Player Results
Willie Snead
40-yard dash – 4.51 seconds
Zane Fakes
40-yard dash – 4.90 seconds
Vertical jump – 31 inches
Jamill Smith
40-yard dash – 4.47 seconds
3-cone drill – 7.38 seconds
Jeffery Garrett
40-yard dash – 4.58 seconds
Vertical jump – 35 inches
Ball State’s Pro Day was a final opportunity to impress scouts, and former Ball State wide receiver Willie Snead took advantage of it Thursday.
After running a 40-yard dash in 4.62 seconds at the NFL Combine in February, Snead improved his time to 4.51 seconds at Ball State’s Pro Day.
“It was great,” Snead said. “I feel like I improved. I hit all my numbers. I improved a lot from the [NFL] Combine.”
Snead declared for the NFL Draft in January, following the completion of his junior season at Ball State. He knew he needed to perform well at Ball State’s Pro Day, and he felt more comfortable in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center than in Indianapolis for the NFL Combine.
“At the combine, there was a lot of pressure,” Snead said. “There were a lot of teams there. There were a lot of questions. I could relax a little bit [at Pro Day].”
Drills were at the rec center’s turf field, drawing representatives from 21 professional teams. They watched former Ball State players and former collegiate players from the area.
Those players included quarterback Keith Wenning, tight end Zane Fakes, wide receivers Jamill Smith and Snead, defensive end Jonathan Newsome, defensive tackle Nate Ollie and defensive back Jeff Garrett.
Many current members of the Ball State football team, including running back Jahwan Edwards, showed up to support former teammates. Snead said seeing them on the sidelines pumped him up.
After the measurements, Wenning showed off his arm to scouts in different passing drills. He threw to the same people he has for the last three seasons — Snead, Smith and Fakes.
Wenning said he will be at home with his family for the NFL Draft in May.
“I’ll be relaxing, watching and enjoying it,” he said. “Just hope my phone rings.”
Snead said they have some individual workouts scheduled with teams and will continue to train independently until the draft day.
For Ollie, this was his only chance to impress NFL decision makers because he wasn’t invited to the combine. Ollie ran 5.25 in the 40-yard dash. He was listed at 295 pounds throughout last season, but he looked bigger than he has in the past.
“It was about like I expected,” Ollie said. “I expected a decent amount of scouts here, when you have big names like Willie, Keith and Newsome. It was a great opportunity.”
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