The NFL Scouting Combine wrapped up Sunday from Indianapolis. Many of the top prospects in the 2022 NFL draft worked out in front of teams, giving evaluators an up-close look and tangible numbers for each player’s athleticism.
Which prospect should Packers fans know from Indianapolis?
Here’s one ascending prospect for the Packers at all of the team’s need positions coming out of the combine, using Kent Lee Platte’s Relative Athletic Score to help highlight the top athletic performers.
Wide receiver: Christian Watson, North Dakota State
Delaware linebacker Matt Palmer moves in as North Dakota State’s Christian Watson
Watson, at 6-4 and 208 pounds, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.36 seconds, hit 38.5″ in the vertical leap and covered 11-4 in the broad jump, giving him one of the best athletic profiles of any receiver prospect ever. Watson can do a little bit of everything at the receiver position, including create with the ball in his hands, win downfield and block in the run game….