Shuler Rocks Pro Day

by The Nittany Turkey on March 17, 2010

The best story emerging from PSU Pro Day centers on the performance of former Nittany Lion tight end Mickey Shuler, who has excelled in all drills. He has probably helped himself the most of any of the Penn State players participating in the event. This is particularly encouraging, in light of the talented crop of tight ends offering themselves up to the pros this year.

Shuler did 28 reps of 225 lbs in the bench press, just under 11 feet in the broad jump, and slightly less than 38 inches in vertical leap. His 40 time was 4.62. These numbers would put him in the top five in each category at the NFL Scouting Combine. As representatives from all NFL teams are present at Pro Day, surely someone will take a chance on Shuler, whose dad played in the NFL for 14 seasons.

Meanwhile, another tight end, Andrew Quarless, continues to perform impressively, although both he and Navorro Bowman were questioned by pro scouts about off-field incidents.

Anthony Morelli was present at Pro Day. Bob Flounders speculates about his future here.

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Pro Day at PSU

by The Nittany Turkey on March 15, 2010

Wednesday will be Pro Day at Penn State. Approximately 20 former Nittany Lions will strut their stuff for NFL scouts.

The day will be tightly structured, starting with the players sitting for the Wonderlic Test at 8:30 AM. The NFL uses this test to gauge relative intelligence of player prospects.

Following the Wonderlic, players will be weighed and measured, and then will proceed to the bench press, where they demonstrate strength by pressing 225 lbs as many times as they can.

At 10:30, they will be divided up by position and will warm-up for the field drills, which are the same ones conducted at the NFL Scouting Combine.

After the drills, players will be given the opportunity to perform position specific workouts for the scouts.

As of Monday, Scout.com reported that the following players would be participating in Pro Day activities:

  • Jeremy Boone, P
  • Navorro Bowman, LB
  • Dontey Brown, LB
  • Darryl Clark, QB
  • Darien Hardy, DB
  • Jerome Hayes, LB
  • Josh Hull, LB
  • Kevin Kelly, K
  • Dennis Landolt, LB
  • Sean Lee, LB
  • Patrick Mauti, WR
  • Nerraw McCormack, OL
  • Shelton McCullough, DB
  • Jared Odrick, DL
  • Andrew Pitz, LS
  • Ako Poti, OL
  • Andrew Quarless, TE
  • Mickey Shuler, TE
  • Knowledge Timmons, DB
  • A.J. Wallace, DB

As media are excluded from Pro Day festivities, we’ll be watching the message boards for any word out of the Lasch Building about results.

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LJ Lands in Landover

March 13, 2010

Former Nittany Lion Larry Johnson will be playing for the Washington Redskins, who have signed LJ to a three-year deal, heavily incentivized deal.

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Trainin’ at Saint V’s

March 13, 2010

All I’ve found thus far relating to Morelli’s performance at the 2010 NFL Combine.

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