Glasow Combine Results
Offensive Lineman testing at the combine today and Graham Glasgow turning in some solid results. Ran a 5.13 40 which is one of the better times posted. Also put in 23 reps on the bench which skimming through the results appears to be right around the average. Don't see any reason this should hurt his projected 2-4 round projections.
His measurables yesterday were 6'6", 307 lbs.
February 26th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
It would help show he would be a great team member and that he loves his grandma.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
us older people are at a marked disadvantage.
February 26th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
would down-vote you.... i dont think he knows the story about his grandma moving in with him to help him stop drinkin'..... great story!!
February 26th, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
Keep it comin', Glasgow.
February 26th, 2016 at 12:21 PM ^
Looking at these numbers it's astonishing just how freakishly athletic these guys are. Weigh 300 lbs but still run the 40 in the low 5s and bench press 225lbs 25-30ish times.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:07 PM ^
Wanna have your mind blown? Compare Rashan Gary's high school measurables to those of the DL at the NFL combine. 6'4"/6'5", 290 lbs...4.74 40 yard dash. And I wouldn't be shocked if he could put up 225 20x at this point.
February 26th, 2016 at 5:29 PM ^
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February 26th, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
The NFL is a bit of a silly place to look for examples of athleticism because those guys are so many deviations beyond the meat of the bell curve.
It kind of annoys me when sports fans can so easily say this player sucks or whatever. Yes it's often easy to tell who's better or worse, but there are like ten layers of skill between a pro starter and someone who considers himself good at a certain sport. The guys Stephen Curry is embarrassing night after night in the NBA wouldn't let any one of us even get so much as a shot off.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
Wait so why is the NFL a silly place to look for athleticism them? Because of all the athleticism?
February 26th, 2016 at 2:28 PM ^
level of athletic ability is so high that to some degree, people are fooling themselves when they say they can tell that this guy is not as good an athlete as that guy.
Whereas in college ball, the variability is FAR higher. There are guys that are relatively ordinary athletes on the field with guys that are among the top 200 most athletic people on the planet. In the NFL, the distance between the best of the best and the worst is not nearly so large.
The more the distance, the easier it is to see that it exists.
Rob
February 26th, 2016 at 2:51 PM ^
I read an article on SB Nation this morning saying that Joey Bosa was far over-rated because while he was a fantastic college player he was at the peak of his skill development and wasn't a great athlete comparatively to other guys who still had upside. they used evidence that he would occassionaly fall down and that true athletes had better balance. No love for Bosa (disliked him ever since his recruiting visit to M where he was rude to the other recruits), but the article is a little silly.
Beyond a certain level I think people make stuff up to validate their biases. System fit and work ethic are probably just as important as athleticism. Vernon Davis for instance only had 1-2 good years when he was in the right system despite being an athletic freak.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:01 PM ^
the guy who wrote the article played in the NFL as a DE for 7 years so he knows the position well. He's not wrong about Bosa. He's a very good technican but isn't a freak athlete.
February 26th, 2016 at 3:24 PM ^
My point is more that looking at some place like the NFL tends to greatly distort one's perception. Among the general population, Graham Glasgow is a scary-athletic freak of nature (hell, by global standards anyone who's 6'6" is already well outside average) and at the height of his physical potential due to effort, technology and guidance. This guy is average by NFL standards for his position. People can sometimes see that as a slight, but that's because NFL fans watch NFL players play all day, so they kind of forget that they're looking at some of the most ridiculous athletes in the world. Yes there are more athletic linemen out there, but "average NFL athlete" is pretty damn high praise.
The other thing about the NFL is that the number of roster spots is fixed. This isn't like a typical business or industry that grows according to revenue or demand or growth or needs. Anyone who makes it to an NFL roster has displaced someone else. That means there's no fixed standard to compare to and it's decoupled from the general population. If you're an NFL athlete, you can ONLY compare yourself to other NFL athletes. This also distorts outside perceptions because no one in the stands sees the practice squad guys, the unemployed free agents, the swaths of guys drafted and then released without ever playing an NFL down. That includes guys like Devin Gardner and Jeremy Gallon. Anyone just try to tell me those guys are "marginal" athletes. ONLY by NFL standards because the NFL is ridiculous.
Otherwise you're correct; college is where you can more easily compare the best athletes to average athletes who just worked really really hard to get where they are, because it's at the college level where you'll find them playing on the same field.
February 26th, 2016 at 5:17 PM ^
Right, but the original comment was basically along the lines of "wow, all these NFL guys are freakish athletes". I don't think any insinuation was made that anyone in the NFL is not a freakish athlete.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:52 PM ^
It really showed the talent deficit between a pro, and a weekend warrior type athlete, even using guys retired from the league for a while. When I rarely go, I like to get to NBA games early to watch the shoot arounds. It's amazing how many guys can hit everything from everywhere, even the bigs.
February 26th, 2016 at 2:14 PM ^
See video below (long dont watch all of it). Brian Scalabrine takes on a bunch of "good" bball players and smokes them all. He was a dorky white NBA player, end of the bench kind of a guy. If you ever think maaaaybe you could do what a pro athlete does, think again.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:03 PM ^
a top 100 recruit and smoked him without a problem.
There is a reason why the best college team will never beat the worst pro team. The worst pro teams are all a bunch of former all american/all conference college players.
February 26th, 2016 at 2:14 PM ^
See video below (long dont watch all of it). Brian Scalabrine takes on a bunch of "good" bball players and smokes them all. He was a dorky white NBA player, end of the bench kind of a guy. If you ever think maaaaybe you could do what a pro athlete does, think again.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:27 PM ^
B1G had three linemen in the top 10 with Jason Spriggs of Indiana the fastest O Lineman, Jack Conklin of MSU at #4 and Glasgow coming in at 9th. No other conference had more than two players in the top 10.
February 26th, 2016 at 5:09 PM ^
kick your ass... he can CATCH you and then kick your ass.....
February 26th, 2016 at 12:20 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 2:04 PM ^
That comment was so bad that it's good.
February 26th, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
23 reps?
Little surprised, honestly.
February 26th, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^
With OL having long arms, I would project right around this number, with maybe high side low 30s. the guys I would expect to have the highest reps, would be the defensive line guys, that might not have the height and arm length measurables.
I really don't know how this all translates to real football accurately.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
There is conflicting evidence about correlations between the combine tests and future NFL performance, and variation between positions as you might imagine. Bench press is probably not a good predictor for any position. See this post for an interesting recent analysis.
February 26th, 2016 at 2:17 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^
The weight has to travel farther, meaning it takes more energy to lift the weight.
You still need the baseline strength, but if the objective was to get the weight 6 inches off your chest and back down, the linemen would smoke everyone. It isn't though, it's about doing a full rep, and then repeating it dozens of times.
February 26th, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 2:23 PM ^
I honestly was a little surprised too. It's a little below average, but still above the "red zone" (according to McShay)
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14837586/todd-mcshay-guide-e…
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February 26th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
I think teams might view him more as a guard, with the flexibility to play center if necessary, but I'm certainly not an nfl draft expert
February 26th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^
is Mel Kiper, but he gets paid for his thought.
I'm certainly not an nfl draft expert
February 26th, 2016 at 12:46 PM ^
you're right, we should all slick our hair back and apply for ESPN
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February 26th, 2016 at 12:48 PM ^
Holy shit - Stephen Paea put up 225 49 times. That must have been like a cardio workout for him. Not really comparing my 5'10, 160 lb ass to pro football players, but I am really weak.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:09 PM ^
That dude is strong, and conditioned. I wonder what he can max out at.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^
My google skills are failing me, but the best number I can find is a max of 550 from his bio in 2011. Pretty sure that bar was bending.
February 26th, 2016 at 12:46 PM ^
You're saying he's a pussy? But his brother probably won't be a pussy?
Do I have that right?
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February 26th, 2016 at 2:20 PM ^
He probably spends most of his time curling in the squat rack.
February 26th, 2016 at 1:59 PM ^
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February 26th, 2016 at 12:40 PM ^
It's still so astonishing to me how strong these guys are. I work out and consider myself pretty strong for an average dude over 30, so 23 reps at 225 when I can hit like 6 reps on a good day?? It's hard to fathom how strong and athletic these dudes are.
February 26th, 2016 at 12:48 PM ^
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