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An early look at Senior Bowl participants
The festivities for the Reese's Senior Bowl kick off this week, with practices for the North and the South running Tuesday through Thursday in Mobile, Alabama.
The teams will then meet Saturday in the game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, with kickoff at 1:30 p.m. (CT).
Arif Hasan, who covers the Vikings for The Athletic, is on the scene in Mobile and recently picked out a handful of players that could be potential fits in Minnesota.
Hasan listed nine players, including three wide receivers, three offensive linemen and three cornerbacks.
He began with Liberty wide receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden, Southern California wide receiver Michael Pittman and Devin Mims from Baylor.
Hasan wrote about Pittman:
Like [Adam] Thielen and [Stefon] Diggs, he's excellent at tracking the ball, making him a great scramble drill asset and a potential deep ball target despite limited speed.
As for the linemen, Hasan mentioned St. John's guard/tackle Ben Bartch, West Virginia tackle Colton McKivitz and Washington guard/center Nick Harris.
Hasan wrote about Harris:
Among interior linemen, there's a good chance that Harris takes the prize for most athletic. Like [Garrett] Bradbury, he's entering the Senior Bowl with a shot to push himself into the first round on the back of his fantastic zone blocking and athletic capability.
Hasan also highlighted Oklahoma State's A.J. Green, Nebraska's Lamar Jackson and Iowa Michael Ojemudia, a trio of cornerbacks.
Of Green, who uses the same initials and last name of a famed Bengals receiver, Hasan wrote:
No, not that A.J. Green — though his physical profile isn't too far off. At 6-foot-1, he's a taller corner but demonstrates a lot more quickness than you'd expect from someone whose calling card is his length.
The 2020 NFL Draft is from April 23-25 in Las Vegas.