As I wrote earlier this week, the NFL Scouting Combine is must-flee TV and you should do whatever it takes to help a loved one if you see them watching this glorified track meet on TV.
But every so often something fun does happen that goes viral and that’s the type of combine content that you should be consuming.
One of those moments happened on Thursday when former USF tight end Mitchell Wilcox took a pass directly to the face during a drill that is called the “Gauntlet Drill.”
Wilcox, who started all four years at USF, tried his best to shake this off but yeah, this isn’t the type of stuff you want to leave on film:
Mitchell Wilcox took a fastball right to the face… damn. pic.twitter.com/P0SVn39IEn
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 27, 2020
The guy in the white shirt saw it coming from a mile away.
Another look at it shows that Mitchell was able to shake it off pretty well and catch the next two passes, which is kind of impressive:
Mitchell Wilcox just took a football to the face during the 'Gauntlet Drill' at #NFLCombine
The audible 'OHHHHH' is amazing. pic.twitter.com/9pm239QGS4
— Dan Fetes (@danfetes) February 27, 2020
But it does seem like he had a rough day in Indy:
In the last 15 minutes Mitchell Wilcox was hit in the face during first attempt at the gauntlet drill, almost fell on his face during his second attempt, and then actually fell on the very next drill. And this is after he had the second worst 40 time among TEs. Yikes
— Quincy Jean-Louis (@atl_q0) February 27, 2020
Gotta think Wilcox agrees with me now about watching the combine on TV.
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