Pro Day . . . The Good
The hands-down winner of Pro Day was offensive tackle Winston Justice, who could possibly be a Top 10 pick after his workout. Justice benchpressed 225 pounds an impressive 38 times with a 39-inch vertical leap. Not bad for someone who weighs 320 pounds.
Justice seems certain to prove those wrong who counseled him to return for his senior season or risk not being picked in the first round.
Other quick observations:
Reggie Bush insured being the No. 1 pick with a 4.33 40 and 24 reps on the benchpress. Matt Leinart's workout was uneventful with everyone expecting him to be the No. 2 or at worst No. 3 pick overall.
Darnell Bing remains a low-first round/early second round projection after running 4.53 in the 40 and benching 225 pounds 21 times. Those are solid numbers that won't have teams drooling but shouldn't really hurt him either.
USC's other offensive linemen, Taitusi Lutui and Fred Matua, acquited themselves, as Matua ran the 40 in 5.06 while Lutui (who weighs 330 pounds) ran 5.33. They each did 26 reps on the bench.
It looked like a USC coaching staff reunion with Jethro Franklin (Tampa Bay), Greg Burns (Tampa Bay), Kirby Wilson (Arizona), Carl Smith (Jacksonville), Kennedy Pola (Jacksonville) and Norm Chow (Tennessee) all in attendance.
The crowd was about 3,000, an unprecendented number for a USC Pro Day.
Coming later, Pro Day . . . The Bad.
Espn's John Clayton reported that the Ten Titan's gm Floyd Reese prefers Vince Young over Matt Leinart, so Matt might be taken lower than alot of people thought.
i think anything being said right now means nothing. the only "clue" the public might get before the draft is if the team with the #1 pick is trying to sign the #1 overall pick.