Chiefs Work Out Hillsdale's OT Jared Veldheer

by Joel Thorman on Mar 18, 2010 8:00 AM CDT in 2010 Kansas City Chiefs Draft

The Kansas City Chiefs have been keeping an eye on prospects at large schools as well as small schools and that includes D-II Hillsdale College.

Last week, Bill Muir, Chiefs offensive line coach, worked out Jared Veldheer.

A 6'8", 312 pound offensive tackle, Veldheer posted some solid numbers at the NFL Combine last month.

Veldheer was one of the most impressive offensive linemen prospects to work out Saturday. He was a top performer in just about every category, and he measured in at 6-foot-8 and 312 pounds with 33-inch arms.

The day before the Chiefs worked him out, the Rams did (who are five selections ahead of the Chiefs in every round). After the Chiefs, the Eagles worked him out.

The Hillsdale pro day is today so I imagine the Chiefs will be taking a closer look once again.

NFL Draft Scout rates him as the ninth best tackle in the draft and projected to go in the 2nd-3rd round.

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This is the kind of stuff that makes the NFL exciting~

You never know what hidden gems are out there aye?

by krayfish on Mar 18, 2010 8:12 AM CDT reply actions

It sounds strange but why does it seem that alot of top draft picks dont make it, while the Jared Allens shine way harder?

by imur#1fan on Mar 18, 2010 8:28 AM CDT reply actions

Hillsdale

When I was going to college at Universität Würzburg in Germany, we had a few other American students there as well, all from Hillsdale. At first I thought it was just this group of kids that had this very weird sociopolitical ideology, but man, the more people I’ve met from there, the more apparent it is that these were the rule, not exceptions. It’s a very, very weird culture there.

/tangent

So, nice measurables. How’s his football play?

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by burntorangehorn on Mar 18, 2010 8:44 AM CDT reply actions

apparantly his play is good enough that he's getting a lot of looks from a lot of teams

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by upamtn on Mar 18, 2010 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions

6'8"?

Do we want Cassel throwing the ball over that? I guess with a few of these size players, the shotgun gets alot more popular.

by Aiken_Drum on Mar 18, 2010 8:52 AM CDT reply actions

Brown is 6'8" isn't he?

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by giftedchiefsfan on Mar 18, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions

He may be

But he hasn’t played a down in a game yet so we don’t know if that is an issue or not.

by Aiken_Drum on Mar 18, 2010 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions

QB's don't really throw the ball over guys like that

They throw around them. Jon Ogden is 6’8". Jared Gaither is doing pretty well in Baltimore, and he’s 6’9". Robert Gallery (6’7", which is enormous for a guard) and Joe Thomas (6’6") are both pretty tall.

6’5" is the new 6’3". Anything shorter seems to start making teams project a guy as a guard. I think the standard LT size is going to be 6’6"-6’7" for a few years, and eventually even bigger. Jason Peters is something of an anomaly, as he’s a mere 6’4".

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by burntorangehorn on Mar 18, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions

That is kinda my point

He is tall enough to be an obstruction. Peyton is 6’6" and the pundits say that part of his success comes from the fact that he is one of the few starting QBs that actually throws the ball ‘down’ to his receivers. I dunno, just a thought.

by Aiken_Drum on Mar 18, 2010 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Peyton's more like 6'4"-6"5"

Anyway, my point is that tall tackles are part of the game. It’s not a negative.

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by burntorangehorn on Mar 18, 2010 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions