Bengals reportedly attend Alabama's pro day, but not to observe player linked to them in mock drafts
The NFL Draft world is a big fan of pairing the Cincinnati Bengals with former Alabama offensive tackle JC Latham. Daniel Jeremiah on NFL.com, Ryan Wilson of CBS Sports, Trevor Sikkema of Pro Football Focus, and Thor Nystrom of FantasyPros all recently slotted Latham for the Bengals with the 18th overall pick.Cincinnati's interest in the young right […]
The NFL Draft world is a big fan of pairing the Cincinnati Bengals with former Alabama offensive tackle JC Latham.
Daniel Jeremiah on NFL.com, Ryan Wilson of CBS Sports, Trevor Sikkema of Pro Football Focus, and Thor Nystrom of FantasyPros all recently slotted Latham for the Bengals with the 18th overall pick.
Cincinnati's interest in the young right tackle might a bit more ambiguous.
Per Senior Bowl director Jim Nagy, the Bengals had presence at Alabama's pro day, but offensive line coach Frank Pollack was not listed as one of the assistants observing Latham's work out.
Cincinnati did have one of their defensive back coaches, presumably cornerbacks coach Charles Burks, to help prospects Terrion Arnold and Kool-Aid McKinstry go through their drills. Arnold is ranked 10th on Destin Adams' top 150 big board for A to Z Sports, and McKinstry is 27th.
For what it's worth, Latham did not perform any athleticism testing during Wednesday's pro day. This is notable after he passed on the drills at the NFL Scouting Combine a few weeks back. That said, Latham still put on a workout for attending coaches and executives, and the Bengals seemed more interested in the other side of the ball.
Latham, who's No. 24 on Adams' board, is still likely to go off the board in the range of the Bengals' 18th overall selection with or without testing data. He can still workout for teams privately on a top 30 visit as well, which could be what the Bengals do.
The Bengals did meet with Latham at the Combine, but it is curious as to why Pollack was not seen in Tuscaloosa to watch one of their likely first-round targets workout.
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