The NFL Draft is still set for Apr. 23-25, even with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic having canceled Pro Days another important scouting events in preparation for one of the biggest events on the league calendar.

USF's best draft prospect, tight end Mitch Wilcox certainly could have used that Pro Day after taking a football to the face during the gauntlet drill at the NFL Combine. Even so, Wilcox is seen as a top 275 draft prospect by CBS Sports and was recently profiled by the team.

"To his credit, he continued the drill even though he got hit in the face and burst a blood vessel in his eye, which is some idea of how tough he is," NFL Draft analyst Ryan Wilson said. "He's a really good player despite that one combine hiccup."

Wilcox was one of the most celebrated and well-liked players in USF football history and it stemmed from his Bay Area roots, being a 2015 graduate of Tarpon Springs High. If anyone had the "Bay Made" mentality, it was the 6-foot-5 tight end that holds nearly every tight end record in school history.

He was the lone USF representative at the combine and posted a 4.88 40-yard, a 4.43 shuttle and a 31.0 vertical jump in Indianapolis. He was given a 5.5 prospect grade by NFL.com, indicating that he has a "chance to make end of roster or practice squad."

According to Wilson, there's still plenty of value in Wilcox as a draft prospect.

"He's a smooth route runner, he's an in-line tight end that can play in the slot, he can play H-back, he has the size teams look for in an NFL tight end and he did it week-in and week-out for South Florida," Wilson said.

The 6-foot-5, 245-pound tight end found himself in more of a blocking role during the 2019 season to add extra protection on a shaky offensive line. Because of that, he wasn't able to replicate some of the numbers of his junior campaign, where he caught 43 passes for 540 yards and two touchdowns. He did catch five touchdowns in 2019, good for 11 in his USF career.

Wilcox walks away from USF as the career tight end record holder in receiving yards (1,326), receptions (100) and receiving touchdowns and holds the season tight end record for receptions and receiving yards, set in 2018. The Tarpon Springs native was a three-time Mackey Award Candidate and was a First Team All-Conference selection in 2018.

He was included in Pro Football Network's seven-round mock draft, where he would be selected in the seventh round by the Miami Dolphins at pick No. 247. Bleacher Report's Matt Miller had Wilcox also going in the seventh round in a mock draft posted shortly after the Super Bowl, going No. 246 overall to the NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers.