Here are Cincinnati Bearcats undrafted free agent candidates

With the selections of linebacker Jake Golday in the second round to the Vikings and the fifth-round picks of Joe Royer to the Browns , Cyrus Allen to the Chiefs and Gavin Gerhardt in the seventh to Minnesota, the Bearcats have now had 22 players selected in the NFL draft since 2021 and 55 since 2000. Unfortunately, several draft-eligible Bearcats were not selected, notably Jeff Caldwell and Dontay Corleone, who had late-round projections . These Bearcats will now have to make the NFL by way of being undrafted free agents.

The most famous UC player to recently do this was Ivan Pace Jr. , who will now be a teammate of Golday and Gerhardt. Pace went unpicked in 2023 and signed a free agent deal with the Vikings.

He quickly became a starter and a Vikings mainstay. Cincinnati Bearcats undrafted free agent candidates/destinations The Enquirer will list where or if the following Bearcats will be picked up by an NFL team. Jeff Caldwell – Caldwell, who played one season at UC after transferring from FCS Lindenwood University, was measured at over 6-foot-5 and 216 pounds at the NFL Combine.

His 40-yard dash time was 4. 31, he had a vertical leap of 42" and a broad jump of 11'2". After catching 53 passes for 11 touchdowns at Lindenwood to become a Walter Payton Award finalist for Best FCS Offensive Player, Caldwell came to UC and had 32 catches and six touchdowns.