Falcons' draft board: Eastern Michigan DE Maxx Crosby
The NFL draft is set for April 25 through 27 in Nashville, Tenn. and each morning we’ll take a look at a player on the Falcons’ draft board.
Today we’ll look at Eastern Michigan defensive end Maxx Crosby, who’s a projected third round pick, who’s had a private top 30 visit with the Falcons.
Falcons coach Dan Quinn said defensive end is one of the team’s draft priorities.
The Crosby file:
Height: 6-foot, 5-inches
Weight: 255 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.66 seconds
Bench: 225 pounds 18 times.
Vertical: 36 inches
10-yard split: 1.62 seconds
20-yard: 2.72 seconds
3-Cone Drill: 6.89 seconds
Broad Jump: 10-feet, 2-inches
Key stat: Crosby had 309 pass-rush snaps, according to profootballfocus.com. He made eight sacks, had 10 quarterback hits and 38 hurries. He had 56 total pressures for a pass-rush productivity of 20.7 percent.
ATLANTA FALCONS 2019 DRAFT PICKS
- Round 1, No. 14 overall
- Round 2, No. 45 overall
- Round 3, No. 79 overall
- Round 4, No. 117 overall
- Round 4, No. 137 overall (Compensatory)
- Round 5, No. 152 overall
- Round 5, No. 172 overall (Compensatory)
- Round 6, No. 186 overall
- Round 7, No. 230 overall
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