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69. Rich Lapham OT Boston College 6'8" 322lbs.
http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports...h-lapham-looking-to-make-the-leap-to-the-nfl/The 6-foot-8, 327-pound offensive lineman is the nephew of former Bengals offensive lineman Dave Lapham, a Melrose native who played for Cincinnati from 1974 until 1983 (and then for New Jersey in the USFL) before becoming a Bengals radio analyst. In addition, BC remains the gold standard for turning out offensive linemen.
It’s added up to quite the resume for the New Hampshire native, who is projected at this point to be a mid- to late-round pick in this year’s draft.
“[There's a] great coaching staff at Boston College,” Lapham said. “My offensive line coach, Sean Devine, has been really helpful, and through the prep for what we would do at Boston College, he’d would almost treat it the same way at the combine — go up [to the board] and draw the play, so we were familiar with it. Stuff like that. I credit him for a lot of the situations and the last couple of years that has gotten me ready.
Lapham, who suffered an injury to his left kneecap this past season, said he will not be working out this weekend at the NFL scouting combine, instead holding off until April.