It’s an oddly sunny April day in Seattle, but Taylor Rapp is spending it indoors.
The former University of Washington safety strips down to his compression shorts in front of scouts hailing from Seattle to Philadelphia. It’s Pro Day, and Rapp is about to run the 40-yard-dash. The often talked-about drill is the only major box he didn’t tick at the NFL Combine, due to a lingering hip-flexor injury. Now, prospective teams are anxious to see how one of the draft’s best defensive players runs.
Rapp runs twice and no official times are read off, but the word from various attendees is that he clocked in at around 4.