Stephen Hill invited to NFL combine
Former Georgia Tech wide receiver Stephen Hill is one of 47 wide receivers who has received an invitation to the NFL scouting combine, to take place Feb. 22-28 in Indianapolis.
The NFL released the list Tuesday. Hill, the only former Tech player to make the 327-player invite list, declared himself an early-entry candidate for the draft Jan. 5. His invitation to the combine is hardly a guarantee that he’ll get drafted; annually, players who aren’t invited to the combine get drafted and players who do get invited get passed up in the draft. However, it is certainly an indication that NFL scouts see him as a draftable player.
The draft website nfldraftscout.com ranks Hill as the No. 7 wide receiver in the draft and projects him as a second-round selection. ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. said that Hill would have to impress at the combine to get into the third round.
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Paddy
February 8th, 2012
5:10 pm
Ghost of the Plain….your statement about Dwyer and a late round pick was due to the GT system is way, way off. A failed drug test pushed him down the list, nothing more. Check your facts before you post!
Ivan
February 8th, 2012
5:12 pm
Megatron caught a few against UGA. I believe it was one TD and about 100 receiving yards between 2 games. If Ball was on target those stats would change. It is what it is….he seems to be pretty good to me.
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paula dean
February 8th, 2012
8:25 pm
Stephen (sometimes catch the ball) Hill can ran a 4.25 all day, but he can’t catch.
Jacket Man
February 8th, 2012
10:11 pm
The various Mock Drafts have him anywhere between the First and Fourth Rounds, averaging around the Third. All it takes is one team to “fall in love” with Stephen, like the Broncos did with Tim Tebow, and he’ll go high in the draft.
His pro day will certainly impact his standing as a large number of teams will be able to “kick the tires,” so to speak, and he’ll have an opportunity to showcase himself against some of the top receivers in the draft. If he holds his own, or can actually exceed expectations, then he has a chance to move up in the draft.
Ga Tech Old Timer
February 8th, 2012
11:10 pm
All the evidence I need is to know that R Ball CHOKED EVERY TIME we played UGA – including the game where he threw it out of bounds on 4th down to “stop the clock” down inside your 20. The only game R Ball brought with him when playing UGA was his “D” game. If he had played against UGA like he did against most ALL our other opponents there wouldn’t have been any way y’all would have won or Calvin wouldn’t have cleaned your plow. Go back and look at the tapes – you guys loved R Ball and Gailey and it was written all over these blogs about how happy you were that these two were on the Tech sideline.
Biggin'
February 9th, 2012
8:11 am
Stephen Hill will NOT be drafted in the 1st 3 rounds of the draft. He is a day 3 kind of player. Yes, he can run and he is tall, but he is very inconsistent catching the ball. He drops WAY too many passes. He also only had to run 1 route at Tech, the 9 route. For you Techies there are 8 other routes in the route tree he needs to learn. He will go in the 4th or 5th round.
Birmingham Jacket
February 9th, 2012
8:17 am
What an absolute JOKE.
This kid wouldn’t even start for a legitimate top 20 college football team.
GTAAA-77
February 9th, 2012
10:07 am
I can understand a layperson thinking that he dropped “easy” passes. Because he was so wide open and the passes so soft it’s believed that any reciever should catcht them. But, when you have to ratchet down your speed, twist your body, and try not to fall because you can’t get back up and run in college, you’d see the large part that poor passing played into those drops. Expecting a tight spiral in your extended hands and having to “pretzel” around to catch a sinking duck at you hip makes the reciever look bad when it’s not really his fault.
Bruce
February 9th, 2012
10:07 am
I am amazed at the number of experts that have never played the game. As for Mel Kiper, what did he say about Ryan Leaf?
jesse
February 9th, 2012
11:08 am
GOOD LUCK MAN KEEP GOD FRIST
GT fan
February 9th, 2012
11:14 am
47 WRs invited, and nfldraftscout.com says SH is the #7 WR???
Yeah, and I had sex with Gisele Brady last night
GT fan
February 9th, 2012
11:25 am
If SH couldn’t live up to the hype at GT … i.e. according to all the “experts” he played in a weak football conf. Plus he seldom was double-covered. Then he surely isnt’ going to suddenly bust out at the NFL level.
Being a GT fan, I hope nothing but the best for SH, but I’m being realistic here. SH will get drafted, and it’ll be way too high wherever he’s picked, b/c some team will think they can make something of his measureables (6′5″ 210 lbs, speed & leaping). He’s just simply not a WR at the next level.
I don’t blame the kid though … if I was 20/21 years old, and had the opp to leave college for a MINIMUM $390,000 (that’s the 2012 NFL league minimum for rookies), my behind would be gone too!
Al Bundy
February 9th, 2012
1:28 pm
I bet he drops the first pass thrown to him in the combine.
dawgfan
February 9th, 2012
3:59 pm
LOL. You gotta love how the biggest story in Tech football right now is ONE player getting invited to the combine. I haven’t heard a peep about your recruiting class. Let me guess Techies, another stellar top 50 finish? How in the world this is such a huge improvement over Gailey is beyond me, but you Techies keep smoking that CPJ crackpipe. Works for me. 1-3 vs. the Dawgs.
Georgia Tech=JOKE.
hugedawgfan
February 9th, 2012
7:13 pm
So GA TECH Old Timer–I guess when you all win it is a team effort but when you all lose you blame it on one guy. Fact is, CJ did nothing against UGA due to the fact that the DB covered him like a blanket. Reggie Ball or not, CJ was non existant against UGA.