BSU Pro day

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Submitted by Chadd Cripe on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 3:44pm, updated on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 4:04pm

By Chadd Cripe
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© 2012 Idaho Statesman

Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore, wide receiver Tyler Shoemaker and defensive tackle Billy Winn helped themselves with strong performances Thursday at the school’s pro day workout in front of NFL scouts and coaches.

Moore completed 52-of-53 throws in the passing drills. His one miss was on the fourth throw of the workout, a deep ball to Shoemaker that was overthrown by about an inch. He showed good zip and excellent timing, and hit several 50-yard bombs.

“A lot of scouts felt Kellen’s individual workout was better than any quarterback workout out West this year,” one NFL scout said.

That doesn’t include Stanford’s Andrew Luck, who also worked out Thursday, but does include Arizona’s Nick Foles and San Diego State’s Ryan Lindley, who are higher rated by many analysts.

“A couple scouts there who are very much anti-Kellen Moore guys, who don’t see any way his body type can last in the NFL, even those guys said, ‘Wow, that was a good workout,’ ” the scout said.

Moore measured at 6-foot and 1/8 inch. He was 5-11 7/8 at the Senior Bowl and 6-0 at the NFL Scouting Combine, which is a strange trend.

Shoemaker caught every pass thrown to him and posted strong numbers throughout the athletic testing. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.44 seconds, jumped 37 inches in the vertical, posted 9 feet, 8 inches in the broad jump, lifted 225 pounds 14 times in the bench press and did the agility drills in 4.25 (20-yard shuttle), 6.83 (three-cone drill) and 11.56 seconds (60-yard shuttle).

“He probably helped himself the most,” the scout said. “He may have worked himself into a late draft pick, where most people thought he was a free agent before.”

Winn ran the 40-yard dash in 4.85 seconds twice. Some scouts timed him as low as 4.82. He ran the 40 in 5.00 seconds at the NFL Scouting Combine.

Winn also performed well in drills.

“Billy looked a lot better than he’s looked since the season ended,” the scout said. “He looked a lot more like what you’d expect Billy to look like. I thought he struggled at the Senior Bowl and struggled at the combine. He looked like the explosive athlete you expected to see today.”

Defensive end Tyrone Crawford also helped himself. He weighed in at 282 pounds, 7 pounds heavier than the combine, and ran a 4.80 40. He ran 4.89 in Indianapolis.

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Fifteen former Boise State players participated at pro day — nine who didn’t go to the NFL Scouting Combine and six who did. Offensive lineman Nate Potter, who went to the combine, didn’t participate in pro day because of a muscle strain. He said it was a precautionary move.

Highlights by player:

DT Chase Baker: 4.36 40, 30-inch vertical, 8-10 broad. Weighed in at 292.

TE Kyle Efaw: 4.86 40, 9-3 broad.

S Cedric Febis: 4.70 40, 36-inch vertical, 10-4 broad, 6.79 three-cone drill. He had the best results of the group in the broad and three cone and was second in the vertical. His three cone would have ranked fifth among safeties at the combine. His vertical would have been sixth and his broad would have tied for sixth.

OL Chuck Hayes: 5.28 40. He did 30 reps of 225 on the bench press, the best of the day.

LB Byron Hout: 5.00 40, 30.5-inch vertical, 8-9 broad and a good time of 6.96 in the three cone (tied for fifth at combine).

DE Jarrell Root: 4.96 40. Impress scouts with his energy. On one agility drill, he fell down, got up and kept going. Nearly every player will stop when he falls down, knowing he gets another try.

WR Tyler Shoemaker: 4.44 40, 37-inch vertical, 9-8 broad, 14 bench press reps, 4.25 in the 20-yard shuttle, 6.83 in the three cone, 11.56 in the 60-yard shuttle. Only 10 receivers ran faster 40s at the combine. He would have placed seventh in the three cone.

S Travis Stanaway: 4.69 40

LB/FB Aaron Tevis: 4.74 40. He beat Hout in the three cone at 6.90, which would have tied for third at the combine. He ran some routes in case NFL teams want to convert him to fullback.

DT Billy Winn: 4.85 40, much better than his 5.00 at the combine. He also did 24 reps on the bench press, matching his combine total.

DE Tyrone Crawford: 4.80 40, better than his 4.89 at the combine.

QB Kellen Moore: Completed 52 of 53 passes.

RB Doug Martin: Looked comfortable running deep routes in the passing drills.

DE Shea McClellin: Decided not to re-run his 20-yard shuttle from the combine. He wanted a better time, but was convinced he didn’t need one.

S George Iloka: Only did position drills. I didn’t get a good look at the defensive backs drills.

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Twenty-eight NFL teams, three CFL teams and two Arena teams were represented at pro day. Best we could tell, the four missing teams were the Dolphins, Steelers, Titans and Redskins.

The Bengals sent head coach Marvin Lewis, offensive coordinator Jay Gruden and defensive line coach Jay Hayes to Boise. Lewis was the only head coach in town.

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Read more here: Boise State's Kellen Moore, Tyler Shoemaker, Billy Winn improve NFL Draft stock at pro day workout | Voices.IdahoStatesman.com

 

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Boise State coach Chris Petersen ran the passing drills. He worked with Moore on the script, which required some thought because Moore only had one wide receiver. Efaw, Martin and briefly Tevis also ran routes.

“As usual, (Moore) put together a great script,” Petersen said.

Petersen ran the drills in part to prevent miscommunication — he and the players share a football language — and in part to make sure the work was spread out enough that no player got worn out.

He liked the way Moore threw the ball.

“The impressive thing about Kellen is he threw very well in drills, but that’s not where he shines. He shines when he plays. … To me, that just looked like him day in and day out. I thought he did well, but the best of Kellen is when he plays the game.”

The Broncos have an unusually large number of NFL prospects this season. One team representative told Petersen he hadn’t seen anything like this group in 13 years of work.

“For whatever reason, we had a lot of good players converging at one time that all really panned out,” he said. “We’re very fortunate for that and we’re kind of at a point now where we’ve got to reload it. We’ve got these young guys we’ve got to develop and do the same type of things we did with the guys who have been here for five years.”

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Twenty-eight NFL teams, three CFL teams and two Arena teams were represented at pro day. Best we could tell, the four missing teams were the Dolphins, Steelers, Titans and Redskins. Boise State provides a tape of the workout to interested teams.

The Bengals sent head coach Marvin Lewis, offensive coordinator Jay Gruden and defensive line coach Jay Hayes to Boise. Lewis was the only head coach in town.

Petersen said one team plans to send its general manager, head coach and offensive coordinator out to put Martin through an individual workout.

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Many former Broncos were in attendance, including Austin Pettis, Richie Brockel, Ryan Winterswyk, Brandyn Thompson, Winston Venable and Ellis Powers.

Read more here: Boise State's Kellen Moore, Tyler Shoemaker, Billy Winn improve NFL Draft stock at pro day workout | Voices.IdahoStatesman.com

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Just heard a scout say "I've changed my mind" after watching #KellenMoore throw. #BoiseStateProDay
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#KellenMoore done throwing. Just two incompletions and had back-to-back 60-yard bombs to end it. #BoiseStateProDay