Orthotropic

March 27th, 2023 at 1:26 PM ^

I was the OP... And will take the L here.  But I *think* people thought I was complaining about my own initial post?  Or perhaps that I was criticizing a former player with my 4 carries comment?  Not sure...  Poorly worded on my part.  I really like keeping up with Michigan players after they graduate.

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ShadowStorm33

March 27th, 2023 at 10:17 AM ^

It's got to be his size...because I thought he would be on a roster. Not a starter, but a Jourdan Lewis type of career.

Maybe it's his size? But Long is only an inch taller than Hill, and for two players who played similarly well on the same team, it seems like an inch isn't enough of a difference to explain one player being drafted in the third round and the other going undrafted. I was wondering if it had something to do with combine numbers, but strangely both players only did the bench press (Hill actually beat Long there, 21 reps to 18), which is about the last test I'd think a CB would do if they were only doing one or a couple of them. The whole thing is just strange.

As an aside, I had completely forgotten that there were two David Longs drafted in 2019, our CB, and an LB out of WV. It makes it complicated because LB Long did all the combine tests, and put up some great numbers for a even CB (4.45 40, plus his 3-cone would have been the best at this year's combine (by over .1 second) and his shuttle second). And so of course websites left and right have LB Long's combine numbers listed for CB Long, and you really have to dig to find CB Long's actual combine page.

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