Saints to host highly productive Colorado wide receiver at local pro day
Saints to host highly productive Colorado wide receiver at local pro day
The New Orleans Saints local prospect day is coming up in the near future, with this year's event set to take place on March 29. This gives the team a chance to look at players in the upcoming 2025 NFL draft class who were originally from the Louisiana area. One of those players has been added to the list of attendees for this offseason, coming from a high-profile Colorado Buffaloes team with a litany of top-end prospects this year.
That player is wide receiver Will Sheppard, a five-year collegiate player who split time between Vanderbilt and Colorado. A recent report from Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Houston shared some of the information surrounding Sheppard, including some career stats, how he performed at the Big 12 pro day, and that he will be coming in for the Saints local prospect day later this month.
Sheppard has had a strong career throughout his college days, with 2022 likely being considered his best season, as he would accrue 60 receptions for 776 yards (12.9 average) and 9 touchdowns, though his production remained extremely efficient from 2021 to 2024. In his most recent season, he had 48 receptions for 621 yards (12.9 average) and 6 touchdowns.
At the Big 12 pro day, he had a 38.5-inch vertical jump, a 10-foot-6 broad jump, and a 4.5-second 40-yard dash, which went down as low as 4.4 seconds in training, as was also reported by Wilson.
This is relatively strong given he is 6-foot-3 and right around 200 pounds, and his success heavily comes from his ability to win jump-ball opportunities and catch over defensive backs. He could be a great addition to the Saints for the 2025 season, and someone to watch for in the later rounds of the draft.
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