The NY Giants’ Draft preparation and the travel itineraries of general manager Dave Gettleman, head coach Joe Judge, and the team’s scouting staff became a bit clearer this week as the NFL set the official pro day schedule ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Gettleman, Judge, and the scouting department will now get to jetsetting to the campuses of some of the top college football programs across the country, scouting the premier talent in this year’s NFL Draft.
In the absence of the annual NFL Scouting Combine, pro days will take on significantly more meaning.
An NY Giants area scout already watched presumptive No. 1 overall pick Trevor Lawrence throw at Clemson, and scouts will likely be on hand at the Tigers’ pro day next month. The organization will likely be represented at Penn State‘s pro day as presumptive top-10 pick Micah Parsons and seven other draft prospects work out. Likewise, expect the Giants to be on hand in Tuscaloosa for Alabama’s pro day, perhaps even with Judge in attendance, and in LSU where several prospects fit positions of need.
One significant change this year is the fact that teams will be limited to two representatives per club at each pro day, to aid in social distancing amid the continued fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here’s a look at the this year’s full pro day schedule, via NFL.com:
"March 5KansasMarch 9Kansas StateNorthwesternWisconsin-WhitewaterMarch 10ArkansasMarshallMarylandWisconsinMarch 11ClemsonNevadaTexasMarch 12Arkansas StateNorth Dakota StateOklahomaMarch 15ArmyKent StateMiddle Tennessee StateVanderbiltMarch 16Georgia TechTempleMarch 17ArizonaGeorgiaIllinoisPittsburghSan Jose StateMarch 18AuburnBuffaloCentral ArkansasLouisiana TechLouisiana-MonroeStanfordTroyWest VirginiaMarch 19MemphisOhioTCUMarch 22Air ForceBowling GreenColorado StateFlorida StateIowaMissouriToledoMarch 23AlabamaCentral MichiganIowa StateNebraskaPurdueMarch 24Michigan StateMississippi StateSouth CarolinaUSCVirginiaMarch 25Georgia SouthernMassachusettsMississippiNorth TexasPenn StateSan Diego StateSMUTennesseeWestern MichiganMarch 26Boston CollegeBYUMichiganSouth Dakota StateVirginia TechMarch 29Arizona StateDukeLouisiana-LafayetteMiamiMiami (Ohio)North CarolinaWashington StateMarch 30East CarolinaFlorida AtlanticLouisvilleNorth Carolina StateOhio StateTexas A&MTulaneWashingtonMarch 31BaylorBoise StateFloridaKentuckyLSUNotre DameWake ForestApril 1MinnesotaNorth Carolina-CharlotteOklahoma StateOregon StateSouth FloridaUCFWestern KentuckyApril 2IndianaOregonTulsaApril 7Texas TechApril 9Ball StateHoustonUAB"
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