Ole Miss football WE De'Zhaun Stribling turned heads with his performance in Indianapolis on Friday.
He was one of the sleeper WRs who NFL scouts wanted to see for themselves, and he did not disappoint.
De'Zhaun Stribling clocks a stunning 40-yard time
Stribling breezing through his 40-yard dash in 4.36 seconds said everything about why he was among the top underappreciated wideouts this NFL draft.
Before clocking in at Cembine, the WR was a soolid Day 3 pick. With his 40-yard timing, however, he cleared the only red flag scouts had in his scouting report: vertical speed.
That effectively skyrocketed his draft stock, as post-Combine, Stribling would be a sure-shot Day 2 darling.
Besides the 40-yard, the 6'2", 207-pounder recorded a 36.00" vertical jump and a 10'7" broad jump.
NFL's Lance Zierlein thinks Stribling has the potential to start as a backup and quickly develop into a starter.
"Long-striding, vertical-access wideout with steady play and production. Stribling has good size and early acceleration to climb over the top of coverage but lacks short-area quickness to gain separation underneath. His downfield ball skills are above average but he struggles to consistently carve out catch space and fight through contested-catch contact for tight-coverage wins. He has legit speed after the catch once he finds open grass. He’s also one of the most competitive run blockers in the WR class. Stribling projects as an immediate WR4 who could eventually work his way into a starting role," Zierlein writes in his scouting report of the Ole Miss WR.
The post-Combine mock draft board shakeups and teams chasing after him are going to be interesting following Stribling's performance.