proCane Pro Day Notes

Jimmy Graham's first schedule workout is with the Lions next week. Graham said he'll be working out with the Dolphins in a week and a half during their local workout day. He has 8 to 10 NFL workouts set up for the next few weeks. "I expect to be gone for a long time," Graham said. Graham added that he was only doing position drills and I thought he tore it up.

Graham reportedly looked "tremendous" in pass catching drills at the Hurricanes' Friday Pro Day. Graham stood on his outstanding times from the Combine, but apparently put on a show in the receiving portion of Friday's workout. Offering legitimate Tony Gonzalez appeal, Graham could sneak into the second round of April's draft.

Jason Fox probably cost himself some money during Pro Day. The 6-foot-7 offensive tackle injured his left hamstring while running the 40-yard dash and was unable to continue. Friday was supposed to be a big day for Fox. Because of a knee injury that required surgery and kept him out of UM’s regular-season finale and bowl game, Fox was unable to run at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Rumor has it that UM pushed back Pro Day nearly a month so Fox would have time to heal. As it stood, Fox was probably no better than a fourth-round pick. He may have slipped from there.

Sam Shields ran the 40-yard dash in 4.25 seconds on Friday, according to teammates. Shields, busted last week in Sarasota for marijuana possession, didn’t speak to reporters.

Darryl Sharpton bettered his 40-time, running a 4.6 on Friday after a 4.7 clocking in Indianapolis. He went from 24 reps to 26 on the bench press (225 pounds.) and ran the shuttle in 4.2-seconds. He also broad jumped 10-1.

DB Chavez Grant ran in the 4.5 range.

CB Sam Shields, DE Eric Moncur and TE Tervaris Johnson seemed to be the players that helped their stock the most with their performance.

C A.J. Trump says he has workouts scheduled with the Lions, Titans and the Bucs.

Every NFL team was represented at UM’s Pro Day although no head coaches made the trip and the only high level front office-type was Rick Spielman, Minnesota’s vice president of player personnel.