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Finding Broncos: TE Austin Hooper

Height: 6-foot-4

Weight: 254 pounds

Combine Results

40-YARD DASH: 4.72 SEC

BENCH PRESS: 19 REPS

VERTICAL JUMP: 33.0 INCH

BROAD JUMP: 117.0 INCH

3-CONE DRILL: 7.00 SEC

20-YARD SHUTTLE: 4.32 SEC

60-YARD SHUTTLE: 11.93 SEC

Pros

  • Can play from multiple spots on offense
  • Is a threat down the seam
  • Constantly looks for defenders down the field as a blocker
  • Drives through his blocks
  • Hands catcher
  • Willing blocker
  • Stanford demands their TEs to block & constantly improve blocking technique, which shows with Hooper
  • Has enough burst to get sudden separation from linebackers and safeties
  • Excellent hand-eye coordination
  • Can block defenders from getting to the ball when in the process of making the catch
  • Strong after the catch, especially in the screen game

Cons

  • Footwork is a work in progress
  • Needs to get better at making the contested catch
  • Route running is a mess
  • Small catch radius for his size
  • Has to keep his head up as a blocker.