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Any updates on James? I saw this posted on another board about James at the University of Minnesota pro day

"Northern Iowa DE James Ruffin (6-foot-3 1/2, 264 pounds) ran the 40-yard dash in 4.78 and 4.73 seconds, had a 31-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot-5 broad jump, a 4.56-second short shuttle, a 7.20-second three-cone drill and did 27 repetitions in the bench press at 225 pounds."


Looks like his major issue, the 40, was taken care of. What do you see this doing for him?

clenz wrote:Any updates on James? I saw this posted on another board about James at the University of Minnesota pro day

"Northern Iowa DE James Ruffin (6-foot-3 1/2, 264 pounds) ran the 40-yard dash in 4.78 and 4.73 seconds, had a 31-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot-5 broad jump, a 4.56-second short shuttle, a 7.20-second three-cone drill and did 27 repetitions in the bench press at 225 pounds."


Looks like his major issue, the 40, was taken care of. What do you see this doing for him?

Yes. I know Ruffin and he was a bit mad at the knocks on him. I think they helped him out to be honest. He worked hard and put up a good pro day. I think he should get drafted in the 6th-7th round now. It will be interesting to see if he does. I could see anywhere from the late 5th to undrafted. The draft is crazy and happens to be deep this year so a few very solid 6th-7th round caliber players are going to fall out of the draft because of that depth.