Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor was in Lubbock, Texas on Thursday for Texas Tech\u2019s Pro Day, according to Cowboys beat reporter Joseph Hoyt. Taylor was one of four head coaches in attendance, along with Brian Schottenheimer, Kellen Moore, and Aaron Glenn.<\/p>\n
The Aggies boast several defensive prospects that are predicted to be selected in the first three rounds of April\u2019s upcoming draft, including edge rusher David Bailey, who is likely to be the first pass rusher off the board. In most mock drafts, he\u2019s taken ahead of the No. 10 overall pick, when the Bengals go on the clock.<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s also defensive tackle Lee Hunter. He has the potential to be an early-down space eater at nose tackle. He projects to be a Day 2 pick, likely in the second round.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, as well as edge rusher Romello Height. Rodriguez, another projected Day 2 pick, was massively productive for Texas Tech\u2019s defense after initially entering college as an offensive player. Considering the Bengals\u2019 struggles at the linebacker position last year, adding to that room could help.<\/p>\n
Height is undersized for the NFL, at least for now, but he\u2019s a relentless and athletic pass rusher. He needs time to polish, but he could potentially add talent to a room already dripping with it.<\/p>\n
Other notable Aggies heading into the NFL, possibly via the draft, are wide receiver Reggie Virgil, safety Cole Wisniewski, defensive lineman Skyler Gill-Howard, and wide receiver Caleb Douglas. There are also a handful of players who could sign as undrafted free agents.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s likely Taylor had his eye on everyone, but the defensive side of the ball cannot hold back the offense anymore. Considering the talented defenders coming out of Texas Tech, it\u2019s likely Taylor had his eyes on Bailey, Hunter, Rodriguez, and Height.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor was in Lubbock, Texas on Thursday for Texas Tech\u2019s Pro Day, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30498,10243,7581,3775,3785,86758,3777,168,3776,27,29,28,1769,21958],"class_list":["post-223073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-aaron-glenn","tag-bengals","tag-brian-schottenheimer","tag-david-bailey","tag-jacob-rodriguez","tag-kellen-moore","tag-lee-hunter","tag-lubbock","tag-romello-height","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-tech","tag-zac-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}