The 2022 NFL Scouting Combine took place in Indianapolis over the last few days, as the best and brightest college football stars showed off their skills to potential future teams. As the 2022 Draft approaches, the next month and a half for these players will be quite a busy time.
Of course, last year, Clemson’s own Trevor Lawrence was taken by the Jacksonville Jaguars as the first-overall pick, and the Jaguars yet again hold the number-one spot, followed by the Lions, Texans, Jets, and Giants to round out the top five.
Live results as well as several mock drafts have been popping up across the Internet as events concluded and coverage wrapped up. From the start of the month through midnight on March 6, the final day of the Combine, there were 129.65K mentions across social media of the term “NFL Combine” alone, with a reach of more than 2.05 billion. Traffic surged on the first day of the event, March 3, peaking with more than 32.8K mentions. While Twitter led the way in mentions as usual, traditional news outlets as well as Reddit also offered more mentions than they normally do in comparison to such platforms.
Most mentions were neutral in sentiment, with an overwhelming 108.1K neutral mentions. Most of these are simply reports of news and results without any opinion filtered into them.
State by state, many of the locations with high traffic and levels of discussion were those that offered many schools and players up for the Combine. Texas, California, Florida, Ohio, and Georgia were the top five highest-volume states. While these all offer top-tier prospects and lots of the discussion online focuses around their favorite school’s players, Florida is a unique example. Not only are collegiate fans looking at their players, but Jaguars fans are also weighing in on the wide open field ahead of them for whoever their team might select.
This year, Clemson put four players on show: CBs Andrew Booth, Jr., and Mario Goodrich; WR Justyn Ross; and LB Baylon Spector.
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Author: Kayleigh Jackson
