2012 NFL Combine Results: Michigan, Michigan State DT Work Out Monday

Michigan State was supposed to have a guy picked in the first round pre-combine. Unfortunate, a showing that didn't impress all the scouts might have doomed DL Jerel Worthy to going in as low as the third round. Worthy received a decidedly mediocre 79.5 rating from NFL.com, only 13th among linemen.

WR B.J. Cunningham had a 73.5 rating, putting him second overall in Michigan State players. He is expected to be a third round pick but he might be raised up a bit with the decent work he put in.

Michigan DL Mike Martin raised his stock a bit with a decent showing -- specifically a very impressive showing on the bench press -- gaining a 59.7 rating from NFL.com. Not bad for a guy projected to go rather late in the draft. He had the highest score of anyone from Michigan, though both WR Junior Hemmingway and C David Molk had 59's as well with a 59.5 and 59.2 respectively.

We weren't expecting any of them to go as high as we had expected Worthy to go, though. The combine can be cruel sometimes to otherwise fantastic athletes.

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Michigan defensive lineman Mike Martin did himself a favor Monday at the NFL Combine, registering the second-highest bench-press repetitions of anybody at the position. Martin bench pressed 225 pounds 36 times, along with UConn DT Kendall Reyes and BYU DT Loni Fangupo.

Dontari Poe stole the show, mustering 44 reps on the bench press, while also running a 4.98 40-yard dash, despite weighing in at 346 pounds. Martin, meawhile, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.88 seconds, while finishing adequately in the other tests.

Michigan State's DT Jerel Worhy, on the other hand, had a poor effort at the combine that could see him drop into the third round, according to Russ Lande of Sporting News:

Worthy didn't work out as well as he's capable of Monday. He looked out of sorts in the bag and pass rush drills. He did run well in the 40-yard dash for his size, but that was really the only area he looked good. Worthy showed poor balance and no true explosiveness throughout his workout. Once viewed as a first-round pick, he's the type of player who could continue to fall, possibly all the way to the third round.

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The main meat of the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine is over. With the offensive linemen out of the way, a lot of the potential candidates for the Detroit Lions and their 23rd overall draft selection have been dealt with.

Monday at the NFL Combine will see groups 7-9 featuring the defensive linemen and the linebackers at the combine do their final day of workouts and then depart from Indianapolis. Meanwhile, the final groups featuring the defensive backs will be doing their testing and interviews preparing for the final day of the combine on Tuesday.

The Lions will likely have an eye on Monday's workouts, with Cliff Avril possibly leaving they might be in the market for a lineman like Nick Perry.

A full schedule of the Combine can be found here.

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David Molk, center from Michigan, has topped all offensive linemen by bench pressing 41 reps during the bench press drill on Saturday at the combine. You can check out the video of Molk and other linemen bench pressing here.

Molk, who won the 2011 Rimington Trophy as the nation's top center, stands 6'1" and weighs 298 pounds, with a 32" arm length and 8 7/8 hands.

However, Molk's former teammate, Mike Martin, a defensive tackle, said that he will top Molk's workout performance when he hits the bench press on Sunday, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.

"I'm beating that definitely," Martin said today. "You can put that down on the record. I'm not letting him beat me, I'll tell him that."

Of course, Martin plays a different position than Molk, so even if Martin does top Molk in reps, that will not detract from Molk's impressive workout.

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The NFL Combine is now in full swing. The players from the first day are starting to get into the real meat of their working at the Combine and on Day 3, the defensive line and linebacker prospects from groups seven through nine are set to arrive. The new arrivals will, as the other arrivals have, do their medical exams, orientation and interviews on their first day, not leaving until Monday after all of their workouts have been completed.

The Detroit Lions may want to keep an eye on some of the more high profile defensive line prospects, including guys like USC DE Nick Perry. With Cliff Avril possibly leaving in free agency due to wanting too large a paycheck, it's started to look more likely that bolstering the line could be in the Lions' draft future.

Every player at the combine can be found on the official Invite List here.

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The 2012 NFL draft Combine officially kicks off on Wednesday as the first three groups of players, including most special team players, offensive line talent and tight ends, travel to Indianapolis for their registrations, medical exams and orientations.

It will be day 2 that likely has the most intrigue for media and draftniks as that is when Groups 4-6 arrive, consisting of the offensive position specialists at quarterback, running back and wide receiver. Each day will bring a new handful of groups, all staying for four days until February 28 when the final groups of defensive backs leave Indianapolis. The full schedule can be found at the official NFL Combine website.

There should be plenty of news from Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans players as the combine starts getting into full swing in the next couple of days, both schools are decently represented though none have any really highly scrutinized prospects, at least yet.

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