Top 10 Players Whose NFL Combine Means Absolutely Nothing

Nov 1, 2014; Morgantown, WV, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers wide receiver Kevin White (11) runs with ball after a catch during the first quarter against the TCU Horned Frogs at Milan Puskar Stadium. TCU Horned Frogs defeated West Virginia Mountaineers 31-30. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

4. Kevin White, Wide Receiver, West Virginia Mountaineers

Like Amari Cooper, Kevin White has hardly anything to prove at an NFL Combine after 1,447 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns this past year. His size, 6’3″ 210 pounds, and his tape speak for themselves without the combine. Any straight line speed, shuttle, or bench press result is only going to measure White’s ceiling.

But it does not measure how great he already is.

White is going to compete with Cooper for the top receiver in the draft because he also has great hands and is an incredible deep threat, and he has two more inches on him in size. All of those things matter when you are talking about playing receiver, and by the way, White can run routes a bit better than Cooper as well.

The questions surrounding White are about how physical he is and how good he is at creating space. Physicality could be measured by bench press values, but in reality the only way to measure it is by how much better he gets fundamentally at breaking off of bump and run coverage. So he needs to prove what he can do in pads going up against somebody else.

As a result, the Cooper-White debate needs to be on tape and college football performance factors, not NFL Combine performance.]

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