GREEN BAY, Wis. – How did Kalen King go from All-American and potential first-round draft pick at Penn State to a seventh-round draft pick and the last cornerback selected in the 2024 NFL Draft?
In 2022, Batman was Joey Porter, a first-round pick by the Steelers in 2023 who made the All-Rookie team. King, meanwhile, was asked to go from sidekick to superhero but forgot his cape and toolbelt of gadgets. “He wasn’t bad at all. He just didn’t produce the numbers in coverage,” Smith said. “Like I said, he didn’t give up a touchdown. In our world, that’s first and foremost because, when they don’t score, they can’t win. And so he played really well; just not as well as he did. He was an All-American the year before Kalen was still great for us.”
It wasn’t just the downturn in production that made King the 255th of 257 picks in the draft. The knockout punch was a 4.61 in the 40-yard dash at the Scouting Combine. That’s going to have to improve if he’s going to make it in the NFL, Smith said. If he can, everything else should fall into place.
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