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DELAWARENCE GRANT Defensive End Oregon State, 2001 NFL Draft 3rd Round Pick Oakland Raiders.
NFL Draft Digest:
"DeLawrence Grant has incredible workout."
"Hix has greatly enhanced Grant's raw athletic skills."
"He weighed in at 276 pounds and benched 225 for 25 reps yesterday. He also ran an incredible 4.53 forty in wind chills of 35 degrees and his vertical jump measured at 40 1/2 inches."
CBS Sportsline:
"He had a great private workout."
"Fastest rising player in the nation after bulking up 20 pounds this off-season and finishing with an impressive workout."
T. J. DUCKETT Running Back Michigan State, 2002 NFL Draft 1st Round pick Atlanta Falcons.
CBS Sportsline:
"One of the most impressive workouts thus far has been of Michigan State RB T.J. Duckett, who weighed in at what one scout present said was a 'rock-solid 250 pounds' and ran in the 4.4's."
"He's the only guy so far that I saw workout and went back to my hotel that night and said, 'Man, I was blown out of he water today,' said one AFC scout. He's that impressive. We liked the Green kid out of B.C., but Duckett is moving up quickly. He really blew me away."
Pro Football Weekly:
"Michigan State RB T.J. Duckett boosted his stock above Green's when he displayed remarkable athleticism in his individual workout, where he was timed in the low 4.4's in the 40-yard dash. He ran exceptionally well in the three-cone shuttle (6.86) and the 20-yard pro shuttle (4.07) and displayed amazing flexibility. He vertical-jumped 37 inches, broad-jumped 9 feet 11 inches and caught nearly every ball thrown to him."
ROBERT THOMAS Line Backer UCLA, 2002 NFL Draft 1st Round pick St. Louis Rams.
Pro Football Weekly:
(Hix trained Thomas the summer before his Senior season at UCLA, this is what was noticed as a difference.)
"LB Robert Thomas/UCLA is playing 10 times better than he played last year and looks like he is two steps faster."
** Robert was Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and a 1st Team All-American after training with Hix.
SI.com; NFL Combine:
"Pacific-10 Line Backers impress on final day"
"but the surprise of the group has to be Robert Thomas. The UCLA Bruin ran much faster then expected both times in the low-4.5 range, and looked terrific in pass coverage drills, a big nemesis of his in college."
BRYANT JOHNSON Wide Receiver Penn State, 2003 NFL Draft 1st Round pick Arizona Cardinals.
NFL Draft, Wide Receiver Ranking (prior to NFL workouts):
"Bryant Johnson is one of the more polished receivers in the draft. An accomplished route runner with great size and leaping ability. DoesnÃt have great speed, but he is sound fundamentally. He appears to be a second-round selection."
NFL Draft, Wide Receiver Ranking (after NFL workouts):
"Though receiver will sneak into the first round thanks to a great workout."
Digital Collegian:
"Before clocking times of 4.37 and 4.40 seconds in the 40-yard dash at Penn State's pro-day workouts on March 20, Johnson was considered one of the slower receivers in the draft. In fact, The Sporting News, in an issue published before his workout listed Johnson speed as a 4.57 seconds."
CHAUN THOMPSON Line Backer West Texas A&M, 2003 NFL Draft 2nd Round pick Cleveland Browns.
ESPN.com:
"Lesser-known athletes prove they belong."
"In one of the premier workouts of the week, Thompson clocked a 4.53 time in the 40, posted a 35 1/2 inch vertical jump and a 10-feet 1 inch broad jump, had excellent times in the various change of direction drills and pumped up 29 repetitions on the standard 225-pound bench press. Almost as important, he weighed in at 240 pounds, and not the scrawny 220 pounds some scouts feared he might."
SportsIllustrated.com:
"The highlight of the session was a small-school prospect: Chaun Thompson of West Texas A&M. Timed faster than any linebacker who ran, Thompson showed scouts tremendous athleticism and was very effective during the drill segment. High on their list of sleepers, scouts already were impressed with Thompson after he totaled 29 repetitions of 225 pounds on the bench press Sunday."
IGOR OLSHANSKY Defensive Tackle Oregon, 2004 NFL Draft 2nd pick San Diego Chargers.
SportingNews.com:
Olshansky wowed NFL teams with his impressive pre-draft workouts. He had a vertical of 33 inches and ran a 40-yard dash in under 5 seconds. But where he really shinned was the strength drills.
BEN ROETHLISBERGER Quarter Back Miami, Ohio, 2004 NFL Draft 1st pick Pittsburgh Steelers.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
"Roethlisberger ran 4.76 seconds in the 40-yard dash. And he clocked a 6.8 (considered fast for a quarterback) on a three cone agility drill."
Gil Brandt:
"His positional drills were referred to as outstanding."
Wlextv.com
"J-Lo ran the 40 yard dash in times of 4.88 and 4.91, which is incredible."
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