Another chapter in the process ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft is in the books.
Quite frankly, I’m not a huge fan of the NFL Scouting Combine. I’ve never really loved it, but it is what it is. It serves as an event to get touchpoints and confirmations about what’s been shown on film. It also allows teams to meet with players behind the scenes.
We’ve made the event into something a little more than that, turning it into entertainment.
I enjoy it from an entertainment standpoint, but I’m not sure how much we should glean on what happened in Indianapolis over the weekend in the draft evaluation process.
Still, there were a few things I noticed that happened during the athletic testing that impressed me and I wanted to weigh in on a debate that was sparked by what one of the top prospects said at the combine over the weekend. So, here are my combine takeaways.
In tandem with his late-season run and his run at the combine, I think Golden has improved his stock. His 4.29 in the 40 is going to raise some serious attention in draft circles and around the league.
After all of those scouts clicked their stopwatch at the end of Golden’s 40 run, they had to have taken note in some way. You need fast players to win, especially at wide receiver.
But Golden’s not just a track star out there. He can make plays. By the end of the season, he was really the go-to guy in the passing game for Texas.
By the way, how about Texas just having blazing fast 40 times in the last couple of years? Steve Sarkisian’s motto for Texas is “All gas, no breaks.”
That’s literally what the Longhorns have been doing over the last couple of combines, with five Texas players posting a sub-4.4 40 time. Wide receiver Isaiah Bond was one of those players, running a 4.39 after saying he’d break Xavier Worthy’s record.
That time’s nothing to scoff at, but you better run quicker than a 4.39 if you’re looking to break Worthy’s record of 4.21. It looks slow in comparison, even though it’s not.
The passing largely ran through Golden. So, he’s shown that he can be the No. 1 guy for a CFP team and has the speed to back it up.
