The Texas Pro Day in the 2023 NFL Draft cycle will provide several Longhorns prospects with an opportunity to boost their stock in front of local scouts and evaluators. Here’s what you need to know about the event.
When Is Texas’ Pro Day?
The Texas Pro Day is one of the first pro days on deck in the 2023 NFL Draft cycle. The Longhorns will conduct their pro day on March 9, joining other schools like Harvard, Illinois State, Monmouth, Nevada, and Texas State in the early wave.
Texas is just the second Power Five team to conduct its pro day this cycle, following the Indiana Hoosiers, who tested on March 7.
Texas Prospects To Watch at Pro Day Include Bijan Robinson, Anthony Cook
There’s one obvious headliner set to appear at Texas’ Pro Day, but the Longhorns’ draft class, past their premier RB prospect, is fully stocked with potential sleepers in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Bijan Robinson, RB
Bijan Robinson is automatically the first name that comes to mind when you think of Texas draft prospects. After running a 4.46 and jumping a 37″ vertical and 10’4″ broad at 5’11”, 215 pounds, in Indianapolis, Robinson doesn’t have much more to prove at his pro day. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see who meets with him and if he performs agility drills.
Roschon Johnson, RB
Roschon Johnson, unlike his counterpart at RB, may look to improve his times at Texas’ Pro Day. At 6’0″, 219 pounds, Johnson ran a 4.58 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine.
That’s not a bad time, but that, along with a 31.5″ vertical, left room for improvement. Regardless, Johnson should impress in interviews with his team-first mentality and display his natural receiving ability in drills.
Moro Ojomo, DT
Moro Ojomo is one 2023 NFL Draft prospect who’s rightfully skyrocketing up draft boards this late in the cycle. In fact, he has a top-100 grade from me.
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At 6’3″, 293 pounds, with 34.5″ arms, Ojomo tested with a 5.04 40-yard dash, a 33″ vertical, and a 9’4″ broad jump in Indianapolis. With his burst, natural leverage, length, and power, he bears some similarities to 2014 Pro Bowler Sheldon Richardson.
DeMarvion Overshown, LB
Heading into the Texas Pro Day, DeMarvion Overshown is already in a good spot. It doesn’t take much tape-watching to know he’s an athlete, but Overshown’s NFL Combine showing confirmed it.
At 6’3″, 229 pounds, he achieved a 4.56 40-yard dash with a 1.59 10-yard split, and a 10’4″ broad jump. His Relative Athletic Score (RAS) is 9.55 unofficially, and elite vertical and agility numbers could lift it even higher.
Keondre Coburn, DT
While Ojomo has been trending up in the 2023 NFL Draft cycle, Keondre Coburn has been trending down. Middling athletic numbers — a 5.22 40-yard dash with a 1.82 10-yard split, a 27.5″ vertical, and an 8’5″ broad at 6’2″, 332 pounds, with sub-32″ arms — didn’t help matters at the Combine. But Coburn has shown better explosiveness on tape, so his pro day could be an opportunity to up those numbers.
D’Shawn Jamison, CB
D’Shawn Jamison might end up being one of the more egregious NFL Combine snubs, and he’ll get a chance to prove it at Texas’ Pro Day. Jamison was a team leader in Texas’ secondary, securing a career-high seven pass breakups in 2022. He has experience as a return specialist and verifiable 4.4 speed. Jamison put his coverage athleticism on display at the Shrine Bowl, and look for him to impress on Thursday.
Anthony Cook, DB
File away Anthony Cook as a deep sleeper in the 2023 NFL Draft. He’s a versatile DB with experience at cornerback and safety. In 2022, he had 61 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, a half-sack, and five pass deflections.
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On top of his production, he has a very intriguing frame. At the Hula Bowl, he measured at 6’0″, 185 pounds, with arms over 32″. A good day of testing could make Cook a priority late-round or free agent prospect for teams.
Jahleel Billingsley, TE
You may remember Jahleel Billingsley from before the 2022 NFL Draft cycle. At the time, Billingsley was mocked as an early-round pick in some summer projections. But he failed to find consistency in 2021, then transferred to Texas and caught just three passes in 2022. Billingsley needs a great day of testing to get himself back on the map.