Eddie Lacy runs 40-yard dash
Updated: April 11, 2013, 1:00 PM ET
By Alex Scarborough | TideNation
One scout timed Lacy as having run a 4.59 and 4.62 in the 40. His top time would have placed him 15th among running backs who competed in March's NFL combine.
Scouts Inc. currently has Lacy, a possible first-round selection, as its highest-rated running back in the draft and the 43rd best prospect overall.
The biggest concern, an AFC scout said, was the health of Lacy, who suffered a small tear of the hamstring during a mock combine event in February at IMG.
"He's proven he's a good back the way he played all season," the scout said. "The main thing was to see how the hamstring was doing, and he's obviously done a lot of work on that."
Another primary concern among talent evaluators was Lacy's ability to catch the football. He had 22 receptions last season. Lacy said showing his hands was one of his top priorities during the workout.
"Outside of the 40, just proving I can catch," Lacy said. "I didn't have a lot of opportunities here at Alabama to show my hands out of the backfield, so during the passing drills I just wanted to show them I can catch.
"I did good. I probably bobbled a pass or two, but everything else was caught clean."
Alabama coach Nick Saban, who coached for the better part of a decade in the NFL, said on Wednesday that if Lacy was healthy, he would run fast.
"He's faster than you think," he said of his former All-SEC back. "He has very deceptive speed, and very deceptive quickness. For three or four years around here, I've been watching Eddie Lacy, who everybody thinks is a little too straight-line as a runner, and can't make people miss, make people miss in the hole, with his sudden quickness and great change of direction. He's physical, tough, he's got great size. He's a really good all-around player, a good receiver, he can block in pass protection, and he can be physical when he needs to and get it downhill.
"I think Eddie is a very, very complete player. I don't really see a lot of flaws in his game. I think he'll be a very, very good player for somebody."