*AJ Dillon, Boston College Football News: Draft Scout Player News

04/15/20 - RB *AJ Dillon, Jr/2020, Boston College

Former Boston College running back AJ Dillon initially planned on making the 2020 NFL Draft a family affair. Dillon wanted to share his defining moment at a get-together in his hometown of New London, Conn., but his plans got deep-sixed by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Dillon also planned on visiting with his former teammates at BC Pro Day on March 18. Dillon has been living and training in Orange County, Calif., since departing the Heights at the conclusion of the 2019 season. He will learn his next football destination by monitoring the draft on television in relative solitude while awaiting the subsequent phone call. "My plan was obviously to go back to Connecticut and probably go out somewhere because I have a huge extended family," said Dillon during a Zoom conference on Monday.

"I wanted to have a big party at a restaurant and watch it, but you have to adjust and I'm going to stay here in Orange County. I didn't want to risk getting on a plane and bringing that back home to my family. "I have friends that did that and their whole family got sick so it's not worth it to me." Dillon's first priority after declaring for the draft was to get into "Combine shape." He prepped for February's NFL Combine at the Athletic Gaines performance center in Woodland Hills, Calif. Dillon posted an overall grade of 84 with a dash speed of 4.53, a 41-inch vertical leap and a 131-inch broad jump. He made 23 bench reps at 225 pounds. "I have no doubt in my mind that I was going to go to the Combines and put up the numbers and perform the way I did," said Dillon. - Boston Herald

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