Jack Conklin
| No. 78 Tennessee Titans | |||||||
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 17, 1994 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Plainwell, Michigan | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 308 lb (140 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Plainwell (MI) | ||||||
| College: | Michigan State | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8 | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 10, 2016 | |||||||
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Jonathan Jackson Conklin[1] (born August 17, 1994) is an American football offensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State University.
Early years
Conklin attended Plainwell High School in Plainwell, Michigan, where he played football under his father who was the head coach.[2] He also played basketball in high school.
College career
Conklin joined the Michigan State University football team as a walk-on player.[3][4] After redshirting his first year, Conklin started 13 of 14 games at either right or left offensive tackle his redshirt freshman year in 2013. As a sophomore he started all 13 games at left tackle.[5] Conklin was selected for the 2015 First-Team All-American (Sporting News, USA Today) as well as the 2015 First-Team All-Big Ten (coaches, media).[6] During his career with the Spartans, Conklin started in 38 of his 39 career games (35 at left tackle, three at right tackle).[6]
Professional career
Pre-draft
After a senior year where Conklin gave up only two sacks and was penalized three times he was projected to be a Top 10 pick going into the 2016 NFL Draft. He was the third-highest rated offensive tackle behind Laremy Tunsil and Ronnie Stanley.[7] He cited that he worked out for or had meetings with the Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during his pre-draft process.[8]
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 6 in | 308 lb | 35 in | 10⅛ in | 5.00 s | 1.25 s | 2.50 s | 4.57 s | 7.63 s | 8 ft 7 in | 25 reps | |||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine,[9] | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 NFL Draft
Conklin was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the first round (8th overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft.[10]
On May 26, 2016, the Tennessee Titans signed Conklin to a four-year, $15.89 million rookie contract with $15.44 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $9.76 million.[11]
References
- ↑ "Player Profile - Rostermon". Rostermon. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Son of Michigan man a star on Michigan State's line". USA TODAY. 24 October 2014.
- ↑ "Michigan State's Jack Conklin making everyone take notice - Big Ten Blog- ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "MSU's Jack Conklin was overlooked as a recruit, but not anymore". Detroit Free Press. 23 October 2014.
- ↑ "The top 50 Big Ten football players for 2015: No. 3, Jack Conklin, Michigan State offensive tackle". cleveland.com.
- 1 2 "Jack Conklin Bio - Michigan State Official Athletic Site".
- ↑ Chris Pflum (April 28, 2016). "Todd McShay final Mock Draft:New York Giants select OT Jack Conkin". BigBlueView.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ↑ Dave Bryan (April 19, 2016). "Michigan State T Jack Conklin says Steelers showed interest in him during the Pre-draft process". steelersdepot.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Jack Conklin". National Football League.
- ↑ "NFL draft: Results, analysis for every Round 1 pick". ESPN.com. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ↑ "Sportrac.com: Jack Conklin contract". Sportrac.com. Retrieved November 8, 2016.