NFL Combine Live Blog, Day 1 — tracking Notre Dame players
The 2022 NFL Combine is underway in Indianapolis, and Notre Dame has five players set to take the field less than two months away from the NFL Draft.
Day 1 of drills will feature quarterback Jack Coan and wide receiver Kevin Austin. The tight ends will also go today, but Notre Dame does not have any tight ends participating.
Keep it here for live updates throughout the day.
Here are a few preview articles from BlueandGold.com’s Patrick Engel:
What Notre Dame wide receiver Kevin Austin Jr. is looking to showcase at the NFL Combine
‘Just going out and being myself’ — what Notre Dame QB Jack Coan believes he can offer to NFL teams
Measurements for Coan and Austin
Coan:
Height/weight: 6’3″, 218 pounds
Arms: 31 1/8″
Hands: 9 1/2″
3-cone drill: 6.95 seconds
Short shuttle: 4.39 seconds
A hand size of 9 1/2″ or larger is considered ideal for an NFL quarterback, and Coan hit that mark. Of the quarterbacks, Desmond Ridder has the largest hands (10″). Pickett’s are the smallest at 8 1/2″.
Coan is tied with Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett and Nevada’s Carson Strong for the second-tallest quarterback participating in the combine. They are listed at 6’3″.
Austin:
Height/weight: 6’2″, 200 pounds
Arms: 32 7/8″
Hands: 9″
3-cone drill: 6.71 seconds
Short shuttle: 4.15 seconds
Austin was close to 33″ in his arms measurement. Seven wide receivers at the NFL Combine eclipsed the 33″ mark.
Workout live blog
The workouts begin at 4:00 p.m. ET. All numbers are unofficial.
7:49PM – NFL Network announces Coan’s hardest throw was 55 MPH.
7:39PM – Coan throws a beautiful deep pass to Purdue’s David Bell on a corner route.
7:33PM – Austin catches a nice deep pass from Cole Kelley of Southeastern Louisiana. He managed to get his feet down just before stepping out of bounds and showed nice footwork with the corner route. He received a round of applause for the catch.
7:27PM – Coan is off-target on an out route to Arkansas’ Treylon Burks.
7:20PM – Coan participates in the deep ball drill. He completes one of two passes.
7:02PM – Coan throws as part of the slant drill, which focuses on timing and footwork, among other things. Coan throws a little high on a couple of attempts.
“Nice ball,” the broadcast said of one of Coan’s passes.
6:55PM – Austin runs the gauntlet, showing good footwork and catching every ball.
“That’s Kevin Austin from Notre Dame, catches a ton of fades. They love to just put it up and let him go get it,” said Daniel Jeremiah, an NFL Network analyst.
6:50PM – Austin makes a nice over-the-shoulder catch from quarterback Sam Howell to kick off on-field drills.
6:49PM – NFL Network shows a graphic with predicted draft scores, a NextGen Stats metric predicting success at the next level. Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton ranks No. 6 overall with a score of 91.
6:30PM – Austin finishes No. 5 among first group of wide receivers with a 4.37. The fastest was a 4.32 run by Memphis’ Calvin Austin and Tennessee’s Velus Jones.
6:20PM – Austin runs a 4.43 40 on his second try.
6:06PM – Austin runs a 4.37 40 on his first try.
6:03PM – Coan runs a 4.93 40 on his second try.
6:00PM – Coan runs a 4.87 40 on his first try.
5:48PM – NFL Network analysts praise Austin’s performance thus far: “That’s a strong day from that young man.”
5:36PM – Coan records a 33″ vertical.
5:34PM – Austin records an 11′ broad jump.
5:20PM – Coan records a 9’7″ broad jump.
5:17PM – Austin records a 39″ vertical.
