By expenses WilliamsonINDIANAPOLIS -- retain this determine handy inside the up coming few of months, Oakland Raiders fans: Ryan Bartholomew.
The Syracuse center may be the earlier training star in the NFL combine.
That is considerable to Oakland. The Raiders adore combine training warriors, plus they possess a phone for at center. You phone for to contemplate Oakland an earlier favored to pursue Bartholomew.
He led all avid gamers inside the bench press opposition Friday. Bartholomew do 34 repetitions within of the 225-pound bench press. The standard over the previous three many years for inside offensive linemen is 26.6 reps.
Saturday, Bartholomew clocked an unofficial 40-yard dash time below 4.9 seconds. they are tremendous quantities for just about any 6-foot-1, 305-pound offensive lineman. Bartholomew entered the combine regarded a third- or fourth-round prospect. Now, he could shoot himself to the 2nd round.
Oakland will in all probability contemplate centers with its principal pick, No. 48.
Oakland pays attention to combine quantities as substantially as any team. last year, Oakland drafted training stars Jacoby Ford and Bruce Campbell.Share