How former UAB players performed at 2024 pro day
The UAB football program held its annual pro day Thursday at the UAB Football Operations Complex with scouts present from all 32 NFL teams and a few others from the CFL.
There were eight total players who participated in drills ranging from the 40-yard dash to bench press.
Here are numbers that AL.com gathered for UAB players hoping to impress a few franchises:
NOTE: 40 times are unofficial and bench press reps at 225 pounds.
Demetrius Battle — Running Back
Height: 5′ 11 3/4″
Weight: 245
Bench press: 19
Vertical jump: 34.5″
40-yard dash: 4.71
Notes: Both Battle and Jermaine Brown Jr. put up 19 bench reps that would have tied for ninth at the NFL combine.
Jermaine Brown Jr. — Running Back
Height: 5′ 7 7/8″
Weight: 184
Bench press: 19
Vertical jump: 32.5″
40-yard dash: 4.50
Notes: Both Brown and Battle put up 19 bench reps that would have tied for ninth at the NFL combine. Brown’s 40-yard dash time would also rank ninth among NFL combine running backs.
Tejhaun Palmer — Wide Receiver
Height: 6′ 1 3/4″
Weight: 210
Bench press: 19
Vertical jump: 35″
Broad jump: 10′2″
40-yard dash: 4.45
Fish McWilliams — Defensive Lineman
Height: 5′ 11 7/8″
Weight: 300
Vertical jump: 25.5″
Michael Fairbanks II – Defensive Lineman
Height: 6′ 2 5/8″
Weight: 259
Bench press: 20
Vertical jump: 27.5″
Nikia Eason Jr. — Linebacker
Height: 6′ 3 3/8″
Weight: 225
Vertical jump: 32″
40-yard dash: 4.75
Keondre Swoopes — Defensive Back
Height: 5′ 9 7/8″
Weight: 188
Bench press: 14
Vertical jump: 36.5″
Broad jump: 10′6″
40-yard dash: 4.48
Notes: Swoopes’ vertical jump would have tied him for fourth best at the NFL combine and his 40-yard dash time would place him ninth.
Damien Miller — Defensive Back
Height: 5′ 11 5/8″
Weight: 206
Bench press: 19
Vertical jump: 31.5″
Broad jump: 9.6″