College pro days

[jfkbengals]

(03-31-2019, 08:45 PM)Au165 Wrote: Lots of time they talk to other people on campus while there. Janitors, equipment people, low level interns basically they like to hear from people who have less reason to lie about a guys character or how hard a worker they were. They do still watch drills and use it as a reason to interact with prospects. Sometimes they find guys that weren’t really on their radar but they get interested in.

Those are the two main reasons they go.

As for interviewing non-staff personnel, it often gives a better insight as you get to learn how the prospect treats other human beings.  Do you want a guy who talks down to everyone because he is good at football, or the guy who shows respect to the groundskeepers for providing great field conditions for him to show off his skills?  Things like that get rooted out at those events.

And the second point is just as important as not every player is invited to the combine, so that is when you get to evaluate them in person and have the chance to meet with them.