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Kansas' Bryce Cabeldue runs a drill during the Big 12 Conference's NFL football pro day Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Frisco, Texas.

Twenty-nine former Jayhawks represented the Kansas football team at the Big 12 Conference’s league-wide Pro Day between last Wednesday and Friday as many looked to improve their prospects for playing at the professional level.

Several of these players took considerable advantage of the opportunity before them at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, bolstering their stock ahead of April’s 2025 NFL Draft.

Here’s a look at three who stood above the rest.

1. Longtime KU offensive lineman Bryce Cabeldue showcased his adaptability during the 2024 season by moving from his longtime spot at right tackle to protect Jalon Daniels’ blind side. He could have to adapt again with a move inside to guard at the next level, just as Dominick Puni did (to great success) for the San Francisco 49ers last season.

Cabeldue had a chance to demonstrate his chops at guard during practices for the East-West Shrine Bowl, but unlike nearly every other Jayhawk who participated in a major all-star game, even as analysts like NFL.com’s Chad Reuter cited him as a Shrine Bowl standout, he wasn’t invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

No matter, as Cabeldue shone at The Star, dazzling in virtually every measurable attribute. His broad and vertical jumps were each second in his position group, and he matched Cincinnati’s Dartanyan Tinsley atop the bench-press category with 30 repetitions, a mark only three offensive linemen had exceeded at the national combine.

Just as impressive were his speed and agility: At 6-foot-6 and 315 pounds, his 40-yard dash time of 4.95 seconds was fastest among O-linemen at the Big 12 Pro Day and would have tied for third at the combine, with a maximum sustained speed of 19.96 mph, and he also chipped in a mark of 4.59 in the shuttle run.

According to Kent Lee Platte, creator of a metric called Relative Athletic Score that attempts to synthesize various aspects of a player’s athletic ability and facilitate comparisons with other prospects, Cabeldue’s score of 9.51 out of 10 placed him at 70th overall out of 1,420 qualifying offensive tackles over the last 38 years — and that was at a position he’s unlikely to play. At guard, his RAS mark would be 9.93.

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Kansas’ Luke Grimm runs a drill during the Big 12 Conference’s NFL football pro day Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Frisco, Texas.

2. During his tenure at Kansas, wide receiver Luke Grimm received more attention for his route-running skills than for his ability to beat defensive backs deep.

Certainly, he delivered in that primary area with strong results in a pair of drills testing agility and quickness: the three-cone drill, with a time of 6.78 that was second-best among wideouts and would have tied him for fourth at the NFL Scouting Combine, and the shuttle, which he completed in 4.11 seconds, a mark that was both third at the Big 12 Pro Day and would have put him in the same place at the combine.

Grimm was also solid, however, in terms of the other attributes required from professional-caliber wideouts. He demonstrated decent speed with a 4.46 40. That was third among participating wideouts and would have placed him between 21st and 23rd out of 39 receivers at the NFL Scouting Combine. His vertical jump of 35.5 inches would similarly have been 21st or 22nd out of 36.

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In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, Kansas’ Jereme Robinson runs a drill during the Big 12 Conference’s NFL football pro day Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Frisco, Texas.

3. KU’s former starter at strong-side defensive end, Jereme Robinson, hasn’t received a lot of pre-draft coverage this offseason, but turned in a fine all-around showing in Frisco.

His best outcomes were in the vertical jump, where he tied for first with Utah’s Connor O’Toole with a leap of 37.5 inches that would have been fifth among defensive ends at the combine, and the broad jump, in which he jumped 10 feet.

Robinson’s speed and agility results were a mixed bag, as his shuttle mark of 4.58 landed him far higher than his 7.62 three-cone drill (would have been the worst among edge rushers at the combine, and placed him below teammates Dylan Wudke and Ronald McGee) and his 4.83 40-yard dash.

The 6-foot-3, 255-pound defensive end did not get a chance to demonstrate his strength, as he didn’t perform the bench press.