The San Francisco 49ers have been regularly connected to Ohio State safety Malik Hooker in mock drafts. The hope is that he could a guy who could fill a center-field role in a vein similar to that of Earl Thomas in the Seattle Seahawks defense. When you’re getting Ed Reed comparisons, something is obviously looking pretty good.
On Friday, Hooker tweeted out a video that will only add to the hype. It’s a short vide of him catching balls from a JUGS machine. We see pass catchers work with the JUGS machine, but there is obviously some value for defensive players.