On Saturday, the University of Washington held its Pro Day, and a projected first-round draft pick suffered a possible damaging injury to his draft stock. Cornerback Sidney Jones, projected to be taken in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft, was injured while participating. The Seattle Times later reported the injury as a torn Achilles.
Potential 1st-rounder Sidney Jones tore his Achilles on the day’s last drill, per report
The Washington corner was carted off with injury.
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The reports coming out about the nature of the injury sadly don’t sound good whatsoever.
And even worse, the injury to Jones happened on the final drill of the day.
Jones, who started his UW career as a true freshman in 2014, emerged over the last couple of years as a talented cornerback prospect in the NFL Draft. He finished his UW career with 105 total tackles, and 8.5 tackles for loss. Various mock drafts project Jones to be taken in the first round, and CBS Sports projected him going 22nd overall to the Miami Dolphins following his NFL Combine last week.
You hate to see a talented prospect like this go down with an injury, especially after finishing the combine healthy. Hopefully, this injury doesn’t affect where he lands too much.
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