No practice report today because they practiced early in the morning so players and Sumrall could attend Pro Day at the Saints indoor facility. I was there, and it looks like Adin Huntington helped himself. he's been projected as a potential seventh-round pick despite having only an OK season as a senior transfer, but his measurables are really good for his position as an edge rusher. He apparently had a 38-inch vertical jump and a 10.6 broad jump. I did not get many times or numbers, but that's impressive. For example, Caleb Ransom's outstanding numbers at the NFL combine in addition to his insane 4.33 40 times were a 40-inch vertical and a 10.9 broad jump, and he's a DB where the numbers are a lot better in general.
Tyler Grubbs did not participate today because of a pulled groin. Also absent were Phat Watts and Jacob Barnes and Thomas Peterson among eligible seniors, but the other 17 performed in front of scouts from all 32 NFL teams.
The full list:
Terrell Allen
Reggie Brown
Yulkeith Brown
Javon Carter
Johnathan Edwards
Dontae Fleming
Jalen Geiger
Rashad Green
Eric Hicks
Ethan Hudak
Huntington
Patrick Jenkins
Vincent Murphy
Ransaw
Josh Remetich
Micah Robinson
Mario Williams
The three receivers all looked fast and probably helped themselves, but none of them are going to get drafted. Mario Williams, whose parents I met today, should be able to get into someone's camp.
Other than Ransaw, who definitely will get drafted, Huntington, Jenkins and Edwards are the next best bets, with all of them hoping to go at the end of the draft. Everyone else will be undrafted and simply hoping to get into a camp somewhere. I
After the players lifted weights, did the vertical and standing broad jump, two reps of the 40-yard dash and a shuttle run, they broke into individual position work. TJ Finley was the quarterback throwing passes to those guys, which surprised me because I did not realize players still in college could do that. Apparently Kai Horton served in that role two years ago in the Pro Day I skipped.
For the first time, the players had a cheering section, with various Tulane staffers and a bunch of players who arrived after practice ended whooping and hollering for the guys they thought ran well.
Robinson ran a 4.39 40 I heard, helping himself, too, but I don't see him getting drafted even though he played in front of Edwards at cornerback.
I had a short 1-on-1 interview with Ransaw before the media as a group interviewed Sumrall, Jenkins and Remetich as well as Ransaw, who did not say anything he did not give me. Ransaw did not run the 40 today because there was no reason to after his performance at the combine, but he did the shuttle run and the individual drills.
SUMRALL
"Excited to watch our guys work. Really good group. Proud of what they did at Tulane and really proud of the product they put out there on the field today. Fast times, and you could tell whether guys are prepared or not, and our guys looked prepared today, which is cool to see that everybody showed up ready to go and put their best foot forward. It was really cool for our current team to be able to get here and watch them go through this process, and hopefully we'll have some guys follow in their footsteps."
On having all 32 NFL teams or close to it have someone attending:
"It didn't hurt that you have a top-end guy like Caleb who ran the 40 at the combine, so that doesn't hurt them when he's going to do drill work. It's nice to have a top-end-of-the-draft marquee type guy that can maybe get other guys a look or attention, but then the depth of this team. You look at both cornerbacks today, Johnathan and Micah both ran really good times. All the receivers represented themselves well. Pat Jenkins looked really good. I think there was a lot of interest in different guys having a fit at the next level, so that's a positive. Any time you can get 31 or 32, that's a positive."
On Ransaw at next level:
"It's been fun to see him grown. He's from my hometown basically. I grew up in Huntsville, and he's from Harvest, which is out in the sticks a little bit more. I'm a city boy compared to him, but I remember watching Caleb in high school. What he is going to bring to an NFL team is he's got five-position DB physical ability. He can go outside and play corner. He did that for us in '22 at Troy. In '23 he played in the slot and in '24 here he played in the slot. His long-term position could be safety, which is what he played in the Senior Bowl. He's got the physical ability to be a five-position DB. More impressive is he's got the mental makeup. He is a football junkie. He had an illness about a year ago and I went to visit him when he was in the hospital, and he was in the hospital bed watching PFF (Pro Football Focus) and other DBs in this year's class that he thought he could compare to. He loves the game. He's a football junkie. High character, competitive, really a good representation of what all our guys that are here today are, but I think he's got a really bright future. As he's gone through the draft process, he's elevated. He's helped himself out at every step of the process so far."
On Johnathan Edwards getting invite to Senior Bowl and proceeding from there:
"Johnathan's a cool story. He came to us from Indiana State, got here in June last year. He's big and fast. You can't teach his size and speed. When we got him, it was like getting the ball in play, a guy we were able to teach a lot and him learning a lot. He's a sponge. He got the late call-up to the Senior Bowl game. His response was is that a good thing to be invited to that game, and I'm like, yeah, it's a pretty good thing, you need to get there. Well, what if I don't have a ride? I was like, I'll drive you. His ceiling is really high. He has a lot of development left. His best football is not just a year in front of him. It could be four, five or six years out in front of him potentially because of the type of athlete he is."
On the two plays last year where he ran down guys who were in open field headed for touchdowns:
"Yeah, the Louisiana-Lafayette one where he ran the running back down, that was the first glimpse where we all like, whoa. We knew in summer workouts he could run well, but that's the first time you really saw it translate on the field. He made another one at UAB. He's got such great speed, he can recover from a bad movement if that makes sense. At the Senior Bowl he was in a one-on-one period in a rep that he was not clean at the line of scrimmage, but he was able to recover because he's got such great athleticism and speed, and he's got length that helps with that, too. Just a gifted kid with a bright future, and I look forward to seeing where he lands because he's got a lot of development."
Tyler Grubbs did not participate today because of a pulled groin. Also absent were Phat Watts and Jacob Barnes and Thomas Peterson among eligible seniors, but the other 17 performed in front of scouts from all 32 NFL teams.
The full list:
Terrell Allen
Reggie Brown
Yulkeith Brown
Javon Carter
Johnathan Edwards
Dontae Fleming
Jalen Geiger
Rashad Green
Eric Hicks
Ethan Hudak
Huntington
Patrick Jenkins
Vincent Murphy
Ransaw
Josh Remetich
Micah Robinson
Mario Williams
The three receivers all looked fast and probably helped themselves, but none of them are going to get drafted. Mario Williams, whose parents I met today, should be able to get into someone's camp.
Other than Ransaw, who definitely will get drafted, Huntington, Jenkins and Edwards are the next best bets, with all of them hoping to go at the end of the draft. Everyone else will be undrafted and simply hoping to get into a camp somewhere. I
After the players lifted weights, did the vertical and standing broad jump, two reps of the 40-yard dash and a shuttle run, they broke into individual position work. TJ Finley was the quarterback throwing passes to those guys, which surprised me because I did not realize players still in college could do that. Apparently Kai Horton served in that role two years ago in the Pro Day I skipped.
For the first time, the players had a cheering section, with various Tulane staffers and a bunch of players who arrived after practice ended whooping and hollering for the guys they thought ran well.
Robinson ran a 4.39 40 I heard, helping himself, too, but I don't see him getting drafted even though he played in front of Edwards at cornerback.
I had a short 1-on-1 interview with Ransaw before the media as a group interviewed Sumrall, Jenkins and Remetich as well as Ransaw, who did not say anything he did not give me. Ransaw did not run the 40 today because there was no reason to after his performance at the combine, but he did the shuttle run and the individual drills.
SUMRALL
"Excited to watch our guys work. Really good group. Proud of what they did at Tulane and really proud of the product they put out there on the field today. Fast times, and you could tell whether guys are prepared or not, and our guys looked prepared today, which is cool to see that everybody showed up ready to go and put their best foot forward. It was really cool for our current team to be able to get here and watch them go through this process, and hopefully we'll have some guys follow in their footsteps."
On having all 32 NFL teams or close to it have someone attending:
"It didn't hurt that you have a top-end guy like Caleb who ran the 40 at the combine, so that doesn't hurt them when he's going to do drill work. It's nice to have a top-end-of-the-draft marquee type guy that can maybe get other guys a look or attention, but then the depth of this team. You look at both cornerbacks today, Johnathan and Micah both ran really good times. All the receivers represented themselves well. Pat Jenkins looked really good. I think there was a lot of interest in different guys having a fit at the next level, so that's a positive. Any time you can get 31 or 32, that's a positive."
On Ransaw at next level:
"It's been fun to see him grown. He's from my hometown basically. I grew up in Huntsville, and he's from Harvest, which is out in the sticks a little bit more. I'm a city boy compared to him, but I remember watching Caleb in high school. What he is going to bring to an NFL team is he's got five-position DB physical ability. He can go outside and play corner. He did that for us in '22 at Troy. In '23 he played in the slot and in '24 here he played in the slot. His long-term position could be safety, which is what he played in the Senior Bowl. He's got the physical ability to be a five-position DB. More impressive is he's got the mental makeup. He is a football junkie. He had an illness about a year ago and I went to visit him when he was in the hospital, and he was in the hospital bed watching PFF (Pro Football Focus) and other DBs in this year's class that he thought he could compare to. He loves the game. He's a football junkie. High character, competitive, really a good representation of what all our guys that are here today are, but I think he's got a really bright future. As he's gone through the draft process, he's elevated. He's helped himself out at every step of the process so far."
On Johnathan Edwards getting invite to Senior Bowl and proceeding from there:
"Johnathan's a cool story. He came to us from Indiana State, got here in June last year. He's big and fast. You can't teach his size and speed. When we got him, it was like getting the ball in play, a guy we were able to teach a lot and him learning a lot. He's a sponge. He got the late call-up to the Senior Bowl game. His response was is that a good thing to be invited to that game, and I'm like, yeah, it's a pretty good thing, you need to get there. Well, what if I don't have a ride? I was like, I'll drive you. His ceiling is really high. He has a lot of development left. His best football is not just a year in front of him. It could be four, five or six years out in front of him potentially because of the type of athlete he is."
On the two plays last year where he ran down guys who were in open field headed for touchdowns:
"Yeah, the Louisiana-Lafayette one where he ran the running back down, that was the first glimpse where we all like, whoa. We knew in summer workouts he could run well, but that's the first time you really saw it translate on the field. He made another one at UAB. He's got such great speed, he can recover from a bad movement if that makes sense. At the Senior Bowl he was in a one-on-one period in a rep that he was not clean at the line of scrimmage, but he was able to recover because he's got such great athleticism and speed, and he's got length that helps with that, too. Just a gifted kid with a bright future, and I look forward to seeing where he lands because he's got a lot of development."
