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Home Phone: 225-627-4575 Football: UL’s Davis appears to be solidifying spot in draft Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • April 16, 2010 An injured left hamstring prevented Hall Davis from performing as well as he wanted during the NFL Combine and UL’s Pro Day last month. Still, the former Ragin’ Cajun defensive end is projected to be a mid-round pick in the upcoming NFL draft, which is next Thursday-Saturday. The 6-foot-4, 272-pounder has the size, power and burst to rush the passer as well as the athleticism, quickness and agility to drop back into pass coverage. “I think his technique is raw, but he is powerful and I love his strength for a guy who can move real well and is big,” said Todd McShay, the director of college scouting for ESPN Scouts, Inc. “Those types of guys are projects that are fun to work with. “And with so many teams running the 3-4 and using hybrids, I could easily see him coming off the board in the late third or fourth round.” That’s the general consensus about Davis, who completed his senior season last fall at UL. Now with a healthy hamstring, Davis is rated the ninth-available defensive end for the draft and an early fourth-round pick by ESPN.com. Sporting News Magazine ranks him as the No. 10 player at his position and a fourth-rounder. Davis, who had 22 tackles and three sacks as a senior, has made visits to the Tennessee Titans, San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions. He was also scheduled to meet with the Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots. “Those meetings went good,” Davis said. “I got to meet everybody in those organizations and let them get a feel for me and my personality and vice versa.” Davis got invited to the Combine in March and impressed the scouts, running the 40-yard dash in 4.84 seconds and doing 28 reps on the 225-pound bench press. But he hurt his hamstring and was unable to complete his workout. Two weeks later, Davis posted a 34.5-inch vertical leap before hurting his hamstring again but showed his toughness by finishing drill work in front of representatives from 24 NFL teams. “I knew he was hurting as we got into it, but it was good to see him fight through it,” UL head coach Rickey Bustle said. “I think that means something. Scouts deal with enough prima donnas at other positions, but Hall isn’t like that. He played through injuries like that for us, too.” McShay said that NFL teams aren’t overly concerned with that hamstring injury because it should heal in time. The more film McShay watches, the more impressed he is with Davis, who worked in a defensive scheme at UL that utilized him in various roles. “I think it’s more getting him in and working on the little things that he didn’t learn in college,” McShay said. “Ultimately, I think he could end up being a starter in the league if he is coached well and brought along properly.” McShay added that Davis has a chance to make an immediate impact as a situational player and develop into a consistent starter in two or three years. McShay still wants to see Davis play with a more consistent effort. For now, Davis is back in Baton Rouge working out at Traction Center for Sports until next week’s draft. “I’m just waiting for the draft,” Davis said. “My hamstring is healed up, and I’m 100 percent and ready to go. The past few months have been crazy, but these teams are looking to invest a lot of money and want to know as much about you as possible. “The most important thing for me is to be ready for whichever team picks me up.” * * * * * * * * * * Football: Davis Ready for NFL Combine February 23, 2010 Courtesy: RaginCajuns.com Former Ragin’ Cajuns defensive end Hall Davis will audition for the entire NFL world at the league’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. The event, held at Lucas Oil Stadium, officially begins on Wednesday. Davis is in workout group No. 7, meaning he begins his combine experience starting this Friday. Since 2003, the Cajuns have watched 18 former players sign NFL contracts, 11 former players receive post-season bowl invites and former players’ names be called in the second, fourth and sixth round of the draft, yet UL hasn’t seen a player attend the NFL combine since Brandon Stokley in 1999. The six-foot-five, 272-pound Davis will go through registration, pre-exam & x-ray, orientation and interviews on Friday. His Saturday schedule includes measurements, exams, media, psychological tests and more interviews. Sunday features a NFLPA meeting in addition to more psychological tests and interviews. Davis will conclude his combine by undergoing the most publicized portion of the event on Monday, March 1 – speed timing, workout & agility stations and skill drills. The NFL and NFL network will offer extensive coverage of the combine. More information is available at http://www.nfl.com/combine 2010 NFL DRAFT: The NFL Draft will kick-off in primetime for the first time in 2010. The first round will be held on Thursday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. (CT). The second and third rounds are set for Friday, April 23, beginning at 5:00 p.m. (CT). Rounds 4-7 will be held on Saturday, April 24 at 9:00 a.m. (CT), How are players selected for the NFL Combine? Participants are determined annually by a Selection Committee. The Directors of both National and BLESTO scouting services, which combined represent twenty-five NFL teams, are joined by members of various NFL player personnel departments to form the committee. The participating NFL executives can rotate on a yearly basis, and remain anonymous. ALL eligible players are reviewed and voted on by the committee members. Each athlete receiving the necessary number of votes, by position, is then extended an invitation. While it is not a perfect science, the goal of the committee is to invite every player that will be drafted in the ensuing NFL Draft. The History of the NFL Combine… National Invitational Camp (NIC), more commonly known as the NFL Scouting Combine, began in 1982 when National Football Scouting, Inc. first conducted a camp for its member NFL clubs in Tampa, Florida. During the first three years, two additional camps were held at different times to collect similar information for teams that did not belong to National Football Scouting. However, in 1985 all 28 NFL teams decided they would participate in future National Invitational Camps with the goal of sharing costs for the medical examinations of draft eligible players. After brief stints in New Orleans (1984, 1986) and Arizona (1985) the camp was moved to Indianapolis, Indiana where it has been operated since 1987. * * * * * * * * * * Football: UL’s Davis gearing up for NFL Combine Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • January 30, 2010 Hall Davis plans to make some history for UL’s football program this time next month. Davis is set to become the first former Ragin’ Cajuns defensive end from the Rickey Bustle era to compete in the NFL Scouting Combine. The Port Allen native previously agreed to play in the 4th Annual Texas vs. the Nation all-star bowl on Feb. 6 but turned down that invitation after getting picked for the Combine, which is Feb. 24-March 2 in Indianapolis. A week ago, Davis received a late offer to participate in the Senior Bowl but declined the opportunity to heal up a sore hamstring and continue training for the Combine. He is also set to perform for NFL scouts on UL’s Pro Day in March. “It’s a great honor to be invited to the Combine and a tribute to how hard I’ve worked,” said Davis, who finished his college career last fall. “I’m definitely happy for the opportunity.” As a senior, Davis tied for the team lead with 3.0 sacks and added 22 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries for the Cajuns in 2009. One of the more impressive numbers is that the 6-foot-5, 270-pounder put on 50 pounds since arriving as a lanky true freshman in 2005. Davis received only two offers out of Baton Rouge’s University High — from UL and Northwestern State — but he leaves the Cajuns as a big, athletic defensive end and one of about 300 players nationally invited to the Combine. “I’m excited for Hall,” UL head coach Rickey Bustle said. “I think he’s well-deserving. He’s getting a lot of interest from the NFL, and scouts are taking a serious look at him.” That’s been going on for a while now. Pretty much every NFL team has scouted Davis over the past year. At least three teams sent their general managers — including Green Bay’s Ted Thompson — out to cross-check him in the fall. ESPN’s Scouts Inc. rates Davis as the No. 17 defensive end available for April’s seven-round draft with a grade of 57, which equates to being a fifth-round pick. NFLDraftScout.com rates Davis as the No. 38 defensive end and 446th-best overall player available for the draft. UL defensive coordinator Kevin Fouquier has heard from some scouts that Davis could go in the third or fourth round depending on how he performs during the Combine, on UL’s Pro Day and in his individual workouts. ESPN Scouts Inc. director of college football scouting Todd McShay said Thursday that he has heard about Davis from multiple NFL scouts in recent weeks. “He has enough athleticism and quickness (to get drafted),” McShay said. “From what I see on tape and from what I hear, he’s supposed to work out well. “Any time that you can get a guy who can get after the quarterback and do some different things from a speed perspective, if you run and put up those numbers then you have a chance to get drafted in the middle rounds.” Since earning his undergraduate degree from UL in December, Davis has been working out in Baton Rouge at Traction Center for Sports. Every day he works out for more than three hours, doing everything from stretching to agility work to lifting weights. He also gets weekly massages to keep his muscles loose and works with the same nutritionist used by the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Hornets to plan his meals every day. Davis has signed with agent Joel Segal from Blue Equity’s football division. Segal represents a laundry list of NFL stars, including former Cajun and current Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor, Saints tailback Reggie Bush and receiver Marques Colston and ex-LSU and current Chiefs defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey. Davis said that he likes his current weight but wants to be able to run the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds for the Combine. At least three years have passed since he last ran a 40 — and he weighed 230 pounds at the time.
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