Jalen Reagor never looked like a 205-pound receiver with 4.47-second speed in the 40-yard dash during his years at TCU, so it was a moderate surprise when the explosive receiver showed up to the combine heavy and ran uninspiring times in the 40-yard dash and agility drills.
The Green Bay Packers likely took notice. They care about measured athleticism at the receiver position, especially in terms of agility. Reagor, a potential pick at No. 30 overall in the 2020 draft, suddenly didn’t fit the full profile.
Teams like the Packers will have to be careful because numbers coming out of pro days can be manipulated to the prospect’s advantage, but Reagor’s individual pro day filmed and sent out to teams sheds a more accurate light on the type of player he was at TCU.
Adam Schefter of ESPN revealed Reagor’s pro day video below:
An NFL team asked former TCU WR Jalen Reagor to do a pro day this week and film it. Here is the film that went out: pic.twitter.com/eTJ6sAqWLL
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 11, 2020
Reagor weighed in at 197 pounds, ran sub 4.3-second times in the 40-yard dash and greatly improved his numbers in both the short shuttle and three-cone.
Forget the 4.22 and 4.28. It doesn’t really matter if Reagor ran those specific times. What does matter is that he dropped weight and then put together an overall athletic testing profile that better matches what he put on tape.
It’s possible Reagor ran the 40-yard dash in the mid-4.3-second range and finished the three-cone in just under 7.0 seconds. Even those times would much better represent him as a player, and it would satisfy the Packers’ general athletic thresholds at the receiver position.
The TCU star is nothing if not explosive. He’s a burner in a straight line with rare late separation burst. He’s quick-twitch in short areas. He can really move. Now, teams like the Packers have testing numbers reflecting the attributes.
Reagor can consider the athleticism box checked. So can the Packers. Expect him to be a legitimate option for the Packers if he’s still available at No. 30 overall.
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