Charting Bengals Activity With This Year's Prospects

by Josh Kirkendall on Apr 23, 2011 10:46 AM EDT in NFL Draft

UPDATE: We sorted out the private work outs from the visits.

Last year we tracked every workout, Pro Day, interest (even if it were rumor), as we could and put it in a nice chart to keep track of. Note: for all of the guys we tracked, the Bengals only drafted one guy (Jermaine Gresham). This list was comprised of reports from local beat writers, draft gurus and wherever else we could get our hands on some information. If it was reported, we tried to convey it. Mind you. It had to be reported first before we put it on the list. We don't hear something and just throw it up there thinking you'd believe us even if we did hear something. It would have to be confirmed from an outside source. So the following is a chart of prospects with respective activity which will grow as time moves on. A couple of things to note:

1) This is NOT a definite list of Bengals activity. They very well could be doing other things, or visited other schools and it just wasn't reported. We can't assume which schools that they visit until those that post the story explicitly say so, or the story points out that all 32 teams were represented.

2) Pro Days are tricky. With many schools, there's between 10-20 people showing off their measurables in front of scouts. The best we can do is figure out which of our coaches attended and the most likely person that they're checking out. For example, our defensive backs coach isn't checking offensive guards, is he? Regardless, we generally add all players that performed at a Pro Day, provided the Bengals were reported to have attended.

3) We fully expect to miss reports. So if you have updates on reports, email me at JoshKirkendall [at] gmail [dot] com with the report (aka, link) of the team's interest to help us make this list fuller.

Click the header of a column to sort it. Click the player's name to learn more about the Bengals' interest in them. You need to let the page load entirely before sorting the data.

Position	Player	School	Private Work	Host	Pro Day	Rumored Interest	Local Pro Day
OG	Randall Hunt	Illinois			x
OLB	Von Miller	Texas A&M			x
DT	Marcell Dareus	Alabama			x	x
OT	Derek Sherrod	Miss. State			x
CB	Prince Amukamara (V)	Nebraska		x	x	x
OG	Danny Watkins	Baylor	x
QB	Ryan Mallett	Arkansas		x	x
QB	Nathan Enderle	Idaho	x	x	x
QB	Andy Dalton (WO)	TCU	x	x	x
QB	Cam Newton (more)	Auburn	x	x	x
RB	Brandon Saine	tOSU				x
CB	Patrick Peterson	LSU		x
QB	Pat Devlin	Delaware			x
QB	Greg McElroy	Alabama			x
RB	Mark Ingram	Alabama			x
WR	Julio Jones	Alabama	x	x	x	x
WR	Courtney Smith	Alabama			x
TE	Preston Dial	Alabama			x
OL	James Carpenter	Alabama			x
DB	Michael Ricks	Alabama			x
TE	Ben Cleveland	Arkansas			x
OL	DeMarcus Love	Arkansas			x
OL	Dominquez Ray	Arkansas			x
DE	Damario Ambrose	Arkansas			x
LB	Freddy Burton	Arkansas			x
CB	Ramon Broadway	Arkansas			x
WR	Darvin Adams	Auburn			x
OG	Mike Berry	Auburn			x
DT	Nick Fairley	Auburn		x	x
DL	Zach Clayton	Auburn		x	x
DL	Mike Blanc	Auburn			x
LB	Josh Bynes	Auburn			x
LB	Craig Stevens	Auburn			x
RB	Deonte Jackson	Idaho			x
TE	Daniel Hardy	Idaho			x
DE	Aaron Lavarais	Idaho			x
DB	Shiloh Keo	Idaho			x
RB	Derrick Locke	Kentucky			x
WR	Randall Cobb	Kentucky			x
WR	Chris Matthews	Kentucky			x
RB	Roy Helu	Nebraska			x
WR	Niles Paul	Nebraska			x
TE	Mike McNeill	Nebraska			x
DE	Eric Hagg	Nebraska			x
DB	Dejon Gomes	Nebraska			x
P/K	Alex Henry	Nebraska			x
K	Adi Kunalic	Nebraska			x
RB	Brandon Saine	tOSU			x
WR	Dan Sanzenbacher	tOSU			x
OG	Justin Boren	tOSU			x
OG	Bryant Browing	tOSU			x
NT	Dexter Larimore	tOSU			x
DE	Cameron Heyward	tOSU			x
LB	Homan Ross	tOSU			x
LB	Brian Rolle	tOSU			x
CB	Chimdi Chekwa	tOSU			x
DB	Devon Torrence	tOSU			x
DB	Jermale Hines	tOSU			x
RB	DeMarco Murray	Oklahoma			x
WR	Cameron Kenney	Oklahoma			x
OT	Cory Brandon	Oklahoma			x
DE	Jeremy Beal	Oklahoma			x
FS	Quinton Carter	Oklahoma			x
QB	Scott Tolzien	Wisconsin			x
RB	John Clay	Wisconsin			x
WR	David Gilreath	Wisconsin			x
WR	Isaac Anderson	Wisconsin			x
TE	Lance Kendricks	Wisconsin			x
OL	John Moffitt	Wisconsin			x
DE	J.J. Watt	Wisconsin			x
QB	Jerrod Johnson	Texas A&M			x
C	Matt Allen	Texas A&M			x
DT	Lucas Patterson	Texas A&M			x
WR	Jeremy Kerley	TCU			x
WR	Jimmy Young	TCU			x
OL	Marcus Cannon	TCU			x
C	Jake Kirkpatrick	TCU			x
DE	Wayne Daniels	TCU			x
FS	Colin Jones	TCU			x
DL	Pernell McPhee	Miss. State			x
LB	KJ Wright	Miss. State			x
LB	Chris White	Miss. State			x
LB	Greg Jones	Michigan St.		x			x
QB	Blaine Gabbert	Missouri	x	x	x
WR	Torrey Smith	Maryland	x	x	x	x
RB	Da'Rel Scott	Maryland			x
LB	Adrian Moten	Maryland			x
DE	Jabaal Sheard	Pittsburgh			x	x
QB	Christian Ponder	Florida State	x	x	x	x
LB	Martez Wilson	Illinois	x		x	x
DE	Da'Quan Bowers	Clemson		x	x
RB	Jamie Harper	Clemson			x
TE	Barry Durrell	Clemson			x
DT	Jarvis Jenkins	Clemson			x
DB	DeAndre McDaniel	Clemson			x
DB	Marcus Gilchrist	Clemson			x
DB	Byron Maxwell	Clemson			x
CB	Korey Lindsey-Woods	Northwestern			x
DL	Muhammad Wilkerson	Temple			x	x
ILB	Elijah Joseph	Temple			x
S	Jaiquawn Jarrett	Temple			x
DL	Elisha Joseph	Temple			x
WR	Mike Campbell	Temple			x
OL	Will Rackley	Lehigh			x	x
DB	Jarard Cribbs	Lehigh			x
DB	John Kennedy	Lehigh
RB	Evan Royster	PSU	x
QB	Mike Kafka	Northwestern			x	x
DE	Adrian Clayborn	Iowa			x
QB	Ricky Stanzi	Iowa			x
WR	Vincent Brown	San Diego State	x
DB	Buster Skrine	Tenn-Chatt
WR	A.J. Green (V)	Georgia		x	x	x
DE	Justin Houston	Georgia			x
OG	Clint Boling	Georgia			x
WR	Kris Durham	Georgia			x
DE	DaMarcus Dobbs	Georgia			x
LB	Akeem Dent	Georgia			x
FB	Shaun Chapas	Georgia			x
CB	Vance Cuff	Georgia			x
OG	Chris Davis	Georgia			x
OT	Josh Davis	Georgia			x
OLB	Darryl Gamble	Georgia			x
CB	Chad Gloer	Georgia			x
TE	Derek Rich	Georgia			x
DL	Kiante Tripp	Georgia			x
RB	Delone Carter	Syracuse			x	x
P	Rob Long	Syracuse			x
LB	Derrell Smith	Syracuse			x
LB	Doug Hogue	Syracuse			x
C	Ryan Batholomew	Syracuse			x
DB	Mistral Raymond	South Florida			x	x
DL	Terrell McClain	South Florida			x
WR	Dontavia Bogan	South Florida			x
OLB	Jacquian Williams	South Florida			x
OL	Jamar Bass	South Florida			x
DE	David Bedford	South Florida			x
OL	Sampson Genus	South Florida			x
TE	Kevin Gidrey	South Florida			x
LB	Sabbath Joseph	South Florida			x
FB	Richard Kelly	South Florida			x
DE	Craig Marshall	South Florida			x
RB	Mo Plancher	South Florida			x
OL	Jacob Sims	South Florida			x
DB	Chris Conte	Cal	x
WR	Joe Horn	Ashland	x	x	x
WR	Armon Binns	Cincinnati			x
WR	Vidal Hazelton	Cincinnati		x	x		x
TE	Ben Guidugli	Cincinnati			x
K	Jake Rodgers	Cincinnati			x
OL	C.J. Cobb	Cincinnati			x
OL	Samuel Griffin	Cincinnati			x
RB	John Goebel	Cincinnati			x		x
OL	Jason Kelce	Cincinnati		x	x
TE	Jordan Cameron	Southern Cal			x	x
OL	Tyron Smith	Southern Cal			x
OL	Kris O'Dowd	Southern Cal			x
RB	Allen Bradford	Southern Cal			x
FB	Stanley Havili	Southern Cal			x
DL	Jurrell Case	Southern Cal			x
LB	Malcolm Smith	Southern Cal			x
WR	Ronald Johnson	Southern Cal			x
CB	Shareece Wright	Southern Cal			x
LB	Jabara Williams	Stephen F. Austin			x	x
DL	Kenneth Charles	Stephen F. Austin			x
RB	Alex Green	Hawaii			x	x
WR	Kealoha Pilares	Hawaii			x
CB	Lametrius Davis	Hawaii			x
WR	Greg Salas	Hawaii			x
OL	Laupepa Letuli	Hawaii			x
DB	Mana Silva	Hawaii			x
RB	Bilal Powell	Louisville	x
OT	Chris Hairston	Clemson	x		x
DE	Robert Eddins	Ball State Uni.			x
OL	Michael Switzer	Ball State Uni.			x
DL	Bryan Hardister	Saint Francis			x
RB	Elijah Flowers	Saint Francis			x
OLB	Sam Acho	Texas			x	x
DB	Aaron Williams	Texas			x
DB	Curtis Brown	Texas			x
DB	Chykie Brown	Texas			x
WR	James Kirkendoll	Texas			x
TE	Greg Smith	Texas			x
WR	John Chiles	Texas			x
OL	Michael Huey	Texas			x
DE	Eddie Jones	Texas			x
RB	Vondrell McGee	Texas			x
LB	Jared Norton	Texas			x
OG	Mike Pouncey	Florida		x
S	Rajric Coleman	Utah State	x
CB	Curtis Marsh	Utah State	x
RB	Daniel Thomas	Kansas State	x
CB	Korey Lindsey	Southern Illinois		x
OT	Johnny Culbreath	South Carolina State	x
CB	Jimmy Smith	Colorado		x
S	Rahim Moore	UCLA	x
K	Nate Whitaker	Sanford	x
S	Wyatt Middleton	Navy	x
WR	Aldrick Robinson	SMU	x
WR	Edmund Gates	Abilene Christian	x
RB	Taiwan Jones	Eastern Washington			x	x

Names that are no linked are players that were at the Pro Day that Bengals players attended.

Note: The Bengals have been confirmed to be in attendence for the following Pro Days.

Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
OSU
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Idaho
TCU
Delaware
Wisconsin
Temple
Lehigh
Clemson
Illinois
Florida State
Missouri
Maryland
Northwestern
Iowa
Temple
Syracuse
Georgia
South Florida
Cincinnati
USC
Ball State University
Hawaii

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With the number 4 pick the Bengals should only be looking at

1. Marcell Dareus who will be gone more than likely!

2. Von Miller who is the best player in the draft and if you add him with Rey and Rivers you will finally have some Linebackers who can play with Pittsburgh.

3. Patrick Peterson will allow the Bengals to let Joseph go to FA. I would hate to see him go but he is always hurt.

4. Nick Fairley is a game changer who the Bengals have not had at DT position since Marvin took over.

With that said the Bengals will draft Green or Newton . A.J. is the best WR in the draft and if the Bengals do draft him it would be to try and beg Palmer to play this year. Cam Newton will either be another Donovan McNabb or Akili Smith. How can the Bengals keep passing on impact defensive lineman.

If their is a way to mess this pick up, you can bet your last dollar that Mike Brown will figure out how to do it.

Kenneth Lewis Moore

by lightskin350 on Mar 15, 2011 2:21 PM EDT reply actions

they said that

there is no huge impact dt this year none will be like suh was last year that being said i could see the dt or another de oposite of dunlap. von miller has been labeled as overhyped bust if we waste a number 4 on him i may have many holes in my wall/broken items that i throw. patrick peterson would be good the thing is they think he could easily switch to saftey which would allow us to have a good saftey and get him playing time the first year. or he could replace joseph which i would hate to see also the other possiblity is he replaces hall since if we sign joseph then we wont have enough to give leon hall a contract next year assuming he is looking for the big money and or him and joseph wont take a pay cut if it means they both can play together. also even though it would be alot of money it is starting to end up where having good third dbs and good depth is almost a must. i must say though adam jones did play good lets hope he doesnt get in trouble

by bengalsfanforlife on Mar 16, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Feel free to check my list over in the fan post

You’ll get a few people left out like Andy Jackson from Fresno St and Kentucky.. where Anderson ran RB drills.

1st round draft wishes.
Bengals: Blaine Gabbert, Nick Fairley or AJ Green!
Cavaliers: Kyrie Irving and Harrison Barnes!

by C Byers on Mar 15, 2011 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

Nick Fairley??

Considering he was part of Auburn’s pro day, I’m pretty sure Marvin watched

by Marc57 on Mar 15, 2011 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

RE:

It’s not a complete list and it never will be. We’re still pumping names into it.

Managing Editor at CincyJungle.com -- SB Nation Cincinnati Bengals blog.

by Josh Kirkendall on Mar 15, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Added Alabama and Arkansas players

They were at the Pro Day that Bengals coaches attended.

Managing Editor at CincyJungle.com -- SB Nation Cincinnati Bengals blog.

by Josh Kirkendall on Mar 15, 2011 2:50 PM EDT reply actions

Ohio college players at tOSU Pro Day

There were four players that worked in the position drills at the Ohio State pro day from other Ohio colleges:

Ashland U – WR Joe Horn – 5’11.1 and 192
Heidelberg – WR Mike Preston – 6’4 and 205
Mt. Union – TE/LS Kyle Miller – 6’4.5 and 249
Youngstown State – Brandian Ross – 5’11.6 and 192 – injured hamstring and did not run in drills

I haven’t been able to confirm any times, but I’ve heard Horn ran some amazingly fast short shuttle and 3-cone times, and has been invited for a private workout with the Bengals in April.

by Cincicougar on Mar 16, 2011 8:32 AM EDT reply actions

If Joe Has...

He can screw over Quan for his return man spot.
I know Joe so I may be a little Bias.. But he is a track star. Ashland U is a D2 track power house, and a lot of smaller D1 level guys rather go to AU because of their track program (their coach is Olympic hammer thrower from the 90’s and strength coach is the current one). He’s actually from the same conference that Skuta came from the GLIAC (The teams are pretty big rivals)
His team profile is here http://athletics.ashland.edu/bio.php?playerID=2584
And his return stat’s dropped in 09 because they had one of the fastest kids in the nation as the other return man, and they also had 3 Kick returners on the field at once. Typically kicking away from Joe. If given the chance he can be a great return man. I’d say 7th rounder or UDFA material though

1st round draft wishes.
Bengals: Blaine Gabbert, Nick Fairley or AJ Green!
Cavaliers: Kyrie Irving and Harrison Barnes!

by C Byers on Mar 18, 2011 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Idk where you would classify this;

The announcers during the senior bowl told a story about Lewis going down to USF last year to scout Piere-Paul. He actually really liked McClain but found out from the HC he was only a JR. And sorta filled in the rest. Idk if it’s much but i think it would at least be rumored interest.

1st round draft wishes.
Bengals: Blaine Gabbert, Nick Fairley or AJ Green!
Cavaliers: Kyrie Irving and Harrison Barnes!

by C Byers on Mar 26, 2011 11:32 AM EDT reply actions