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Matt Peart, OT, Connecticut
Selected: Round 3, Pick 35, Overall Pick 99 by Giants
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Name: Matt Peart
College: Connecticut
Number: 65
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-6 Weight: 318
Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2020
40 Low: 4.98 40 Time: 5.06 40 High: 5.14
> Projected Round: Stock: 
Projected High: 2nd Low: 4th
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Data Scout Notes: +7 LBs 2019: 1stC...Started 12 gms at LT in '18. Started 12 gms at LT in '17. Started 12 gms at LT in '16. Redshirted in '15.
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Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 6065
Weight: 318
Zybek PD3X AKA "Official"
40 Yard Dash (ET): 5.06
40 Yard Dash (HH): 5.06
20 Yard (ET): 2.94
20 Yard (HH): 2.83
10 Yard (ET): 1.75
10 Yard (HH): 1.76
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 26
Vertical Jump: 30
Broad Jump: 09'05"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.92
3-Cone Drill: 8.01
Projected 5.23/-.17
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Dates: 03/25/20
Hand: 09 1/2 Arm: 36 5/8
Wingspan: 86 1/2
Height: 6065
Weight: 318
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Matt Peart, Connecticut, Player News
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The Giants, looking to fix their offensive line, took UConn tackle Matt Peart with the No. 99 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Peart, 6 feet 7 and 318 pounds, joined Andrew Thomas, an offensive tackle the Giants chose in the first round, in what could beco me an impressive pair of bookends. The Giants were in the market for a center, but couldn't pass on Peart. "It's about value," Giants GM Dave Gettleman told reporters on a conference call late Friday night. "[Peart] was too good of a value to pass by. We had him rated well above the rest of the other centers on our board. He is long, he's big. He's a 315-pound kid that's skinny. We interviewed him a number of times, he's a great kid. He's athletic and he's long and we think he has a lot of upside for a young kid. He's a guy that the coaching staff really wanted to work with."Born in the Bronx, Peart has been a Giants fan all his life, and they were among the teams that paid a lot of attention to him in the predraft process. They've had success i n drafting Randy Edsall-coached, UConn linemen in the past, with Will Beatty in 2009. Peart started 48 games in a row for UConn, every game the last four seasons, and got better each year. He was a late-comer to football, switching from basketball during his time in prep school. But he has exceptional athletic ability for such a big man, running the 40-yard dash in 5.01 seconds at the Combine and navigating the agility drills impressively. - Hartford Courant
(DS#8 OT) rSr/2020  OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
News Source: Hartford Courant
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Former teammate Foley Fatukasi, drafted by the Jets in 2018, told Peart the pre-draft process wouldn't be easy, and he needed to treat every part of it like he would only get that one shot. Little did either know how true that would be in this year of th e coronavirus. Peart followed up his Senior Bowl performance in Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 25 with a strong showing in the NFL Combine in Indianapolis at the end of February. At 6 feet 7 and 318 pounds, Peart ran the 40-yard dash in 5.06 seconds, made a verti cal leap of 30 inches, a broad jump of 113 inches. Then they measured his arms - 36 5/8 inches, longer than any other tackle. That set the scouts and analysts abuzz."I knew I had long arms," Peart says, with a belly laugh, "but when they came up a nd said I had the longest, I was like, 'Oh. … Really?' I couldn't help but laugh and smile. I thought I'd be middle of the pack, but to have the longest? That's pretty good." Then the process was swept into this uncharted territory. There was not to be a Pro Day at UConn, no visits or workouts for individual teams, few chances to work out at conventional facilities. Instead, Peart has spent the last month lifting weights in his basement, marking off his quiet street to run sprints and "gassers," uphil l, to the wonderment of neighbors out walking their dogs. Distance runs, up to 3 miles, not his favorite thing, are keeping him in shape, and he has had virtual interviews with numerous teams assessing his football IQ and upbeat disposition. - Hartford C ourant
(DS#8 OT) rSr/2020 OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
News Source: Hartford Courant
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2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Matt Peart, OT, Connecticut,...The Kingston, Jamaica native anchored the Huskies offensive line for four seasons, starting all 48 games. A team captain in 2019 and member of the leadership council in 2018, he helped produce back- to-back 1000-yard rushing seasons for Kevin Mensah. It is only the second time in program history that the Huskies have had the same running back put together back-to-back 1000 yard campaigns (Jordan Todman). - Connecticut Football
(DS#8 OT) rSr/2020 OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
News Source: Connecticut Football
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2019 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OT Matt Peart, UConn, Sr.,...The Kingston, Jamaica native anchored the Huskies offensive line for four seasons, starting all 48 games. A team captain in 2019 and member of the leadership council in 2018, he helped produce back-to-back 1000-yard rushing seasons for Kevin Mensah. It is only the second time in program history that the Huskies have had the same running back put together back-to-back 1000 yard campaigns (Jordan Todman). The 6-7, 303 pound lineman is projected to be one of the top tackle prospects in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft and he will participate in the prestigious Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama on January, 25, 2020. - Connecticut Football
(DS#8 OT) rSr/2020 OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
News Source: Connecticut Football
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The top Republican in the Connecticut Senate wants private donors to pick up the cost of UConn's departure from the American Athletic Conference. Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano wrote on Wednesday to the school's new president, Tom Katsouleas, urging h im to have the UConn Foundation pick up the $20.5 million tab and not students or taxpayers. The money includes a $17 million exit fee to the AAC and a $3.5 million entrance fee to rejoin the Big East for the 2020-21 academic year. The exit fee must be p aid in full by the end of the 2026 fiscal year. - AP College Football
(DS#8 OT) rSr/2020 OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
News Source: AP College Football
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