Afternoon Notes: Andre Smith Not Wowing at Pro Day

After blowing his status as the No. 1 OT in the upcoming draft at the Combine, Andre Smith’s first shot at redemption comes as Alabama holds its Pro Day today. The early returns are not promising.

Andre Smith, one of the top offensive tackle prospects in this year’s draft, said he was relying on Alabama’s pro day to make up for the disappearing act he put on at the combine. Well, the first returns are not overly impressive.

He best 40-yard dash time was 5.28 seconds and he put up only 19 bench press lifts at 225 pounds. Neither number of which would have put him close to the top 10 performers at his position in the combine.

Elsewhere, the Bengals were one of seven NFL teams to send reps to Colorado State’s Pro Day. Some results from NFL.com’s Gil Brandt here.

Dhani Jones will get you, Tom Brady.

Added: NFL.com’s promised numbers haven’t appeared yet, but Aaron Wilson over at PFT has a couple more Smith nuggets:

One league source told us: “He bombed.”…According to our league source, Smith ran with no shirt on and was visibly overweight.

NFL.com finally delivers:

Smith measured in at 6-foot-4 ¼, 325 pounds and ran the 40-yard dash in 5.28 and 5.33 seconds. He had a 25-inch vertical, a 7-foot, 10-inch broad jump, a 7.88-second three-cone drill and 19 bench press reps at 225 pounds. His short shuttle time is still to come as are the times from his Alabama teammates.

To put Smith’s workout in perspective, he did not post a single number that would have placed him in the top performers at his position at the combine and many of his numbers were not even close to the top 10 at his position at the combine.

On the plus side, Capstone Report says that center Antoine Caldwell, another potential Bengals selection in April, looked good.

tfydraft.com says Smith lost millions today. Contradictory opinion here. Andre himself thinks he did good.

Bengals.com’s Geoff Hobson and his media pals weigh in, and give Cincy Jason over Andre at six.