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The football season opened for most schools during the first week of October, and the impact of the forward pass was immediate: 1  On October 3, 1906, the Des Moines Daily News reported probably the first use of the long forward pass in the University of Missouri's 23â4 win over Kirksville Normal School.
Because tight ends are thought of more as pass catchers than blockers, the results of the drill can have a significant impact on the way teams perceive them. In 2006, Vernon Davis entered the draft process as a fringe first-round tight end, but after he blazed a 4.38-second 40, he vaulted into the top 10. The same thing happened to Eric Ebron last year after he produced a solid 4.60 time. As for this year's draft class, the top performers both hailed from small schools.