I thought that the LBs all performed well yesterday. They will be victims of DWF/BSPN overreaction to 40 times. Borland ran a 4.8 for a MLB with top notch instincts and a first step is just fine. Bullough ran in the 4.7 range at 250 lbs. Zumwalt also ran in the 4.7 range, this was the player who knocked out Logan Thomas in the bowl game and was an all around playmaker for UCLA last season. Tripp is a guy that I didn't know much about until the Senior Bowl - he played well there as a small school player and put on one of the best combine performances out of any of the LBs.
Trent Murphy is an OLB/DE more so than a traditional 4-3 OLB, it will be interesting to see if he gets the Chase Thomas treatment - Murphy shouldn't be anything less than a 2nd round pick. Trevor Reilly did not parcitipate due to injury, he was projected as a 1st rounder during last season. Morgan Breslin needs to perform well at his pro day.
Mauro and Marsh were they only white players I noticed as part of the DL group. Marsh projects as more of an OLB and Mauro is a 3-4 DE. Taylor Hart did not participate nor did Brent Urban. These guys are all projected as DE. The DT drought and whiteout at this position continues. Beau Allen should get drafted but the DT position is as black as ever. The caste method to keep white players off the d-line is to convert them all to Offensive linemen. Every year white offensive linemen perform really well at the combine, yet no one seems to think that they are "athletic" enough to play defensive line. Joe Thomas could of been a DT, Lewan this year could of been a DT.
As a total I think the number of white defensive players drafted will be around 20. Usually a couple white players not invited to the combine open some eyes at proday. Hopefully Zimmerman does this and gets drafted.
Sorensen had the top 3 cone time out of anyone at any position! 6.47. He has elite short area quickness, yet he's only a 7th round prospect?Safety Sorensen also ran an ok but not great 40 but was great in some other drills.