If pre-draft visits are an accurate barometer of interest in a player, consider the Lions smitten with Utah running back Zack Moss. The team has had a second formal interaction with the bruising Ute.
The Lions had a formal interview with Moss during the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine. Moss ran a 4.65 40-yard dash at 5-foot-9 and 223 pounds in Indianapolis, which was slower than how he played at Utah. He’s a powerful, low center-of-gravity grinder with quick feet but lacking long speed, but didn’t appear that lacking.
Now the Lions have had another pre-draft meeting with Moss. This one came via a teleconferencing app and follows up Moss running a laser-timed 4.52 in a private pro day, which was videotaped and sent to teams.
The Lions would have had even more time with Moss, but he pulled out of the Senior Bowl. He was slated to be on the North roster that the Lions coached in January in Mobile. Moss opted instead to train on his own.
Utah RB Zack Moss has teleconference meetings with the #Lions, #Buccaneers and #Redskins this past week. He’d previously met with Tampa and Detroit at the Combine. Likely Day 2 pick. https://t.co/uxunct7RBa
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) April 16, 2020
Moss generally projects as a 3rd or 4th-round pick, which tends to be the area where the Lions are expected to have some interest in adding to a backfield that already includes Kerryon Johnson, Bo Scarbrough and Ty Johnson.