Combine Breakout Star Charles Tapper Has Pro Bowl Potential

February 29, 2016   ·   Justis Mosqueda   ·   Jump to comments

The biggest surprise from Sunday's on-field drills at the NFL Scouting Combine was Charles Tapper's 40-yard dash. Running it in an amazing 4.59 seconds, the majority of non-draftniks immediately went to Google to figure out who the defensive lineman was, as, for the most part, they hadn't been exposed to him.
The Oklahoma Sooners defensive end wasn't completely anonymous heading into Indianapolis, as he was an All-Big 12 player in both 2013 and 2015, and he played in the Senior Bowl. Still, little draft talk revolved around Tapper in a loaded defensive line class.
The interior defensive line is the strength of the 2016 draft, and there were already plenty of names to satisfy every need you could imagine. If you wanted a 5-technique defensive end, there was DeForest Buckner of Oregon, A'Shawn Robinson of Alabama and Jihad Ward of Illinois. If you wanted an under tackle, there was Sheldon Rankins of Louisville, Jonathan Bullard of Florida and Maliek Collins of Ne...

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