Zach Banner and Stevie Tu'ikolovatu Measure In At Senior Bowl
USC offensive tackle Zach Banner and nose tackle Stevie Tu’ikolovatu turned heads on measurement day at the Senior Bowl.
The Senior Bowl kicked off their week of practices in Mobile, Alabama on Tuesday with measurements and a pair of Trojans were the talk of the town.
Two of USC’s biggest players from 2016, Zach Banner and Stevie Tu’ikolovatu, were on hand to try to improve their prospects ahead of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Banner weighed in at 361 pounds, standing 6-foot-8 with hand size of 10 3/4 inches, arms measured at 33 5/8 and a wingspan of 82 6/8.
Among all the players measured at the Senior Bowl on Tuesday, Banner was the heaviest and the tallest.
Tu’ikolovatu also turned some heads weighing in at 350 pounds. He was listed on USC’s 2016 roster at 320 pounds.
He also measured at 6-foot-1 with 9 7/8-inch hands, 31 7/8-inch arms and a wingspan of 78 3/8.
With measurements locked in and the first practice kicked off, here’s some of the commentary observers had for Banner and Tu’ikolovatu…
On Zach Banner:
#USC OT Zach Banner
HT: 6083
WT: 36182″ wingspan, 10.6″ hands
He has his own gravitational pull
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) January 24, 2017
Zach Banner just said he’s lost 20 pounds since the Rose Bowl and plans to lose another 30 before the combine. #SeniorBowl
— Jackson Safon (@JacksonSafon) January 24, 2017
Massive USC OT Zach Banner was surprisingly good and won most of his 1v1 matchups, only beaten around the edge once #seniorbowl
— Mike Margittai NFL (@DraftMaverick) January 24, 2017
.@USC_Athletics OT Zach Banner v. Illinois DE Dawuane Smoot.#seniorbowl pic.twitter.com/TzL3RWVmIu
— Chase Goodbread (@ChaseGoodbread) January 24, 2017
#USC tackle Zach Banner is having some fun, taking handoffs in warm-ups from fellow PAC-12 player Sefo Liufau. pic.twitter.com/gPc4hsSgTf
— Jackson Safon (@JacksonSafon) January 24, 2017
On Stevie Tu’ikolovatu:
#USC DT Stevie Tu’ikolovatu
HT: 6011
WT: 350That’s a big boy
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) January 24, 2017
Stevie Tu’ikolovatu came in at 6’1, 350. And they pronounced his namen correctly! #USC pic.twitter.com/WEHdEdnVgm
— Jackson Safon (@JacksonSafon) January 24, 2017
2017 NFL Draft Pronunciation Guide – Senior Bowl Edition! USC DT Stevie Tu’ikolovatu is “tooey-kolo-va-too”. https://t.co/QFFblIJk6I
— Scott Wright (@DraftCountdown) January 24, 2017
Back to back on back on #seniorbowl scales:
La Tech WR Trent Taylor, 177 lbs
USC DT Stevie Tu’ikolovatu, 350 lbs— Eric Edholm (@Eric_Edholm) January 24, 2017
Stevie Tu’ikolovatu #SeniorBowl weigh-in.
The former USC and Utah DT recorded a 12.6% Run Stop Percentage in 2016, 4th best among DTs. pic.twitter.com/fP487Qgjrq
— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) January 24, 2017
North:
RBs: Hunt & Smith
WRs: Kupp & Jones
OL: Feeney, Moton, Morgan
DL: Smoot, Johnson, Tu’ikolovatu#SeniorBowl— Jackson Safon (@JacksonSafon) January 25, 2017
Banner and Tu’ikolovatu will continue to participate in practices this week until Saturday when the Senior Bowl kicks off at 12:30 p.m. on NFL Network.
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