Alright Rebels, what's up with your players at the NFL

Combine? I expected better from them all.

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Loser: Jevan Snead, Mississippi QB
Only Colonel Reb, the controversial mascot who was voted out by the Ole Miss students, had a rougher week than QB Jevan Snead and RB Dexter McCluster.

After an extremely disappointing year, Snead, who at one time last offseason was considered skilled enough to be a sleeper for a top 10 draft slot, didn’t do anything to impress. It was a shocker when he chose to forgo his senior season to come out after throwing for just 2,632 yards and 20 touchdowns with 20 interceptions, but family financial issues necessitated the move. He wasn’t a total disaster in Indy as the ball zipped out of his hands on the basic throwing drills, but he didn’t do anything to improve his stock with sloppy mechanics, mediocre athleticism, and no special NFL skills.

Loser: Dexter McCluster, Mississippi RB
At only 5-9 and 172 pounds, McCluster was seen as a potential weapon who at worst could handle the ball a few key times a game, sort of like a poor man’s Reggie Bush, and at best could’ve grown into a Chris Johnson-like breakout player with the same raw skills.

And then came the workout. The 4.55 40, compared to the rest of the pack, was a complete and utter disaster. However, he threw up 20 lifts on the bench and showed off his quickness in the cone drills, but he came up with nothing as a receiver. If he had come up with a 4.4 in the 40 he would’ve been a fringe second rounder, but now it might be tough for many to find him a regular role.


Loser: Marshay Green, Mississippi CB
Green had to make up for his lack of size, measuring in under 5-9 and a mere 180 pounds, by showing premier quickness and speed, and he didn’t do it with a horrendous 4.64 40.

Safety Kendrick Lewis, Green's teammate, had the reputation for being a great athlete, but he looked smallish measuring under 6-feet and 198 pounds. He was disastrous in the 40 running a 4.72 and lousy in the weight room with just 16 reps, but he and Green weren’t expected to be sure-thing next-level prospects. DE Greg Hardy is.


Loser: Greg Hardy, Mississippi DE
The former basketball player has a few knocks on him from durability to off-the-field concerns, but talent and athleticism were supposed to mask the issues. He jumped well with a 35-inch vertical, but he only came up with 21 reps and ran a 4.87 40. At 6-4 and 281 pounds the time might not seem that bad, but he’s supposed to be an athletic speed rusher with first-round potential. Not anymore.