South Carolina Pro Timing Day Held Tuesday

Twenty-five former Gamecock football players worked out for 68 general managers, coaches and scouts representing all 32 NFL organizations and two CFL teams at South Carolina’s annual Pro Timing Day, held Tuesday at the Long Family Football Operations Center and the Jerri and Steve Spurrier Indoor Practice Facility.

Those former Gamecock players who took part in today’s activities included Kamaar Bell, Davis Beville, Dalevon Campbell, Terrell Dawkins, Gilber Edmond, Nick Emmanwori, O’Donnell Fortune, Tonka Hemingway, Alex Herrera, Alex Huntley, DeAndre Jules, Kyle Kennard, Demetrius Knight Jr., Kai Kroeger, Gage Larvadain, Vershon Lee, Bam Martin-Scott, Juju McDowell, Hunter Rogers, Raheim “Rocket” Sanders, T.J. Sanders, Joshua Simon, Torricelli Simpkins III, David Spaulding and Debo Williams.

The event began in the Long Family Football Operations facility weight room at 8 am as the players were measured for Height/Weight, Wingspan, Arm and Hand size. After the physical measurements were recorded, the players took part in the Vertical Jump and the Bench Press at 225 pounds.

The testing moved to the indoor practice facility where the Broad Jump, 40-yard dash, Short Shuttle, and 3-Cone drills were performed. Individual position drills wrapped up the day’s activities.

The day’s best marks were turned in by Gage Larvadain in the vertical jump (38 ½) and 40-yard dash (4.45), and Gilber Edmond in the broad jump (10-8). Debo Williams did 32 reps on the bench press at 225 pounds, one more than Kamaar Bell. Juju McDowell showed off his quickness with a 4.23 shuttle and a 7.08 3-cone drill.

The NFL Draft is scheduled to be held in Green Bay, Wis., on April 24-26.