We are only getting closer to the 2016 NFL Draft and teams are beginning to hold private workouts and visits to get a better feel for the prospects available. However, one top prospect in this class will not have private workouts with teams, and that player is USC’s Su’a Cravens. This news was first reported by his agent, Fadde Mikhail, when he told Pro Football Talk that his client’s body of work speaks for itself.
“There have been too many teams that have called to set up private workouts, and I think Su’a’s body of work on film speaks for itself. Su’a is a football player. He is a playmaker at whatever position he’s at, whether it’s safety or linebacker. Su’a has three years of film while an All-American at USC, plus he did the Combine and did everything at his Pro Day on March 23 where all 32 clubs were present.”
This decision comes off as an unorthodox move to many in the draft community considering the fact that it is a vital part of the pre-draft process, but it could also be considered a smart move on his part if he was trying to not get hurt in the act, thus keeping his draft stock afloat. Nonetheless, it is still a surprising move and according to two NFL Draft analysts for the National Football Post, Greg Gabriel and Dion Caputi, it was the wrong decision.
Although this seems like a precautionary measure by Su’a Cravens and his camp, it will not help his chances of going in the first round, as he was already on the bubble before this news broke. He does have multiple visits lined up with teams before the draft, but the bottom line is that Cravens and his camp decided to decline private workout requests from teams that wanted to get a better feel for him as a prospect.
