Editor’s note: This article was originally published by USA TODAY Sports and has been republished in its entirety below.
With less than a month until the 2021 NFL draft, the pro day circuit is almost complete.
The workouts provide prospects a final chance to show off for scouts, coaches and general managers. And with the COVID-19 pandemic prompting the NFL to cancel the scouting combine, the spotlight on the sessions only intensified.
But while pro days naturally spark a lot of hype, they’re only a small part of the overall evaluation puzzle and often only amount to an exercise in confirming one’s scouting report. Think of them as more of a Rorschach test than a litmus test.
With that in mind, here are 32 things we learned from NFL draft prospects’ pro days: