MOBILE, Ala. – The stands at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the South Alabama campus were filled with NFL scouts and staff on Tuesday as Senior Bowl practice week kicked off.
Generally, players in different positions, such as the quarterback, start slow on day one as they develop their timing in the new environment. But the outlook for the skills position got off to a warm start on Tuesday, particularly the wide receivers.
I wrote about Western Michigan’s Dwayne Eskridge in my Senior Bowl preview as a player who could become the Senior Bowl riser this year, like Terry McLaurin did two years ago, and he didn’t disappoint in first practice.
On his tape, Eskridge looks like he’s moving at a different speed than everyone else in the Mid-American Conference. And it was more of the same against better competition here. Cornerbacks struggled to pressure and contain him while Eskridge’s sudden and well-timed …