It was a fun day, as usual. I was excited at the prospect of having Peter Konz in the room. I was lucky enough to snag him to my chair; much to the dismay of my Wisconsin loving colleague. Mike likes to chat up all the Wisconsin athletes. True devotion and idol worship....haha. Mike asked how did we know were related. I asked "what besides the last name?" Peter replied there aren't that many of us. Peter was an easy going guy. I wish him the best.
I think he has some of the traditional Konz traits.
Scouting has him being a possible addition to the following teams: Denver, Green Bay, Chicago, Detroit, or Baltimore. Only time will tell.
Athletes in my chair today were the following:
Kickers and Punters
- Bullock, Randol K Texas A&M
- Martens, Kyle P Rice
- Stahovich, Brian P San Diego St.
- Wiggs, Carson K Purdue
- Beachum, Kelvin T SMU
- Bergstrom, Tony OT Utah
- Brown, James G Troy
- Compton, Tom T South Dakota
- Cornick, Paul T North Dakota St.
- Cullen, John T Utah
- DeCastro, David G Stanford
- Gerhart, Garth C Arizona State
- Gettis, Adam G Iowa
- Holmes, Lamar T Southern Miss
- Kalil, Matt OT USC
- Konz, Peter C Wisconsin
- Leary, Ronald G Memphis
- Leribeus, Josh G SMU
- Looney, Joe G Wake Forest
- Massie, Bobby T Mississippi
- McClain, Antoine G Clemson
- Miller, Ryan G Colorado
- Molk, David C Michigan
- Mosley, Brandon OT Auburn
- Nix, Luke OG Pittsburgh
- Potter, Nate T Boise St.
- Reiff, Riley OT Iowa
- Reynolds, Matt T BYU
- Silatolu, Amini T Midwestern St.
- Stephenson, Donald T Oklahoma
- Tiller, Andrew G Syracuse
- Washington, Brandon OG Miami
- Wynn, Desmond G Rutgers
- Zusevics, Markus T Iowa
Tight Ends
- Allen, Dwayne TE Clemson
- Dunsmore, Drake TE Northwestern
- Egnew, Michael TE Missouri
- Fleener, Coby TE Stanford
- Hanna, James TE Oklahoma
- Harkey, Cory TE UCLA
- Igwenagu, Emil TE Massachusetts
- Paulson, David TE Oregon
- Peterson, Deangelo TE LSU
- Provo, Nick TE Syracuse
Most of the guys were great. They were cooperative and gave full effort. A few didn't but were consistent enough to make it past Kurt and the physicians. The physicians sent one back because of a huge difference in strength. It was the first time in 12 years. I will not mention the athlete's name to keep him safe. But, he is expected to go in the top 10 in the draft. He will be a highly sought by many teams. The guy gave half an effort for the first leg and then crap the second time. I don't know what caused his issue. It might have been device crashes. The guy I was paired with to do testing had issues with instructions to the athletes and consistency in following protocols all day. He normally uses a different company's device. This lack of attention to detail was causing the machine to error out meaning the device had to be re-calibrated. It took a little extra time but nothing more than a few minutes. I don't remember if this was one of those times.
We get a few athletes who are concerned about the test. Most have never been tested on this device. They fear soreness or injury due to it's use. To these athletes, they have two days to recover from 18 reps. And, no one has been injured. Some will tell us that their agent told them not to do it. What? This is a job interview from the minute you get off the plane until you get back on the plane. I wish I could opt out of portions of an interview because my agent told me not to do it! Kurt will talk to them. He explains that they don't have to do the test but then they will definitely undergo 3-4 hours of MRIs to assess their lower extremities. Many change their minds and not follow the agents instructions. We had one young many from this group come back after an orientation meeting. There they are reminded about how the entire process is an interview. His said his agent is an idiot.
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