For Clemson receiver Deon Cain
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"It's a great feeling because I'm starting to get into this professional life and I'm loving it every day," Cain said.
Cain impressed coaches Saturday with his superior speed and great hands, traits that were particularly apparent in the gauntlet drill at Lucas Oil Stadium.
That's where receivers stand on one sideline, spin and catch a pass from 10 yards away, then spin and catch one from the other direction. Then, they sprint toward the other sideline, catching five more 10-yard passes from alternating directions before coming back the other way, catching another seven throws.
While Cain was eager to show off his skills Saturday during the on-field sessions with quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends, he said he's actually enjoyed every aspect of the annual gathering of top college prospects.
"This combine experience has been fun for me. At the end of the day, I love every moment about it," Cain said. "Just trying to take everything day by day, going through this process
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Cain had a goal of running a sub-4.4-second 40-yard dash after all the speed work he did over the last six weeks at the Exos performance center in Phoenix, where he added 10 pounds of lean muscle to his 6-foot-1 frame.
He did just that, posting a time of 4.3 seconds Saturday before showing off his route-running skills during the hour-long session that included top-tier quarterbacks Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson .
"I feel like Exos really prepared me for this moment," said Cain, who also posted respectable jumps 鈥?33陆 inches in the vertical and 9 feet, 7 inches in the broad. "We train hard, train well with great efficiency, prepping me for interviews and everything. I feel like they gave us the upper hand, the answers to the test out here and now it's just a routine.
"I'm out here trying my best out here and just trying to do what I know I'm capable of doing."
Cain, a projected second-day draft pick, played three seasons at Clemson and was productive receiver for a team that made three playoff appearances and played in two national championship games.
Cain played in only one of those national championship games. After the regular season of his freshman year
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Knowing that would come up in interviews with teams this week, Cain prepared to face the scrutiny with honesty, eager to show that's not an issue teams need to worry about.
"It's been great so far, really just getting to know all the coaches, let them get a good feel of me, and just show them that I'm smart off the field, smart on the field and I know football both ways, and really just let them get feel of me," Cain said.
On the field, he said he's showing teams he's versatile, coachable and confident yet humble.
"I can do it all. If you want me to play inside, outside. If you want me to go down and block, I can do anything. I said I'm capable of doing anything
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And he pledged to never stop trying to improve.
"Now that I'm going on to the next level, I always want to be better and more technically sound because now you're just going against way better DBs now," Cain said.
Whoever picks him, he said, will "get an efficient, hard worker, someone who will go hard every play. I'm just going to be me out there, as long as they let me be me and coach me the right way, they're going to get a great receiver."
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Arizona Cardinals rookie wide receiver Christian Kirk took the field Tuesday for the first time since a report surfaced about his arrest in the months before the team chose him in the second round of the NFL draft.
Kirk ran routes, caught passes and took part in special teams work. He was not made available to reporters.
But head coach Steve Wilks was asked about Kirk following Tuesday's full-team mini-camp practice at the Cardinals facility and he said the team knew about the arrest.
"We did our own independent research on it, and we felt very good about the information we received," Wilks said. "That's why we moved forward and really drafted him. And as I stated before, we want to bring in great character guys
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Kirk, 21, who is from nearby Scottsdale and who played his college ball at Texas A&M, was arrested the night of Feb. 3 outside the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament on charges of disorderly conduct and property damage. According to police, Kirk was with a group that was intoxicated and throwing rocks at cars.
Wilks said he believes the matter will be resolved in a couple of months.
"With it still being an ongoing legal issue, I'm not going to go into it any further than that," Wilks said.
NOTES: Wilks mentioned the strong practice performances of RB David Johnson, who is coming off a dislocated wrist injury that cut short his 2017 season in Week 1, and rookie first-round pick QB Josh Rosen. "Some of his timing and his throws with the quarterback and the tight ends I thought were right on point," Wilks said. ... QB Mike Glennon came off the field early in practice with a trainer. Wilks said Glennon had a stomach problem. The coach expects him to be on the field Wednesday.
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