We'll have UK's Pro Day participants joining us via Zoom today around 1 ET to discuss their prep and aspirations for the NFL Draft. Stay tuned for news and notes here...
* Quinton Bohanna up first... Says he's gotten a lot of good feedback so far. Says he's dropped a lot of weight, about 15 pounds since the end of the season. Looks good, feels good at around 332. Says he's going to show teams that he's "a big guy who can move."
* Bohanna on Marquan McCall and the buzz around him this spring... They talk just about every day. If he was anywhere else, he probably would have been a star already. Waited his turn. "He's more than ready."
* Bohanna said he's heard from quite a few teams already. (He did not specify who. Kinda seemed like he didn't want to.) But a lot of the 3-4 defensive teams. He thinks he can play multiple techniques, though.
* TJ Carter up next... Member of 2019 team coming back to participate again since Covid-19 interrupted last year's Pro Day and how camps/mini-camps worked. Says it was a weird deal, kinda like being in limbo. He has just kept working hard, tried to stay in football shape by training. He had a strength and conditioning program from the Cardinals he worked on. In the meantime, he has continued work on his studies, trying to get certified in IT and internet security. Loves working with computers.
* Max Duffy up next... On his feeling that he once did not picture himself as a pro prospect, Duffy said he was just trying to be modest. He's always been an "under-promise, over-deliver" type of guy. He says it would be pretty cool to be the first person drafted into the NFL from the Australian football league. There's been some free agents, but maybe not a draft pick.
* Duffy said he's worked on the NFL style of punting. They did it a little bit during his time at UK, but never used it. He knows he needs to show he can do that on a consistent basis.
* On working out with Wilson Berry and his brother, Jordan, who is the punter for the Steelers... Always good to be around someone like that, Duffy says. And he thinks Wilson is even better than he is.
* Jamin Davis is up next... Says he has tried to turn off all the noise about his draft stock soaring right now. Think it's a distraction. He just keeps working hard to give himself his best shot.
* Asked what he thinks has caused his rise up the mock drafts, Davis says "maybe they just woke up." Ha
* Davis says he has spoken with every team in the league so far. But doesn't have a good feel yet for who likes him the most.
* Davis said he'll be a full participant in pro day workouts, that he'll do whatever teams want to see him do.
* The process has been a dream come true, Davis said. "Just getting to meet a guy like (Pittsburgh Steelers head coach) Mike Tomlin..." Thinks it would be also cool to reunite with Coach House in Kansas City.
* Brandin Echols is up next... Says he has a family now to look after, so the timing was right to go into the draft.
* Echols is looking forward to pro day, thinks his performance will speak for itself.
* Kentucky has been producing a lot of good DBs, Echols said, and he's hoping that will help him get a long look. Adds that there are some good young DBs coming up the ranks for the Cats as well.
* Drake Jackson ... Says Kentucky has really smart players and NFL teams are seeing that.
* At the Senior Bowl he suffered a Grade 1 AC Joint sprain that required a month to heal but he's back to normal.
* Quinton Bohanna up first... Says he's gotten a lot of good feedback so far. Says he's dropped a lot of weight, about 15 pounds since the end of the season. Looks good, feels good at around 332. Says he's going to show teams that he's "a big guy who can move."
* Bohanna on Marquan McCall and the buzz around him this spring... They talk just about every day. If he was anywhere else, he probably would have been a star already. Waited his turn. "He's more than ready."
* Bohanna said he's heard from quite a few teams already. (He did not specify who. Kinda seemed like he didn't want to.) But a lot of the 3-4 defensive teams. He thinks he can play multiple techniques, though.
* TJ Carter up next... Member of 2019 team coming back to participate again since Covid-19 interrupted last year's Pro Day and how camps/mini-camps worked. Says it was a weird deal, kinda like being in limbo. He has just kept working hard, tried to stay in football shape by training. He had a strength and conditioning program from the Cardinals he worked on. In the meantime, he has continued work on his studies, trying to get certified in IT and internet security. Loves working with computers.
* Max Duffy up next... On his feeling that he once did not picture himself as a pro prospect, Duffy said he was just trying to be modest. He's always been an "under-promise, over-deliver" type of guy. He says it would be pretty cool to be the first person drafted into the NFL from the Australian football league. There's been some free agents, but maybe not a draft pick.
* Duffy said he's worked on the NFL style of punting. They did it a little bit during his time at UK, but never used it. He knows he needs to show he can do that on a consistent basis.
* On working out with Wilson Berry and his brother, Jordan, who is the punter for the Steelers... Always good to be around someone like that, Duffy says. And he thinks Wilson is even better than he is.
* Jamin Davis is up next... Says he has tried to turn off all the noise about his draft stock soaring right now. Think it's a distraction. He just keeps working hard to give himself his best shot.
* Asked what he thinks has caused his rise up the mock drafts, Davis says "maybe they just woke up." Ha
* Davis says he has spoken with every team in the league so far. But doesn't have a good feel yet for who likes him the most.
* Davis said he'll be a full participant in pro day workouts, that he'll do whatever teams want to see him do.
* The process has been a dream come true, Davis said. "Just getting to meet a guy like (Pittsburgh Steelers head coach) Mike Tomlin..." Thinks it would be also cool to reunite with Coach House in Kansas City.
* Brandin Echols is up next... Says he has a family now to look after, so the timing was right to go into the draft.
* Echols is looking forward to pro day, thinks his performance will speak for itself.
* Kentucky has been producing a lot of good DBs, Echols said, and he's hoping that will help him get a long look. Adds that there are some good young DBs coming up the ranks for the Cats as well.
* Drake Jackson ... Says Kentucky has really smart players and NFL teams are seeing that.
* At the Senior Bowl he suffered a Grade 1 AC Joint sprain that required a month to heal but he's back to normal.
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