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The pre-draft circuit is often about the questions left unanswered rather than the boxes that get checked.
Prospects are incentivized to train for specific drills and opt out of the ones that aren't flattering. They'll push testing from the NFL Combine to their pro days, get their agents ahead of injury updates, and do everything possible to give their profile a manicure.
With millions on the line, I don't blame them. But for evaluation purposes, pro days can become a game of Whack-a-Mole when prospects enter the draft with blanks left unfilled on their scouting report.
Georgia pro day updates
The top storyline from the Georgia Bulldogs' pro day on Wednesday was tight end Oscar Delp's monster afternoon.
He put himself in excellent company with a 38.5-inch vertical jump -- Jimmy Graham -- which made for a 94th-percentile mark. His broad jump of 10 feet (75th percentile) was similarly encouraging.
Both of those are testing for explosiveness, which Delp has in spades. He's at his best after the catch and is athletic enough to threaten defenses up the seam, boosting his upside as a receiver.
Delp put an exclamation point next to his profile with a 4.48-second 40-yard dash. It's an excellent number for any tight end, much less one that was dealing with a hairline fracture in his foot for the duration of the 2025 season. It kept him out of Combine testing, but the payoff was worth it.
Delp is firmly in the conversation for TE2 in this class behind Kenyon Sadiq. With enough proof of concept as a blocker and a willingness to get his hands dirty, Delp will be asked to use his athleticism in-line as much as he will from the slot. That versatility is key in maintaining his Day 2 stock, and with Wednesday's testing, that feels like all but a guarantee.
It wasn't all good news for the Bulldogs. Linebacker CJ Allen didn't complete his athletic testing at his pro day, weeks after declining to do so in Indianapolis.
The natural speculation, of course, is that he wasn't hitting the times and jumps necessary for his agent to let him test in front of NFL teams. Perhaps that gets cleared up during 30 visits, but it's a piece of information that we must consider with at least some pessimism.
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Likewise, Allen will be fighting size thresholds a bit at 6'1" and 230 pounds. He's not an outlier at this size, but it's demonstrably below average, and teams aren't lining up for players who are both slower and smaller than their peers.
I'm not out on Allen, even if this behavior suggests I should be. The film is worthy of first-round draft capital, and he's an NFL-ready run defender -- even with his underwhelming frame. He looks plenty fast in the middle of Georgia's defense, plays bigger than his size suggests, and played an integral intangible role as the green dot for Kirby Smart.
Allen is a player whose film I'd pound the table for, but if things go sideways at the next level, his pre-draft circuit will stick out as the evidence I didn't properly weigh. Expect teams to view Allen with an extra hint of skepticism down the stretch, potentially rendering him a second-round pick in a loaded linebacker class.
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