Positives: Adequate speed. Willing blocker. Able to slip off one blocker and engage another. Adequate hands. Fakes blocks well. Above-average explosiveness.
Projection: Undrafted, and unlikely to stick on a team.
Positives: Adequate speed. Willing blocker. Able to slip off one blocker and engage another. Adequate hands. Fakes blocks well. Above-average explosiveness.
Projection: Undrafted, and unlikely to stick on a team.
Large size.
Positives: Moves fairly well for his size. Adequate speed and change-of-direction skills. Fair hands.
Projection: Undrafted, and likely only makes a team as a special-teamer/blocking TE. Not fantasy relevant.
Seahawks, UDFA. Henderson St.: H-back size. Good hand size.
Positives: Above-average hands in traffic. Can lay out for errant passes.
Negatives: Below-average speed and acceleration. Suspect balance.
Projection: Best bet is to stick on a team as a long snapper.
Positives: Adequate hands. Average athleticism, speed and leaping ability. Adjusts fairly well to errant passes. Willing blocker. Versatile — former QB in 2008, then WR, and is also is holder on FGs.
Projection: Undrafted, but may stick on a team due to versatility.
Jaguars, UDFA. N. Dak. St.-Div 1:
Positives: Good run blocker and downfield blocker. Gets squared inline and drives defenders. Good hands and can extend for the catch.
Negatives: Lumbering stride and seems slow to change direction.
Projection: Could earn spot as goal-line blocking TE with upside, but not fantasy relevant on Jaguars.
Slightly below-average height for the position, but adequate bulk.
Positives: Solid run blocker. Good hands, and can extend.
Negatives: Looks slow. Reportedly below-average routes at Shrine Game practices.
Projection: Undrafted, but I need to see more of him.
Positives: Good speed. Good hands. Used often in red zone. Solid run blocker. Heads upfield quickly after the catch for extra yards.
Negatives: Poor ball security.
Projection: Undrafted, but I need to see more of him.
WR size.
Positives: Good football IQ. Nice hands over middle.
Negatives: Below-average speed. Broke right leg in October and missed rest of season.
Projection: Undrafted, and likely never fantasy relevant.
Junior who has declared for 2012 draft. Good TE size.
Negatives: Has been at several schools and has admitted he had academic problems, which led to his leaving the Minnesota program. Was only a backup at the time.
Projection: Have not seen anything of him, but from the little I’ve read, he will go undrafted. May latch on somewhere as a blocking TE, but never fantasy relevant.
DeMarco Sampson, WR, Cardinals, 7th round. San Diego St.: Good effort guy. Nice routes and hands. Below-average upper-body strength. Good size and speed. Average athleticism and quickness. Had injury trouble early in college. Depending on team’s FA WRs, Sampson could actually start for this team. And with Fitz on other side (and maybe Roberts in slot) could be fairly productive given adequate QB play. Not likely to be a fantasy star, but could contribute as fantasy WR5.