As teams selecting below the first few picks in next month’s draft likely are hoping that one or more of the rumors regarding the health of defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey will take sufficient root to allow his name to still be on the board when they get their turn to turn in a card, Dorsey disappointed them by churning out an impressive Pro Day workout on Wednesday, according to Frank Tadych of NFL.com.

Tadych says that Dorsey looked “slim” (which is sort of like someone calling Chris Farley “svelte”), at 297 pounds. 

Dorsey reportedly ran the 40 in 5.13 and 5.15 seconds, managed 27 reps in the 225-pound bench press, and showed off a vertical leap of 25.5 inches.

“I feel great,” said Dorsey.  “I feel like I came out and did well today, I gave it my all.  They wanted to see what I had.”

“I saw Glenn Dorsey do what I expected him to do,”NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock said.  “The most important thing for him was to just to show everybody that medically he’s OK.  He was explosive and quick.”

With the NFL fully cognizant of the value of a strong defensive line, thanks to the Giants manhandling of the Patriots’ blockers in the playoffs, the rumors and whispers regarding Dorsey’s health likely won’t be enough to get him to slide.  Though plenty of defensive tackles have been drafted in the upper echelon over the past decade, Dorsey arguably has generated the most buzz at the position since Warren Sapp in 1995.

And there likely were more than a few teams that regretted allowing rumors of a positive marijuana test to keep them from drafting Sapp, who fell to No. 12 before being picked by the Bucs.