With many of the marquee quarterback prospects in the 2010 NFL Draft opting to wait for their Pro Days to throw, a couple of quarterbacks, Oklahoma State's Zac Robinson and Missisippi's Jevan Snead, took advantage of Sunday's workouts to improve their draft stock.
Rob Rang of The Sports Xchange and NFLDraftScout.com took in their workouts today at Lucas Oil Stadium, and filed this report:
On Robinson: "Robinson showed good footwork and balance dropping back--a question mark considering he's coming from a spread offense--and was consistently accurate to all levels of the field. He zipped intermediate slants and dig routes and showed plenty of drive on the deep out. As a perfect example of why quarterbacks should throw at the Combine, Robinson scored points with scouts on the accuracy of his deep ball (good trajectory, outside shade) despite none of his deep passes actually being caught by his receivers."
Rang thinks Robinson (6025, 214, 4.71-40, third among QBs) "will be rising up draft boards" after his performance on Sunday. He came from a spread offense in college, which can be a concern for quarterbacks as they enter the NFL. Robinson, however, appears to have realized this, and prepared accordingly.
"I've always enjoyed being under center," Snead said on Friday. "I was under center maybe 25 percent of the time (at Oklahoma State), but every time we were under there, I felt comfortable. We did a lot of play action there, just wasn't a whole lot of five-step, seven-step.
"But I would work on my own after practice even though we weren't...it wasn't in the game-plan. I kind of did that just to get ready for this. It was a little bit of an adjustment, but I enjoyed learning the Dolphins scheme (at the Senior Bowl) and I think overall it was a good week."
On the 6-3, 219-pound Snead, Rang said: "Snead was as accurate on this day as I've ever seen him -- hitting receivers in stride consistently and showing off his good arm strength. The problem with Snead is that he knows he has a good arm and he relies on it. He carries the ball a bit low and has a very quick release, but he rarely stepped into his throws today, relying almost exclusively on his arm. Snead has intriguing tools -- and he clearly helped his cause today by showing them -- but quarterback coaches I've spoken with in the past have pointed this out as an issue."
