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Leddie Brown, Five Others Perform at Pro Day on Tuesday
March 30, 2022 10:22 AM | Football, Blog
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Tuesday afternoon, six West Virginia University student-athletes participated in Mountaineer football's annual Pro Day, organized by Mike Joseph and his strength and conditioning staff and assistant athletics director for football operations Patrick Johnston.
The players participating in a variety of drills before 21 scouts from 18 different NFL teams were running back Leddie Brown, safeties Alonzo Addae, Sean Mahone and Scottie Young Jr., and specialists Evan Staley and Tyler Sumpter.
Brown was the only WVU player invited to this year's NFL Combine in Indianapolis where he ran a time of 4.64 in the 40-yard dash. Brown opted not to run the 40 at this year's Pro Day and chose to stick with his Combine time.
The 6-foot, 215-pound Philadelphia resident was a two-time 1,000-yard rusher who scored 22 touchdowns during his final two seasons for the Mountaineers. Overall, he ran for 2,888 yards and scored 27 touchdowns during his 43-game college career.
NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein writes that Brown is a "tough and proven volume runner with pass-catching ability." He lists Brown's size, durability and forward-leaning running style as his best attributes. Zierlein predicts Brown to be a potential late-round option who could compete for a backend roster spot this summer.
"The strength staff here, coach Mike and the boys, they beat me up for four years so I was prepared for all of this," Brown said afterward. "And coach Chad Scott, my running back coach, since he got on campus my sophomore year he took my game to a whole other level."
Brown bench-pressed 225 pounds 18 times - the most of the four players who took part in that exercise. Young Jr. produced 14 reps, Mahone 13 and Addae eight.
Mahone ran the fastest 40 time at 4.56, followed by Addae (4.58) and Young (4.68).
"I'm trying to get an opportunity to play at the next level," Young Jr. said. "It's like a job opportunity or an interview so you want to go out there and do your best. Obviously, on Saturdays that's a job interview, too."
"I've been training six days a week away from my family, but it was all worth it," Addae added. "I was able to come out here and put on a good show today."
Addae said he talked to a lot of scouts when he played in the Hula Bowl on Jan. 14 in Orlando, Florida, and some of those conversations have continued through text messages.
Mahone said he is relieved that this part of the draft process is now completed.
"I'm a little tired, but I felt good about everything," he said.
The 2022 NFL Draft will take place in Paradise, Nevada, over three days on April 28-30 with live coverage on ESPN, ABC and the NFL Network.
Linebacker Tony Fields II was taken in last year's draft, offensive tackle Colton McKivitz and safety Kenny Robinson Jr. were picked in 2020 and five Mountaineer players were chosen in 2019.
West Virginia has had at least one player drafted each year since 2007.
The players participating in a variety of drills before 21 scouts from 18 different NFL teams were running back Leddie Brown, safeties Alonzo Addae, Sean Mahone and Scottie Young Jr., and specialists Evan Staley and Tyler Sumpter.
Brown was the only WVU player invited to this year's NFL Combine in Indianapolis where he ran a time of 4.64 in the 40-yard dash. Brown opted not to run the 40 at this year's Pro Day and chose to stick with his Combine time.
The 6-foot, 215-pound Philadelphia resident was a two-time 1,000-yard rusher who scored 22 touchdowns during his final two seasons for the Mountaineers. Overall, he ran for 2,888 yards and scored 27 touchdowns during his 43-game college career.
NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein writes that Brown is a "tough and proven volume runner with pass-catching ability." He lists Brown's size, durability and forward-leaning running style as his best attributes. Zierlein predicts Brown to be a potential late-round option who could compete for a backend roster spot this summer.
"The strength staff here, coach Mike and the boys, they beat me up for four years so I was prepared for all of this," Brown said afterward. "And coach Chad Scott, my running back coach, since he got on campus my sophomore year he took my game to a whole other level."
Brown bench-pressed 225 pounds 18 times - the most of the four players who took part in that exercise. Young Jr. produced 14 reps, Mahone 13 and Addae eight.
Mahone ran the fastest 40 time at 4.56, followed by Addae (4.58) and Young (4.68).
"I'm trying to get an opportunity to play at the next level," Young Jr. said. "It's like a job opportunity or an interview so you want to go out there and do your best. Obviously, on Saturdays that's a job interview, too."
"I've been training six days a week away from my family, but it was all worth it," Addae added. "I was able to come out here and put on a good show today."
Addae said he talked to a lot of scouts when he played in the Hula Bowl on Jan. 14 in Orlando, Florida, and some of those conversations have continued through text messages.
Mahone said he is relieved that this part of the draft process is now completed.
"I'm a little tired, but I felt good about everything," he said.
The 2022 NFL Draft will take place in Paradise, Nevada, over three days on April 28-30 with live coverage on ESPN, ABC and the NFL Network.
Linebacker Tony Fields II was taken in last year's draft, offensive tackle Colton McKivitz and safety Kenny Robinson Jr. were picked in 2020 and five Mountaineer players were chosen in 2019.
West Virginia has had at least one player drafted each year since 2007.
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