For those of you who forgot who Dre Kirkpatrick is already, he was our top pick in last year's draft (taken ahead of Cincy Jungle favorites like David DeCastro & Doug Martin).
Anyway, looking at last year's top rated cornerbacks, here is how they fared at the combine.
(The 3-cone result for Dre comes from his pro-day, since he did not do the drill at the combine)
name | 40 | 225 rep | vert | broad | 3-cone | shuttle | |
M Claiborne | CB | 4.50 | - | 34.5 | 118 | 7.01 | 4.12 |
S Gilmore | CB | 4.38 | 15 | 36.0 | 123 | 6.61 | 3.94 |
D Kirkpatrick | CB | 4.50 | - | 35.0 | 120 | 7.20 | - |
J Jenkins | CB | 4.41 | - | 33.5 | 121 | 6.95 | 4.13 |
For comparison's sake, here is how the top 2013 cornerbacks performed:
name | 40 | 225 rep | vert | broad | 3-cone | shuttle | |
D Milliner | CB | 4.37 | - | 36.0 | 122 | 6.95 | 4.32 |
D Trufant | CB | 4.38 | 16 | 37.5 | 125 | - | 3.85 |
X Rhodes | CB | 4.43 | 14 | 40.5 | 132 | - | - |
D Amerson | CB | 4.44 | 15 | 35.5 | 127 | - | - |
J Poyer | CB | 4.54 | 8 | 30.5 | 118 | 6.87 | 4.18 |
J Banks | CB | 4.61 | 10 | 34.0 | 125 | 6.97 | 4.27 |
Since the Bengals are seemingly in need of a safety, and there have been some who have suggested moving Dre to safety, here's how the 2013 safeties fared:
name | 40 | 225 rep | vert | broad | 3-cone | shuttle | |
T Mathieu | S | 4.50 | 4 | 34.0 | 117 | 6.87 | 4.14 |
E Reid | S | 4.53 | 17 | 40.5 | 134 | 6.99 | 4.22 |
M Elam | S | 4.54 | 17 | 35.5 | 118 | - | - |
TJ McDonald | S | 4.59 | 19 | 40.0 | 131 | 6.89 | 4.20 |
K Vaccaro | S | 4.63 | 15 | 38.0 | 121 | 6.78 | 4.06 |
DJ Swearinger | S | 4.67 | 17 | 37.0 | 124 | 6.70 | 4.11 |
B Rambo | S | - | 17 | - | - | - | - |
J Cyprien | S | - | - | 38.5 | - | - | - |
Dre's 40 time would put him near the bottom of the top CB's for 2013, but ahead of the top Safeties.
His 3-cone would put him on par with the faster o-linemen. Just kidding, but it's far worse than anybody on this list.
Dre's vertical jump & broad jump would put him in the lower half of the top prospects from 2013.
Since Dre missed all of 2012, he's essentially joining the Bengals as a 'rookie' in 2013. So with that in mind, would you still take him with a 1st round pick if he was coming out this year???