Eight drafted rookies (all except Todd Gurley), fifteen rookie free agents and two tryout players are participating in this weekend's Rams rookie minicamp. Here's a full listing of the Rams' current roster of undrafted rookies, with quick descriptions. As I get player profiles up, I'll link to them here.
Rookie free agents:
Malcolm Brown, RB, Texas. 5'11.5" 224. Powerful inside, downhill runner. Led Longhorns in rushing as a freshman.
Imoan Claiborne, CB, Northwestern State. 5'11" 194. 4 INTs last season. 39" vertical. Rams could be looking at him as a safety. Had 3rd-4th round grades. Small for safety, a little slow, around 4.6, for corner.
Isiah Ferguson, WR, Arkansas-Pine Bluff. 6'6" 218 with a 40" vertical, so he must be impossible to overthrow.
Terrence Franks, RB, Texas State. 5'9" 203. Had a 95-yard TD and two 70-yard TDs in one game against Idaho. Could compete on returns.
Montell Garner, CB, South Alabama. 6'0" 188. Not a terribly athletic corner; I'm thinking safety. 54 tackles, 2 INTs (1 TD), 2 forced fumbles, a sack, 4.5 tackles for loss last season. 60 tackles and 3 picks as a junior.
Jacob Hagen, S, Liberty. 6'2" 205. Free safety had 8 INTs last year. Big hitter with range, will get at least a look on special teams. Could compete with Cody Davis for a roster spot.
Jay Hughes, S, Mississippi State. 5'10" 194. 70 career tackles, 2 INTs and a blocked FG TD last season. Overcame torn Achilles in 2013. Maybe he was recommended by Adam Wainwright.
Zach Laskey, FB, Georgia Tech. 6'1" 218, at that size I doubt he's a pure fullback. He also got plenty of carries at Tech. 171 carries last season, only lost yardage twice.
Matt Longacre, DE/LB, NW Missouri State. 6'3" 260, 30.5 career sacks and a 4.75 40.
Cameron Lynch, LB, Syracuse. 5'11" 229. Comes highly regarded, he was Bill Polian's favorite player at the NFLPA Collegiate Game. Smart player, moves well, is supposed to be very good in pass coverage. That didn't show to me in the game itself, but Lynch still sounds like a pretty nice pickup.
Keshaun Malone, LB, Bacone. The second player from Bacone to ever sign with an NFL team, and both Rams! (Deonte Harlan last year.) Malone had 135 tackles last season and was the player of the year of his NAIA conference. Defensive player of the week four times! Listed as 6'3" 240.
Bradley Marquez, WR, Texas Tech. 5'11" 201. Led Big "12" in TDs last season but six of them came in two games.
Trovon Reed, CB, AUBURN. 6'0" 190. Signed August 5th. Converted WR with just one year experience at corner, but did have three INTs last season.
Tyler Slavin, WR, New Mexico Highlands. Division II school in Las Vegas. Las Vegas, New Mexico. Transferred from Arizona, seems to have left because he wasn't getting the ball enough. Good move. He went from 22 catches in 2013 to 119 last year. Listed at 6'2" 215.
Louis Trinca-Pasat, DT, Iowa. Thought he looked pretty good at the Senior Bowl. Good get-off. Undersized at 6'1" 290.
David Wang, OL, Virginia Tech. Signed May 15th. 6'1" 303. Center/guard with a history of foot injuries. Both parents were on the Chinese Olympic track team. Has two master's degrees.
Darrell Williams, T, South Florida. Yes, yet another offensive lineman. 6'5" 301. Born in Jamaica, hadn't even heard of football until he started high school in Orlando. 28 career starts at left tackle.
Tryout players:
Tyler Ott, LS, Harvard. Second-year rookie, if there is such a thing. Appeared in the 2014 Senior Bowl and was in camp with the Patriots last season. 6'3" 245, 15 catches for 188 yards and 4 TDs in 2013.
Daniel Rodriguez, WR, Clemson. Just 5'8" 180, just 11 catches in his college career, and I believe he's about 27 years old. More importantly than all that, though, Rodriguez, make that Sergeant Rodriguez, is a decorated war hero. He won a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star in Afghanistan.
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