 40 (4.60),…
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2016 NFL Scouting Combine: Defensive Backs

The following chart comprises the weigh-in numbers for the linebackers at the 2016 NFL Draft Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. The height is listed as a four-digit number. If so, the first digit is feet. The next two are inches. The last digit is eights of an inch. So, if a player is listed as 5117,…
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2016 NFL Combine Stock Report: Running Backs

This is the 2016 NFL Combine Stock Report for the running backs. Follow me @walterfootball for updates. Tyler Ervin, RB, San Jose State Tyler Ervin was expected to post great numbers at the Combine, and he definitely didn’t disappoint. He ran a 4.39 unofficial 40 with a 1.56 10-yard split, and he also posted a…
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