{"id":201385,"date":"2025-07-12T12:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/201385\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:38:28","slug":"texas-receiver-isaiah-bond-improves-to-4-34-bills-dinner-private-workout-friday-plus-browns-packers-bills-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/201385\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas receiver Isaiah Bond improves to 4.34, Bills dinner, private workout Friday, plus Browns, Packers, Bills visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AaronWilsonSport\/videos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">University of Texas<\/a> wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Isaiah_Bond\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Bond <\/a>delivered a stellar workout performance Tuesday at the Longhorns\u2019 campus Pro Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Bond ran the 40-yard dash in 4.34 and 4.35 seconds after running a 4.39 at the NFL scouting combine. Plus, Bond didn\u2019t drop any passes and excelled in route-running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Buffalo Bills have a private dinner with Bond on Thursday night in Austin followed by a private workout Friday. He visits the Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, participates in the Atlanta Falcons\u2019 local prospect day and then visits the Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Bond reached a top speed of 24.17 miles per hour, per Next Gen Stats, the second-fastest among any player at the combine behind Kentucky cornerback Maxwell Harrison\u2019s 24.25 miles per hour clocking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A former Georgia state 100-meters (10.48 seconds) and 200-meters (21.05) state champion who began his career at Alabama before transferring, Bond caught 34 passes for 540 yards and five touchdowns last season for the Longhorns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He finished his career with 99 career receptions for 1,428 yards and 10 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Bond had 13 formal meetings at the scouting combine, per a league source, including the San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, Los Angeles Chargers, Tennessee Titans, Chiefs, Jacksonville Jaguars and the Buffalo Bills. Bond made a strong impression, per multiple NFL teams. He also displayed outstanding hands and route-running skills, tracking the football well along with an ability to navigate the sideline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhat separates me from the rest of the draft class is the sheer speed,\u201d Bond said at the combine. \u201cThere\u2019s not a receiver that has the speed and capabilities that I have. It\u2019s not just speed; I\u2019m a complete wide receiver. I have amazing routes. If you watch the tape, you\u2019ll see that.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Bond will participate in the Longhorns\u2019 March 25 campus Pro Day workout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">As a senior in Buford, Ga., he caught 42 passes for 909 yards and seven touchdowns and chose the Crimson Tide over Georgia and Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">As a freshman at Alabama, he caught 17 passes for 220 yards and a score and, as a sophomore, caught 39 passes for 542 yards and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He transferred to Texas after legendary Alabama coach Nick Saban retired.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and <a href=\"http:\/\/click2houston.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click2houston.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 University of Texas wide receiver Isaiah Bond delivered a stellar workout performance Tuesday at the Longhorns\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,2086,7,253,5574,6,33781],"class_list":{"0":"post-201385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalobills","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-houston-texans","14":"tag-isaiah-bond","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-university-of-texas"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114840306934046898","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}