Given that we’re in the midst of one pro day after another in the lead up to the 2017 NFL Draft, we often forget that these single drills — an incredible vertical leap, a blazing 40-yard dash, a startling 60-yard shuttle — can make the difference in the lives of players and in the trajectories of teams.
Dee Ford wasn’t on the radar for the Kansas City Chiefs in any mock drafts leading up to the 2014 NFL Draft. What we didn’t realize was that behind-the-scenes, John Dorsey decided that the Auburn pass rusher was the prospect he wanted after his first full year of draft research with the Chiefs.