Ohio State Pro Day: Will Howard makes case to be Day 2 pick in NFL Draft, plus evaluating other top prospects

COLUMBO, Ohio – two years, ci strudud put in the clinic to her for a day, confirming that it was one of the best players in the class, and it’s pretty easy to argue now that he was not there no no. 1 overall pick.

The Wednesday and Howard had something to prove to 32 NFL teams present. When you don’t have to be first-in pick-Howard is the will of how quickly fortunes can change the college football. Twelve months ago, Kyle McCord has been on the road to Syracuse after uneven 2023 at the buckeyes. The Howard was Next Man Up, Kansas State Transitions of 20023 Numbers – a completion of percentage to passing at TD-to-int system – all broad in Carded Columbus.

For howard, the questions are never physical – and weighed the 6-foot-foot-4 and 236 pounds to NFL Scouting to combine. If you do not have the name on the back of their for the day shirt, you’d be a hard-pressed say difference between the Howard and 6-foot-4, 260-Pound Edge Robust Jack Sawyer. The exit for howard is placing at the same time. And there were some early bumps in the trip last fall, just as some buckeyes fans are lamenting losing McCord, who will destroy the ting passing record to orange.

But Howard shows up when it is calculated most – and stretch. In five of the buckeyes’ Final six games – including all four playoff matchups against Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame – Howard finished 77% of the arc for 1,351 yarns, 10 touchdowns and just three interceptions. We all got a regularity that is not well, using his size, athleticism, arm strength and tough to plays, often in critical points in the game.

And so, you could point out that it was playing in the arguably in the country is the best offense from the top to bottom, and the answer is always the same, and make things better or worse? Because we have seen the QBS to felter, even when they surrounded the talented players. You also point out that Howard Not exactly set clean with their mixing performance.

Beautiful enough, but hard to ding in the quarterback that soldier senders guys just met a few earlier. That’s not to say we can be supervolved for the days to the opposite reasons to what Scribed. However, for days to see how a player looks in the man, and quarterbacks, which ball comes off his hand, how easy it can rip a deep, than accurately can not send the deep, which accurately can not send an extra on the pocket.

Howard passed with flying colors. He has an easy arm forces in addition to prepared-made NFL frame. A year ago was a priority free agent, the first two months of the last season was probably today 3 pick up, and now it’s all but certain to be a top-100 reading. Some teams see better than prospect than Quinn ewers, who does not have a talent but struggling to remain healthy.

When a month as before draft, Howard is my QB5 after Cam Ward, Howard Sanders, Jaxson and Jalen Milroe – and Ahead of Ewers, Tyler Lazius, Seth Dillon and Dillon Gabriel.

Others for which day standouts

Two years ago, before stroud and its thing, one of the biggest questions was how fast Jaxon Smith-Njigba is not to run for 40-yard. I clocked in 4.5 seconds – Many fast enough – and finally finds his way in the first round. This time around these questions are reserved It was a delayHe did not run to mix. As JSn, nothing worry; Multiple spies had egbuka to 4.47 seconds, which is the speed and plays – when the added benefit is greater and more physical and Smith-NJIGBA when the arrival of Ohio state. If you are not exactly the top-32 reading.

Jack Sawyer It is one of my favorite players in this draft type, and you’d qualify that a “just good football player – the last time, the last time, the day, it probably says more about how you get in the news to the point that can be obscurely In front of us. In the case of Sawyer, which is in the mouth of Rusher with non-stop motor whose doubtful remind me of folks who thought TJ watt is not a top talent, because it was too rigid. Whatever the Sawyer the length of the length of looking an acute on the day of the position drills.

Just did to defend the end JT tuimoloauAnyone depending on the team and talk to that rated just above or just behind Sawyer. Tuimoloau is more explosive than two and it’s easy to be enormous as a game-wrecker in the next.

Linebacker Cody SimonThe player some of the best football in the playoffs, to be one of the smartest players in this draft type, and also had 36.5-inch vertical jump and 4.59-second 40 days to date. Ohio the state of instruxe him round the last fall and excel to come to come downhill, often in blitzes. He played a great instinct from off the ball linebacker facing the course of constantly good corners and rarely outside the position. Some teams see him as late on 3 Target, but successfully take up in the morning around 4.

Safety Lathan Ransom Registered a 36.5-inch vertical jump and ran a 4.50-second 40-yard swords. He played the whole secondary buckeyes and as Simon, with a great instinct. He’s all against the run, a tackling machine and gets the most of their own virtues. If the top-border athlete will have to be easily first-in pick but also one of those guys you love having on the roster because of how plays game.

Donovan Jackson’s Workout reinforced that all saw in the fall, and it’s one of the best athletes in this team. They should be in the first-in pick up his ability to play left protection. Two as well-disturbed the left to occupy the position and non-brainer.

Finally there’s Josh SimmonsThe left tackle tackle had to replace the knee injury back in mid-October. He went through a midfield in a day to show NFL teams Where in his own always a surgery. And some tall knees, some butt but the butt kickers, the high knee karokes and then something pass-set drills, which included change of the direction – and made all the brace. If you just walked on the street and watched Simmons to go through suffering, you’d never idea what recovery from anything. Looked smooth twitched someone’s size and confident. To continue in theme this 2025 NFL DraftIf you still have another OHIO State destined for the first time.

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