Today is the start of SR OL Ali Marpet's final major audition for a NFL draft pick. Marpet turned some heads successfully bench pressing 225 lbs. an impressive 30 times. Mike Loyko, a Patriots and Draft Analyst, summed it up best saying "the D3 kid knows where the weight room is".
What's especially impressive is that only four other OL prospects did more than 30 reps. Marpet also ran a sub five second 40 yard dash, proving he has the speed to go along with his strength.
Other publications cited Marpet consumes 7,000+ calories a day to maintain his 307 lbs. frame which got a lot of amused and amazed reactions on social media.
The hard work is paying off and getting noticed. After today's successful bench test, Marpet interviewed with the Super Bowl Champion Patriots (who is my favorite NFL team - sorry Bob Riley ;).
Additional agility and other tests await, but today was a big A+ for Ali in keeping his draft stock on the rise.
More new recruit news and Marpet draft tracking will be coming in the next week.
Thanks for reading and Go Bart!
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