Saints, Seahawks Only Teams to Show Up at Larry Lumpkin's Pro Day

After his agent revealed that 19 team had expressed interest in his client, there was some expectation that former Carson-Newman linebacker Larry Lumpkin would draw a crowd at his pro day workout Wednesday and push his way well into today's supplemental draft with a good performance. 

Neither of those things happened.

Draft expert Rob Rang of CBS Sports reports that only the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks showed for Lumpkin's pro day at his old high school, Alma Bryant, in Irvington, Alabama.

Lumpkin was projected to run in the 4.5s by some, but he was only able to muster a 40 time in the 4.7s, according to Rang. He did measure in at a respectable 6'0", 241 lbs and bench 225 pounds 27 times to show better-than-average strength, but Rang also reports that his position drills were "nothing special."

Aaron Wilson of Scout.com reported times of 4.69 and 4.72 on a muddy track and a 9'10" broad jump. While Lumpkin's overall athletic profile was solid, the minuscule number of teams in attendance has to make the pro day a disappointment by any measure.

Lumpkin had academics problems at Carson-Newman. And his position coach at his first school, Alabama A&M, called the linebacker out for being undisciplined and missing both practices and parts of meetings while he was part of their program.

Rang speculated that those issues might have contributed to the poor turnout at his second pro day, which was still better than the zero teams that showed up for his first workout on July 8. Interestingly, Rang still believes Lumpkin could draw a selection in the seventh round. 

SI.com's Tony Pauline published his scouting report of Lumpkin yesterday. He projected him going undrafted because he "hasn't shown the willingness to do the little things necessary to succeed in the NFL." Pauline's report is complimentary of Lumpkin's aggressive style, nose for the ball and his ability to read and react, though. So Rang's guess that a team could take him with a seventh-round pick is possible.