Georgia State’s football pro day was Friday at the team’s practice facility.
There were approximately 20 scouts in attendance to watch several Panthers seniors participate in a variety of drills.
Here are the top performances, and how those distances, times or repetitions would have compared to those done and available at the scouting combine in Indianapolis: (Note, I was on my way back from the Sun Belt basketball tournament in New Orleans, so I don't have all of the times or measurements from all of the drills)
Tarris Batiste, safety
40-yard dash: 4.6 seconds. (seventh)
Bench press: 18 reps of 225 pounds. (tied for third)
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Bruce Dukes, cornerback
40-yard dash: 4.48 seconds. (13th)
Broad jump: 11 feet, 6 inches. (first)
Vertical jump: 39 inches. (tied for fourth)
Three-cone drill: 6.9 seconds. (seventh)
20-yard shuttle: 4.13 seconds. (10th)
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Donovan Harden, wide receiver
40-yard dash: 4.5 seconds. (tied for 11th)
Vertical jump: 37 ½ inches. (tied for sixth)
20-yard shuttle: 4.19 seconds. (tied for ninth)
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Dartez Jacobs, safety
20-yard shuttle: 4.3 seconds. (ninth)
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Melvin King, linebacker
Bench press: 19 reps of 225 pounds. (tied for 13th)
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Nate Paxton, defensive lineman
Bench press: 23 reps of 225 pounds. (not among top 15)
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Joseph Peterson, linebacker
40-yard dash: 4.7 seconds. (tied for 10th)
Vertical jump: 34 ½ inches. (tied for sixth)
Bench press: 25 reps of 225 pounds. (third)
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Joel Ruiz, tight end
Bench press: 20 reps of 225 pounds. (tied for third)
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Nyiakki Height, wide receiver
Broad jump: 10 feet, 5 inches. (tied for 11th)
Vertical jump: 38 inches. (tied for fifth)
40-yard dash: 4.58 seconds. (not among top 15)
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Wil Lutz, kicker
Bench press: 12 reps of 225 pounds.
Field goals: 8/8 from 30-61 yards, long of 61.
Kickoffs: 5/6 out of the end zone. Two kickoffs against the wind were 4-5 yards deep into the end zone.
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Completed 54 of 60 throws.
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