Notre Dame Football: Comparing Miles Boykin to drafted Irish receivers

Miles Boykin vs. Golden Tate

Combine                         Boykin                      Tate
Height                                6’4                          5’10
Weight                               220                         197
Arm length                    33 1/2                    30 1/2
Hands                              9 7/8                      9 1/4
40                                      4.42                        4.42
Bench                                12                             17
Vertical                            43.5                           35
Broad                              140                            120

Golden Tate: Round 2, pick 28, 60th overall in 2010

Golden Tate was one of the best receivers Notre Dame has had in its lost football history.

Tate’s experience in college helps him a lot in this battle — not that college stats are going to matter in the NFL — but Tate had two great years at Notre Dame, where Boykin only had one.

Tate’s biggest season came in 2009, where he won the Biletnikoff Award, was a consensus All American and finished 10th in Heisman voting.

Tate’s biggest strength coming out of college was his route running, as he showed consistent ability to get enough room from defenders to be able to make a catch. The NFL’s Combine website  says Tate “a very sound route runner who is smooth in and out of his breaks.”

Boykin has the advantage in most combine stats, including a huge advantage in size, which is really what sets these two apart.

You might be surprised to see Tate had 5 more reps than Boykin in the bench press.

Both men are dead even 40 time, which shows just how athletic Boykin is that he has the ability to run the same time as someone who’s 6 inches shorter and 23 pounds lighter.

I think the edge in this battle goes to Boykin because of the big size and vertical advantage. Even though Tate proved himself in college one season longer than Boykin, I think Boykin’s ceiling in the NFL is higher than what Tate’s was coming into the league.

Advantage: Miles Boykin