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WIll Anderson Jr. participates, impresses at 2023 NFL Draft Combine
Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. solutions questions from the media throughout the NFL Scouting Mix on March 1, 2023, on the Indiana Conference Heart in Indianapolis, IN. (Photograph by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos)
(Photograph by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos)
It’s unusual to see somebody that has an opportunity of going No. 1 total within the NFL Draft collaborating on the mix.
However Alabama edge rusher Will Anderson Jr. was in Indianapolis on Thursday to get in some work throughout the 2023 NFL Draft Mix.
The highest prospect impressed, a participant that would doubtlessly be obtainable for the Arizona Cardinals at third total.
As is all the time the case, the eye was paid primarily to the 40-yard sprint occasions.
Anderson ran an official 4.60 mark, a strong quantity that ranked twelfth out of the 28 gamers at his place to register a time.
Will Anderson Jr. with a 4.69u on his first run. @AlabamaFTBL
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However for Anderson on the sting, his 10-yard cut up is extra essential, and he tied for seventh at a 1.61.
It was the one timed and/or measured drills Anderson took half in however a number of the different drills he obtained to be in is the place he was in a position to actually be a standout performer.
Fancy footwork from @AlabamaFTBL LB Will Anderson Jr.
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Anderson’s motion abilities impressed the draft consultants that have been in a position to get an up-close look.
Will Anderson utterly owned the cross rush drills. I am blown away that he is even figuring out when so many high gamers do not. Good on him
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) March 3, 2023
Greatest a part of Will Anderson’s exercise at present was how fluid he regarded dropping into protection and redirecting. Appeared very comfy from the rise up place as a 3-4 OLB.
— Jordan Reid (@Jordan_Reid) March 3, 2023
Will Anderson out right here shifting higher than the entire precise linebackers after the NFL put him on this group is objectively hilarious.
— Marcus Whitman (@TFG_Football) March 3, 2023
Anderson’s official measurements got here in at 6-foot-3 and-a-half and 253 kilos.