@ProFootballTalk: SIx NFC teams, five AFC clubs attend workout for defensive lineman entering supplemental draft [t.co]
The Bears, Cardinals, Chiefs, Colts, Eagles, Falcons, 49ers, Patriots, Raiders, Rams and Texans watched former Virginia University of Lynchburg defensive lineman LaKendrick Ross go through drills, agent Glen Lansky told PFT on Monday night.
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NFL Hopeful Lakendrick Ross Trying to Prove He’s Not Just a Workout Freak
https://sports.vice.com/article/nfl-hopeful-lakendrick-ross-trying-to-prove-hes-not-just-a-workout-freak
The Supplemental Draft is an opportunity for guys, who, for whatever reason, were not eligible for May’s “regular” draft (i.e. due to legal issues, academic problems, etc.). And so, every July, a few players gain eligibility to finally be drafted.
This year’s Supplemental features colossal human Lakendrick Ross, an athletic defensive tackle who checks in at 6’5″, 360 pounds. Ross originally committed to play at Morgan State in 2011, but was never able to qualify academically. After taking 2011 off, he committed to play at Virginia University of Lynchburg, where he tore shit up as a freshman.
That, however, would be the last time he would suit up, as academics once again got in the way. Sitting out the 2013 season, he was ready to give up. However, after seeing his best friend and teammate at Lynchburg, Keith Lewis, get signed by the Buccaneers, he contacted Lewis’ agent, Donte Robinson of Elite Sports Agency, to see if he could sign with him and get on track to making it to the NFL.
With only one year of college experience under his belt, Robinson took a chance on him and put in paperwork for the Supplemental Draft. Since being accepted, Robinson has fielded over 80 calls from 28 teams expressing interest.
Ross, who can do 47 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press, maxes out at 405, and allegedly runs the 40 in 4.51 seconds, is holding a Pro Day today.
While it’s unlikely he will be selected, there’s a very good chance he’ll end up in a team’s camp this summer. People that big and that athletic seem to have a way of winding up in training camp.
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Eleven NFL teams attend Monday workout for supplemental draft entrant
Mike Wilkening
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/07/eleven-nfl-teams-attend-monday-workout-for-supplemental-draft-entrant/
Eleven NFL clubs attended a Monday workout for a defensive lineman eligible for the 2014 supplemental draft.
The Bears, Cardinals, Chiefs, Colts, Eagles, Falcons, 49ers, Patriots, Raiders, Rams and Texans watched former Virginia University of Lynchburg defensive lineman LaKendrick Ross go through drills, agent Glen Lansky told PFT on Monday night.
Multiple other media outlets first reported word of Ross’ Virginia workout, including WVEC-TV, NFLDraftDiamonds.com and National Football Post.
According to Lansky, Ross measured in at 6-foot-4 and 366 pounds on Monday. He is only 21 years old, Lansky told PFT.
Ross played just the 2012 season of college football at Virginia-Lynchburg before being ruled ineligible for 2013, his agent told PFT. He was slated to begin his collegiate career at Morgan State in 2011, but he never played for the school, according to Lansky.
The supplemental draft will be held this month.
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