Pro Day Recap: Louisville Cardinals

Louisville actually held their proday two days ago and not yesterday, but the information is sometimes slow to get out about Prodays.

First up Louisville:

16 pro scouts were in attendance yesterday afternoon for Louisville’s annual Pro Day. The departing seniors conducted vertical and broad jumps, bench press, 40-yard dash, pro shuttle and 3-cone drills and also did individual position workouts.

Josh Bellamy’s performance at the “Battle of Florida” All Star game in January earned him a lot of attention from pro scouts. He continued to show his next level ability as scouts from the Saints, Browns, Ravens, Colts, Seahawks, Packers, and Bengals were in attendance yesterday. Bellamy probably had a better Pro Day than any other Louisville player. He worked out at both the wide receiver and cornerback position. He posted an impressive 4.42 in the 40-yard dash.

Greg Scruggs also had a solid day in front of scouts, posting a 4.6 in the 40-yard dash. Scruggs has been working out with Loren Landow, the director of Sports Performance at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Denver. He has also spent time working out with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. Scruggs is represented by the Pro Link Sports Agency.

Louisville’s most intriguing prospect is TE Josh Chichester

Josh Chichester is a tall athletic TE prospect who is built more like a WR than he is a TE and will need to add weight (and strength) to be an in-line blocker at the N.F.L. level.

University of Louisville tight end Josh Chichester made great strides of accomplishing his “ultimate goal” of playing professional football during the school’s pro day Wednesday.

According to his former high school coach, Lakota West’s Larry Cox, Chichester measured out at 6-foot-6 235 pounds, had a vertical jump that cleared 37 inches and turned in a 40-yard dash time of 4.58 seconds in front of representatives of 20 NFL teams.

In comparison, his 40-yard time would have tied him for the third place among tight ends during the NFL Combine in Indianapolis in late February. Furthermore, his 37-inch vertical was better than any jump turned in by tight end at the Combine.

Chichester was also a dual-position player for the Cardinals in 2010, splitting time between tight end and wide receiver. Out of high school, he was recruited only as a wide receiver.

“Playing tight end never came up until last year (2010) when I was bigger, faster, stronger, which I had to be in order to play the position,” Chichester said. “The transition was not as difficult as I thought it would be. The difficult part was learning the proper blocking techniques and schemes.

“I hope it helps me (reach the NFL), but I was determined to play wide receiver or any other position to help our team.”

In his four-year career, Chichester had 97 receptions for 1,253 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also graduated from Louisville with a degree in justice administration in 2010. This past season, Chichester was working on his master’s degree.

According to Cox, due to his performance Wednesday, Chichester has been invited to a regional combine in Detroit in late March. The NFL Draft is scheduled to take place April 26-28.

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