2012-2014 Private Visits by Position and Correlation to Draft Picks

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2012-2014 Private Visits by Position and Correlation to Draft Picks

2014 Private Visits and Workouts

5 WR
8 OT (5 pure OT, 3 OT/OG) (2 drafted)
6 QB (1 drafted 6th round)
4 CB (2 drafted) —
4 DE (1 drafted) —
4 DT (1 drafted)
2 DB (2 drafted)
2 LB
1 TE

Observations:

[*] The vast majority of the QB’s they brought in were projected to be drafted in rounds 4 and later. Carr and Manziel were the only early round QB’s to be closely looked at.
[*] All of the DT’s they looked at – Donald, Will Sutton, Ra’Shede Hageman, and Easley – specialized in pass rushing and were projected to be drafted early – i.e. first three rounds.
[*] WR is the rare case where they didn’t draft the position when it was among the most heavily scouted.
[*] The only players drafted outside of the prospect list were a 7th round Center and a 3rd round RB. However, for the 3rd round RB, they already had close knowledge of him.
[*] All four of the CB’s they brought in were projected to go in the 1st round clearly indicating they intended to draft a CB early.
[*] It was clear they intended to go OT early; they had multiple visits with all of the projected top 10 OT’s. They met with Jake Matthews in some fashion 4 times!
[*] They looked closely at several early round DE’s but only ended up drafting Sam in the 7th. Could that be an early indicator that interest in a early round DE this year is real?

2013 Private Visits and Workouts

*number drafted in parenthesis

9 WR (2)
8 OL (5 OG, 3 OT) (1)
5 RB (1)
5 LB (1)
2 DL
1 DB (1)
0 CB (1)

Observations:

[*]All of the WR’s projected to be drafted in the first four rounds. They drafted one in 1st and one in the 3rd.
[*]The LB’s were projected to go from the late first thru fourth round. They drafted AO late 1st.
[*]The RB’s were projected to be selected from the 2nd thru sixth round. They drafted Stacy in the 5th.
[*]OL was a position with numerous visits but only 1 drafted.
[*]They did not work out or have a visit with the 3rd round picks and later: McDonald, Jones, McGee, or Stacy. However, McDonald they already had personal knowledge of…
[*]They drafted a CB when that position was not on the private visit / work out list. Very rare. However, they interviewed 7 DB’s and 4 CB’s at the Combine and other various places. The 11 secondary interviews matched the WR position total interviews indicating serious interest in addressing the secondary despite no private visits or work outs.

2012 Private Visits and Workouts

*number drafted in parenthesis

8 WR (2)
5 DT (1)
4 CB (2)
4 RB (2)
4 LB (1)
3 OG (1)
2 K (1)
2 OT
1 C
1 DE
1 P (1)

Observations:

[*]The only players that had both a private visit and a workout were WR’s and they drafted 2
[*]6 of the 8 WR’s projected to be drafted in the first two rounds. They drafted 1 WR in the 1st. They brought Givens in and drafted him in the 4th.
[*]The DT’s projected to be drafted early – 1st and 2nd round – and they drafted one in the 1st round
[*]The RB’s projected to be drafted in the first four rounds. They drafted one in the 2nd round.
[*]The CB’s projected to be drafted in the first three rounds. They drafted two, one in the 2nd and one in the 3rd.
[*]They did not work out or have a visit with mostly late round picks: Pead, Tru, Watkins, Aaron Brown, or Daryl Richardson. And Pead was after the mistake of trading down and missing on Wagner.

General Observations of the Three Years:

— 7 out of 9 first and second round picks over their three years have had private visits or workouts. All of the first round picks have.
— They’ve only once drafted a position when they hadn’t had private visits and/or work outs for that position. (That would be McGee who’s a bust)
— Only once – last year with WR – have they heavily scouted a position and didn’t draft someone at that position.
— Exactly half – 14 of 28 – of the players they have drafted in 3 years have had a private visit, workout, or interview.