Draft Room: Iowa State, SMU, Boston College, Texas & Cincinnati Pro Day Recap
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The pro day grind continues on the Draft Room as Ryan breaks down five schools in one jam-packed episode — Iowa State, SMU, Boston College, Texas, and Cincinnati. From breakout performances to notable absences, this one is loaded with intel straight from the scouting trenches.
- Iowa State: Dominic Orange didn't work out due to a quad strain, leaving Packer fans with nothing but a penciled-in April 7 private workout date. James Neal, the developmental OT, put together a solid athletic showing with 26 bench reps and a 5.2 40 — drawing legitimate late-round buzz, including a specific look from Cincinnati's O-line coach.
- SMU & Boston College: TE Matthew Hibner was the clear winner of the SMU pro day — scouts said he "made himself a lot of money." At BC, Jude Bowery (OT/G) and Logan Taylor (OL) drew heavy interest from the Jets, Saints, and Patriots, who practically had a home game 45 minutes away.
- Texas: Anthony Hill Jr. stood on his combine marks but drew "soft body" concerns from scouts — a real red flag for a presumed second-rounder. Edge/LB hybrid Trey Moore stole the show with elite agility numbers, and corner Malik Muhammad is quietly rising into day-two conversation.
- Cincinnati: Jake Galday cemented himself as a second-round linebacker with elite agility and fluid drills in front of coaches from four teams. Jack Dingle may be the most underrated riser in the class, drawing visits and top-30 interest despite zero combine hype.
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, this is the draft room, the NFL draft podcast, the Packernet Podcast Network. If you'd like to call in, |
| 0:24.4 | the phone number here is 608-561-3-3-3-2-443. Leave a message with thoughts, questions, |
| 0:29.8 | comments, concerns, prospects, mock drafts, whatever. We are going to continue on with our |
| 0:37.3 | pro-day series here as we try to rip through all |
| 0:41.5 | the different pro days, what we learned, who is doing what and who's interested in who, |
| 0:45.9 | et cetera, et cetera. Um, today, we are going to start off with, uh, Iowa State. It's a, |
| 0:52.6 | it's a, it's a rather big one. You got guys like Dominic Orange and whatnot, |
| 0:59.5 | who has garnered a lot of interest, especially from Packer fans. And again, we're going to do that |
| 1:05.5 | on both sides until we get a little bit more caught up. So, without further ado, Iowa State held Tuesday, March 24th. |
| 1:14.9 | This was inside Bergstrom Football Complex and Ames, roughly 12 to 15 former Cyclones participated |
| 1:21.2 | in front of scouts and personnel from multiple NFL teams, including a dedicated contingent |
| 1:26.9 | from the Cincinnati Bengals. |
| 1:29.3 | On NFL draft Big Board, they just have three different prospects on their big board. |
| 1:34.7 | They're only one of them seen as draftable. |
| 1:37.7 | But we are going to start with James Neal, who's kind of on the fringes there. |
| 1:41.8 | He's at 327, listed as sort of a late riser slash developmental |
| 1:46.9 | prospect. Offensive lineman listed as an interior guy on the big board there as |
| 1:54.7 | offensive line slash offensive tackle here. Six, four and a half, three, 22. Redshirt Senior |
| 1:59.9 | offensive tackle, who made significant strides in 2025 is now |
| 2:03.2 | drawing legitimate late round consideration after being viewed as a potential undrafted free agent |
| 2:07.7 | entering the season. At the Shrine Bowl, he measured 6.4.5.322 with 33 and 7 eighths inch arms. |
| 2:15.6 | At the pro day, he was not invited to the combine. He ran a 5-2-second 40, |
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