Stingley spoke with the media about his conversations with the Bolts. (0:48)
Stingley said that he showed the teams that nothing has changed over the past couple years.
Stingley, who had surgery on his left foot last September, posted times of 4.37 and 4.44 in the 40-yard dash and a vertical leap of 38.6 inches, according to the school. According to some scouts in attendance, the times between the mid-4.3s and low 4.4s were recorded by the teams in attendance. Stingley moved well in position drills.
Stingley did not perform in any drills at the combine. He said he was cleared to do full-speed work about three weeks ago and started to feel better over the past couple of days.
The 6-foot, 190-pound said he knows he can run faster than a 4.3, but he felt good about his performance. He will be visiting teams in the next few weeks. He thinks he has nine visits lined up.
I feel fine right now. Stingley explained that he originally injured his foot on the first day of camp last summer and played through the injury for three games before having surgery.
Stingley was described as a tough evaluation by Todd McShay, who projected him to go to the Minnesota Vikings with the 12th pick. Stingley was a second-team All-America as a freshman on the LSU national championship team, and he had six intercepts and 21 passes defended. His production dropped off during the COVID-19-affected 2020 season and his injury-marred 2021 campaign.
Mel Kiper Jr. agreed that there are going to be questions about his up-and-down play, while ranking him ninth overall on his latest Big Board, but he predicted that the NFL teams will see more good tape than bad.
Stingley said that teams know what he is and that he isn't worried about how they view his past two seasons.
Stingley said that the reason he came out here was to see if he still had the determination and power that he had when he was younger. He said that was what he was waiting to see when he saw it. A lot of people were trying to see that.
Stingley said he is not focused on where he will go in the draft. He was willing to share his goal for his football career.
Stingley wants to be the greatest ever.
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