According to Verducci’s article, the 6-3 / 205 lb. lefthanded-hitting and right-throwing Harper catches and pitches.  As a pitcher, he tops 96 on the gun.   As a hitter, he slugs 500-ft. homeruns. (There are highlight videos of Harper on YouTube.)  After two years of high school, he will begin next fall at the College of Southern Nevada.

While he can be a real-life Roy Hobbs or Steve Nebraska, one must keep in mind that he still has not faced Major League, or even minor league or college competition.   In addition to an express lane to professional baseball, Harper’s decision is as much a step-up in competition.  Parents may shudder at the “loss of youth” but sports fans should rejoice because if Harper is the next Babe Ruth, we get to see him soon.  Who wants to bet he hires Scott Boras next spring?

For those of you wondering who the youngest player in MLB history was, that would be Joe Nuxhall who was two months shy of his sixteenth birthday when he pitched 2/3 of an inning for the War-depleted Reds in a War-depleted league in 1944.  He began (or resumed) his ten-year career in 1952 and went on be a long-time and much-beloved broadcaster of the Reds.

The good news is that D.J. wasn’t even invited to the Combine, which means he’s probably awesome. All kidding aside, he is a very big wideout from Wake Forest who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.55 seconds. That’s not blazing by any stretch, but it’s ok because he is so big.

Boldin did catch 77 balls last year at Wake, so it seems that he might be able to play a little bit. Florio of PFT notes that those 77 catches is more than North Carolina’s Hakeem Nicks, who most have rated very highly.

Florio also takes another step that I’m not prepared to take. He thinks if the Eagles used a later pick on D.J., that it could be laying the foundation to put the two on the same team. If Anquan was a free agent, I’d be on board with that theory. But the fact that a trade would have to take place and he really doesn’t control his destiny in that regard, I can’t follow him there. I think the Eagles have bigger worries than creating a neat little scenario where they have two sets of brothers on the team.

LeSean McCoy/RB/Pittsburgh: McCoy’s highly anticipated workout turned out to be a pedestrian affair. He tipped the scales at 204-pounds, ran the 40 in the low 4.5s and posted a 28-inch vertical jump. Scouts have said McCoy is skinny up top and may not have the body type to take an every-down pounding at the next level. McCoy likely watched whatever slim chance he had of being a first round pick vanish this week.

There were rumors that the Eagles were high on McCoy and would possibly look at him with one of their two first rounders.

Many experts, however, still don’t think that he will slide past Seattle at #4.