PHILADELPHIA - Seniors Brandon Copeland, Scott Lopano and Joe Bonadies worked out for NFL scouts on Monday during Pro Day at Villanova Stadium. The trio of University of Pennsylvania football players, as well as several other local players, went through the
NFL Combine work out for scouts, coaches, agents, fans and members of
the media.
The players met with scouts from the NFL, including
the Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Cheifs and the CFL, prior to the work out and were
then taken to have their official height and weight measurements
recorded.
The players went through several tests of strength, speed and agility - identical to the work out at the NFL scouting combine.
Since Al Bagnoli
took over as the George A. Munger Head Coach of Football, 14 Penn
players have signed NFL contracts. The last of which was offensive lineman Greg Van Roten, who signed with the Green Bay Packers last summer. Van Roten and the Packers won the NFC North and lost in the Divisional Round of the 2013 NFL Playoffs to the San Francisco 49ers.
More about the three Penn Quakers who participated in Pro Day:
DL/LB Brandon Copeland
Career Accolades: Three-time Ivy League
champion (2009, 2010, 2012) ... Three-time first-team All-Ivy (2010-12)
... Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 12, 2012) ... NCAA
National Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 13, 2012) ... 2011 Lindy's Preseason Second-Team All-America ... 2011 College Sports Madness
Preseason Third-Team All-America ... Played in final 39 games of his
career, including 30-straight starts in his last three seasons ...
Finished career with 160 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, 11.0 sacks,
four pass breakups, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, a
blocked kick, an interception, a touchdown and a safety.
Punter Scott Lopano
Career Accolades: Three-time Ivy
League champion (2009, 2010, 2012) ... Finished as
Penn's all-time leader in career punt yards (7,683) and career punts
(198) ... Averaged 38.8 yards per punt and pinned 65 inside the 20 ...
Career-long 73-yard punt ... Played in all 40 games of his career ...
Ranks second all-time at Penn for punt yards in a game (409) ... 2012
first-team All-Ivy ... 2010 honorable mention All-Ivy ... Two-time Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area ... 2012 Academic All-Ivy ... 2011 Capital One Academic All-District ... Two-time Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week ... College Sports Journal National Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 13, 2012) ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 19, 2009).
OL Joe Bonadies
Career Accolades: Three-time
Ivy League champion (2009, 2010, 2012) ... 2012 first-team All-Ivy ...
2012 Academic All-Ivy ... 2011 honorable mention All-Ivy ... Played in
25 career games and started all 20 over his final two seasons.
Courtesy: University of Pennsylvania
