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Draft analysis from deep within the confines of Cowboys headquarters at the Star and Frisco. And now your host, Kyle yeomans. Today is April 15, 2025 and we are nine days away from the NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Welcome in to the Draft show presented by Miller Lite, the only beer of the Cowboys. It is Miller time. We are officially underneath the single digit mark. Glad you're with us with Zach Wolczyk, Brian Broaddus, Tommy Yarish, Nick Harris with Chris Beam in the back, I'm Kyle Yeomans. Nine days away, gentlemen. It can't come fast enough and it also can't hold off fast enough at the same time. We're ready to get to our draft coverage with 105. 3 the Fan on Thursday. Continue through every single one of the 257 picks throughout the week and then get into what is happening with this team and every other team in the NFL after that. So it's getting down to crunch time, which also means it's the last few opportunities that we might have Nick Harris to look at certain players, including one that we've been waiting on for a little bit. Will Johnson working out from Michigan, the cornerback working out. Was it today or yesterday?
Nick Harris (1:44)
It was on Monday.
Kyle Yeomans (1:45)
Yeah, Monday. So yesterday working out anymore? Yeah, me neither. Working out and getting to see what exactly he's bringing to the table. You have an update?
Nick Harris (1:55)
Yeah. So he did work out yesterday for scouts in attendance. He did not run his 40, which that was the big thing we were all asking going into the draft process in general is are we going to see Will Johnson run? He has all these lower body injuries that he's battled throughout his career. You don't really know what that verified athleticism looks like, but we got some of those other points of athleticism you could look at. Vertical jump, 37 inches that he jumped yesterday, a 433-short shuttle, which whenever you're comparing it to other corners in the class, it's kind of average and according to Dane Brugler of the Athletic, above average during positional drills. One scout told him Will Johnson looked very smooth. And that's, you know, that's. That's what jumps off, off tape, right, Is that Will Johnson is this smooth transitional corner that can move his hips really well at times and, and cover some of the best players in the Big Ten and some of the top competition that Michigan has faced over the last couple of years. I think back to that national championship performance that he had a couple years ago against was came out in the second half with an interception to open against Michael Penix and played really well in that game. It was a force in that game, but obviously had a lot of help around him. Now this past year battled injury and so it's a tough eval, don't get me wrong. And I think, you know, guys that have a positive view on Will Johnson and guys that have a negative view on Will Johnson, I don't think there's a right or wrong here. I think this is going to be something that unfortunately we're just not going to have a lot of data on. And it's going to have to be something that you go forward with on a, you know, a really good eval eye. And this is where, you know, having seasoned scouts, having seasoned evaluators really come into play. Because when you can look at a guy like Will Johnson, what can you factor in, what can you factor out? And how can you make that part of the evaluation process? This is going to be one of the more difficult ones. I even know we have differing opinions on this table about Will Johnson, but he's going to be a guy we talk about on night one. Regardless, he's going to be a guy that does get drafted in the first round. It's just a matter of, you know, where does he get fit and how does he end up playing early on in his career and can he stay away from injury?
