Shay Hodge Scouting Report

Overshadowed on the Ole Miss offense by Dexter McCluster and Jevan Snead, Hodge quietly put together two impressive seasons in 2007 and 2008 before really exploding as a senior in 2009. The wide received set career marks in receptions (70) and yards (1135) and he tied his previous career-high with eight touchdowns. Hodge wrapped up his four-year campaign at Mississippi with 173 catches for 2646 yards and 22 TDs. Although he earned First-Team All-SEC honors for the first time, he still lacks notoriety. "He may be overlooked because he's not on an Alabama team that is No. 1 or a Florida team that's top five," said teammate Kendrell Lockett. "But how do you overlook a guy who has over 1,000 yards receiving and has accomplished some of the things he's accomplished? The numbers he produces? How common is that? You can tell what kind of athlete he is." Hodge has been clocked under 4.5 in the 40-yard dash and he has decent size at 6'1' and 207 pounds. He is by no means an athletic freak of nature, but he consistently gets the job done by being physical at the line of scrimmage and catching almost anything that is in his near vicinity. Furthermore, Hodge is rock-solid both on and off the field and he will enter the NFL with no red flags whatsoever -- not even with any kind of injury history. As a result, Hodge should see his name go off the board sometime on Day 2 of the upcoming draft, perhaps as early as round four.