1 on 1 Standifer vs Stanford question
Did anyone see the 1 on 1 video of Standifer vs. Stanford? I do not have a paid subscription to scout, and it appears it is behind the pay wall. I'm curious to see how Standifer did given the fact that the sites are not as high on him as I think they should be.
If you saw it post comments and let us know how it went.
I didn't see it, but these camps where the receivers don't run specific routes, but instead just wander around like kids playing street football give receivers a huge advantage. I'm curious to hear how it went also.
Is there a DL counting to 10 apple before he gets to rock the QB w/o blockers in those drills?
I wonder if they get one blitz too.
1 apple
2 apple
BLITZ
AHHHH
I miss being ten.
I think they do Mississippi's in these drills.
In most of the drills I've seen, the receivers do run specific routes and the ball is in the air within about 2-3 seconds. Also - it's not always about who catches the ball. If the DB is tight on the receiver for a few solid seconds, and after 5 seconds he's open, that's not a big deal since that will rarely happen in a real game situation.
Unless you're watching a Michigan defense between 2008-2010.
Or you're watching the Michigan offense in 2011, in which Denard makes defender after defender miss then lofts a perfect spiral to a wide-open fill-in-the-blank.
he has been running 4.7-4.8 40's in the camps he has attended.
Agreed. I did hear he ran in the 4.7s but I doubt anyone will shy away because of it. He's 6'5" and 17, 4.7 is not that bad, I'd still love to have him. If he was 6'5" with a 4.5 then he'd be a top-15 recruit instead of a top-100. I bet Roundtree doesn't run much better than a 4.7 today, and he's 6'0". Would anyone still recruit him?
some of the stats get a bit out of perspective like you are noting. I know the mantra that you "can't teach speed" or height for that matter. But if you can catch the ball and you're reasonably fast, you understand defenses/coverages and you can get open, then you'll be a successful receiver.
Height, 40-yard time, vertical leap, etc are useful surrogates when trying to "measure" these things but ultimately you've got to count on the coaches to do their homework by looking at the kids, talking to them, talking to the kids' coaches, etc to get the full picture.
After all, who are you going to believe - the stats or your lying eyes? Here's hoping we don't go the Al Davis route to selecting players!
Wouldn't recruiting a college junior be a NCAA violation? /s
i think 4.73 was the official electronic timing
i'll take that everyday. people really don't understand how fast that is because we see some burners that run in the 4.4s but 4.73 is definitely faster than anyone here can run haha so i'll take that all day.
now if he's heading to the pros. he better work on it and get it down to 4.5 area
I'm rather confident I could still run a sub 4.7 even at 30. I figure my best in HS was 4.42 so seeing as how that was 13 yrs ago and I still keep myself in reasonable shape i could prolly bust out a 4.6 or so.
However, it might take me slightly longer to catch my breath but dammit i still got about 2 or 3 yrs left of being a decent athlete.
Maybe hand timed, but laser timed is always slower. For the 100m and 200m some states add .14 when comparing hand timed to auto timed. I know its not the same as a 40, but just food for thought.
Actually, you add .24 to a hand time to get an estimate of the FAT (fully automated time). That ends up being a pretty reliable conversion in my experience.
You're right, I accidentally put the conversion time for 400m. Thanks for making my point even stronger though.
I also ran a 4.4 in high school...best 35 yards of my life.
You are right 4.73 is not bad. Rice reportedly ran in the 4.71 range and became a somewhat good player in college and the NFL. If the kid works hard his speed will not be a problem. 6'5" and 4.73 would be great to have in a wolverine uniform.
There is more to being a WR than just great straight-line speed. Like you Jerry Rice was not a burner, but he probably has the greatest hands of anyone that has every played the game.
Personally, I would rather have a guy who runs in the 4.6-4.7 range and can catch the ball than some guy who blows by everyone, but has suspect hands.
The 4.71 is a myth. Jerry Rice actually ran a 4.49 40. Still, these kids just finished their junior seasons of high school. They haven't gone through a college S&C program and they've certainly never been trained how to properly run a 40-yard dash. A 4.73 for a soon-to-be high school senior of Dwayne Stanford's size is not bad at all. Like someone else said, if he ran a legit 4.5 40 then he'd probably be a 5*. His SPARQ score was over 100, which is pretty impressive.
Where did you read that? From everything I have read or heard it has been the his forty time was not that fast (4.7 range).
4.65 in NFL combine according to:
http://www.40-yard-dash-times.com/jerry-rice-40-yard-dash-time.html
In between reps, I hope Standifer was talking up Michigan every chance he got and encouraging him to visit.
We have covered the 40 times and that 4.7 is not that bad of a time, but how did Standifer look against Stanford in the 1 on 1 drills, I might of missed it but have not seen the original question of this post answered, thanks. GBOD