A blog in the life.... Part IV

It's been a while followers and I apologies for my almost 2 weeks without a blog. The internet at home has been killing me but all is sorted now and BT may even be installing the fiber optic in a week or two. So much has happened in the world of sport over the last couple of weeks from the disappointing cricket in New Zealand to march madness in college basketball. 

I will start this come back with a traditional blog and my favorite one, that of course is the blog in the life of Desmond Trufant. For those of you who do not know what this concept is. It's a unique blog I do every couple of weeks that looks at Desmond Trufant following his pathway from college into the NFL. In the first three parts I looked at Desmond's background, college career and then followed him through the senior bowl and NFL combine. Once Desmond is drafted in a months time I'm going to follow his NFL career closely regardless of what franchise he ends up at. 

The last two weeks have again been another busy couple of weeks for Desmond. The draft is exactly one month away and so a couple of weeks ago at the University of Washington he held his pro day. This is very similar to the combine but the participants now have home field advantage  They can script their workouts to suit them and be more picky in what exercises they participate in. Trufant decided to stand by his 40 time he clocked at the combine and did not run a 40, he did participate in lots of field drills and once again showed of his fluid movement and athletic ability. It was reported ten teams where in attendance at the pro day including the Seahawks, Colts and Jaguars. 

The final phase of the process to getting drafted is private workouts with teams. Teams like to try and keep these unknown in some chases so other clubs do not know who they are interested in. Other times they make it more public as it can increase the trade offers for a certain pick. The workouts can also take place either at the college of the participant or even at the clubs facility again making it hard to gather information on who has been meeting and workout with who. It has been confirmed that Desmond has already had private workouts with the Falcons and Jaguars, both teams are in need of help at the cornerback position. Desmond is more than likely going to participate in more of these work outs right up to draft day. 

The NFL buzz surrounding Trufant is also gather he has recently appeared on the NFL network in which he came across really well and gained extra attention. All the draft expects from a variety of sources are locking him up as not only a first round draft pick but also one of the top three cornerbacks in the draft. 

I will do one more blog on Desmond leading up to the big day in a couple of weeks time. 

#goblue for tonights big sweet 16 game.