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???
Poll
Based on the 2013 combine results, if Dre was in the 2013 draft...
I'd definately use a 1st round pick (our #21) on him (7 votes)
I'd grab him with our 2nd round pick from OAK, or trade down from #21, but not take him at #21. (46 votes)
I think he was in a weak class last year. This year, he'd be a round 2 guy at best. I'd use pick #53 on him at the highest. (37 votes)
He would eat chocolate chip cookies with me! (11 votes)
101 total votes
There are 15 Comments. Load Now.
Shortcuts to mastering the comment thread. Use wisely.
C - Next Comment
X - Mark as Read
R - Reply
Z - Mark Read & Next
Shift + C - Previous
Shift + A - Mark All Read
Comment Settings
Live comment alert: Hide it!
Comments for this post are closed.