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Originally Posted by Mecca
He was 169 at the pro day..odds are he was playing at 170 and lost a few pounds to break the combine record.
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Yeah, that's what I've been saying as well.
The 'real' Xavier Worthy is probably around 4.3 - 4.35 and 165-170 lbs. With a little maturation you might get that to 175 without losing anything.
I just don't see 185 being within the realm of possibility and man, 180 is pushing it. This isn't 1995; these guys aren't coming out of college doing situps and skipping max days.
These guys get pushed hard by Power 5 training staffs. If they could've bulked him up to 180 and gotten him taken at 17, that's just one more thing they can recruit on.
These guys are damn near at their peak when we get them. You can work technique and maybe sculpt them around the edges a bit, by they're 90% formed by the time they get to the NFL for the most part.
I mean did the Chiefs strength training ever build out De'Anthony or Mecole? Hill was already a freak of nature when he got here. By and large those guys remained the same physically. Because they came from massive programs.
Someone like BJ Thompson out of Stephen F. Austin may be someone you can really bring up a level because of a step up in strength/nutrition. But a dude out of UT? Man, I just don't think we're better at it than they are.