
What the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening?
For me? I’m most intrigued with rookie defensive back Robert Rochell. If you need a refresher, Rochell is the athletic defensive back out of Central Arkansas who had caught the eye of just about every draft analyst and NFL team in the days leading up to the draft. ANd of course, he had a strong endorsement of the Senior Bowl Director himself, Jim Nagy.
Official pro-day results for Central Arkansas CB Robert Rochell. Unlikely getting out of Day 2 with good tape & these numbers. 🛠📈💰
— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) March 18, 2021
HT: 5116
WT: 193
Hand: 8 5/8
Arm: 32 1/2
Wing: 78 3/8
VJ: 43.0 VJ 👀
BJ: 11-1 👀
40: 4.39/4.45 (NFL scout time) 👀
SS: 4.08
3C: 6.83 👀
BP: 9
You can see by Nagy’s tweet that he was outstanding at the verticle jump, the broad jump, his 40-yard dash, and his 3-cone drill time.
His height is just slightly under 6-foot-0, and he weighs in at 193-pounds. And of course, you can get a similar bit of information with his Relative Athlete Score, or RAS score, too
Robert Rochell was drafted with pick 130 of round 4 in the 2021 draft class. He scored a 9.65 RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 63 out of 1790 CB from 1987 to 2021. https://t.co/JxjlkVTpHr #RAS #Rams pic.twitter.com/GZOypIn1az
— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) May 1, 2021
The basic advantage of the RAS presentation is the heat map that allows the reader to interpret green boxes as very good, yellow as average to good, and red as below average. So far, the only ‘red’ box for Rochell is the bench press. While that is an easily remedied area in the strength and conditioning room, it’s really not critical for his immediate success in the NFL.