Pro day workouts are an important part of the NFL predraft process, particularly for those players who weren’t fortunate enough to score an invite to the late-February scouting combine in Indianapolis.
But when the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of pro days last month, all of those non-combine players were left hanging. They had no way of providing testing numbers, or even accurate heights, weights, and arm lengths to teams.
“Pro days are a critical time for those non-combine and small-school kids,” said Jim Nagy, the executive director of the Senior Bowl. “Because if they didn’t get invited to an all-star game, [pro days] are the only way the league can see how they stack up with the big-school guys.