texanforlife
04-21-2009, 08:14 PM
What does everyone think of him in the 7th??
03/06/09 - TCU pro day: He entered college as a 236-pound (with his clothes wet) freshman. He left a well-chiseled 290-pound NFL prospect. And now TCU center Blake Schlueter, who was not invited to last month’s scouting combine, might just have gotten himself into the latter rounds of April’s NFL draft with a pro-day workout on Friday morning that really opened some eyes. The 40 scouts from all 32 teams came to see a pair of combine-invites, linebacker Jason Phillips and strong safety Stephen Hodge. They left talking about Schlueter. Schlueter (6-2 3/8, 290 pounds) ran the 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds, had a 35-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot-3-inch long jump, a 4.28-second short shuttle, and a 7.42-second three-cone drill. He reminds me of Colts center Jeff Saturday when Saturday came out of North Carolina. Same body build, although Schlueter is a little faster. A pure athlete, everything you want out of a center … except maybe size. I don’t know if a 290-pound guy can play center in the NFL, but he was 236 when he came to TCU and still has room to grow. Probably moved into the seventh round with his performance on Friday. The guy’s a football player. – Gil Brandt, NFL.com
03/06/09 - TCU pro day: He entered college as a 236-pound (with his clothes wet) freshman. He left a well-chiseled 290-pound NFL prospect. And now TCU center Blake Schlueter, who was not invited to last month’s scouting combine, might just have gotten himself into the latter rounds of April’s NFL draft with a pro-day workout on Friday morning that really opened some eyes. The 40 scouts from all 32 teams came to see a pair of combine-invites, linebacker Jason Phillips and strong safety Stephen Hodge. They left talking about Schlueter. Schlueter (6-2 3/8, 290 pounds) ran the 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds, had a 35-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot-3-inch long jump, a 4.28-second short shuttle, and a 7.42-second three-cone drill. He reminds me of Colts center Jeff Saturday when Saturday came out of North Carolina. Same body build, although Schlueter is a little faster. A pure athlete, everything you want out of a center … except maybe size. I don’t know if a 290-pound guy can play center in the NFL, but he was 236 when he came to TCU and still has room to grow. Probably moved into the seventh round with his performance on Friday. The guy’s a football player. – Gil Brandt, NFL.com