Though the on-field drills don’t begin until Friday, the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine was busy from sun-up to sun-down in Indianapolis on Thursday.

The day started off with some of the official measurements from the quarterback, wide receiver and tight end group.

For the quarterbacks, Josh Rosen and Josh Allen stood a head above the rest (literally). Rosen, who many thought had a “small frame” measured in a 6-foot-4, 226 pounds and Allen measured in at 6-foot-4, 237 pounds. Both of those quarterback checked all the boxes for a prototypical NFL quarterback in terms of size. As for the best of the rest, Baker Mayfield came in at 6-foot-even, 215 pounds with 9 1/4 inch hands and Sam Darnold came in at 6-foot-3, 221 pounds with 9 3/8 inch hands. All of those are above what teams would consider “thresholds.” And Lamar Jackson came in a 6-foot-2, 216 pounds. No misses in terms of measurements there.

At wide receiver, Florida State’s Auden Tate came in as the most impressive, body wise. Tate measured in at 6-foot-4, but just a hair under 6-foot-5 and 228 pounds with 9 1/4 inch hands. All of that is just what Tate fans wanted to hear. Notre Dame’s Equanimeous St. Browns also stood out at 6-foot-4, but 214 pounds with 9 3/4 inch hands. St. Browns is expected to be one of the faster players from his group, and if that’s the case, at his size, it could mean a first round selection.

At tight end, Dallas Goedert from South Dakota State looked like a complete tight end with his measurement numbers coming in at 6-foot-4, 256 pounds with 10 inch hands. Depending on how he runs, NFL teams could easily consider him the top tight end of this class. East-West Shrine game standout Jordan Thomas measured in at 6-foot-5, 265 pounds with a Combine-high (so far) 11 inch hands.

For the complete list of measurements for each group, you can follow the tracker at NDT Scouting.

We’re just going to go ahead and say it: If Quenton Nelson makes it to the Bucs No. 7 overall pick, he should be their choice.

The Bucs likely aren’t going to have the chance to pick defensive end Bradley Chubb, as his landing spots will likely not get him out of the Top 5. But, due to the position Nelson plays, there’s a chance he could, despite likely being the best or second best prospect in the class overall.

Not only is Nelson’s tape elite, his personality and mentality proved to be just as desirable for a team today at his podium presser. Nelson was asked what his mindset is in the trenches: “I want to dominate all of my opponents, and take their will away to play the game.”

Yeah, we’ll take that, thank you very much.

Nelson also benched 35 reps today, which was second best in the group behind UTEP’s Will Hernandez who had 37.

However the Bucs choose to move their line around after selecting him, if the Bucs can get their hands on Nelson, locking him and Ali Marpet up on the interior would elevate the offensive line play from day one and for the next five or six years.

With the Bucs running a vertical offense, they need their back to be able to block. they have to be able to help out the offensive line to give the routes time to develop down the field, and they have to have a running back who has that mentality.

Michel seems to be the real deal for what Tampa Bay is looking for.

Outside of the Georgia running backs, one back the Buccaneers should have their eye on is LSU’s Derrius Guice.

In 2016, while backing up and then filling in for Leonard Fournette, Guice had 1,387 rushing yards on just 183 carries, a fantastic 7.6 yards-per-carry average. In 2017, however, while dealing with injuries and a poor offense around him, Guice recorded 1,251 yards on 237 carries.

Guice’s style of running is violent. He’s 5-foot-10, 224 pounds and is a player who loves to get yards after contact – something Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter mentioned was missing from Doug Martin’s game in 2017. Guice faced one of the highest percentages of stacked fronts (meaning more than the average players near the line of scrimmage) of any back in college football. He earned every yard he recorded in 2017.

Guice was asked if he could say anything to the teams in the NFL about drafting him. He responded: “If you don’t draft me, I’m going to give your defense hell.”