The Opening 2014: SPARQ Scores
Haven't seen much info about The Opening so far outside of a little Alex Malzone love. Thought I'd share the SPARQ top-10
The SPARQ test, developed by Nike, accounts for a player's weight (to normalize results), 40-yard dash time, 5-10-5 test, kneeling powerball toss, and vertical jump. SPARQ shows how quick athletes are for their size and speed, and it also measures explosiveness, power and agility. For reference, a score above 130 puts an athlete in an incredibly elite group:
Some info on Josh Sweat - an amazing athlete!
The second overall prospect in the nation, defensive end recruit Josh Sweat ran a 4.46-second forty-yard dash at The Opening — all 6'4, 230 pounds of him. That's an incredible time for a player his size, and it was enough to put him in the top five at the camp.
Looking forward to all the scores to see where Malzone and Kirkland end up...and would love to hear more about their recruiting efforts!
Sweet! Ten more people to befriend on Twitter!
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Well played sir.
I'm sorry, I know that say the 40 times are lazer timed, but with the amount of 4.3-4.4 times coming out of the opening, I just don't believe it.
There is no way that many 17 year olds are hauling that fast when maybe 5 do it at the NFL combine. Curious laser, theirs.
If they put an XBox or PS at the finish line it is known to improve their times.
Perhaps it is just due to the fact that they are wearing Nike?
I forgive you.
Is it possible that because they're high school kids and don't have collegiate or nfl size yet, their 40 times will be faster now?
and hit their peak, which they maintain for about 10 yrs, at about twenty years old. Now I'm just guessing here, but I would imagine unless it's bad weight the same would be true for even the bigger athletes. I do know, based on sceintific studies, athletes enjoy their peak years between 27 and 32 years old. This was based on a number of factors but speed and strength were among them.
official laser time too.
There do seem to be a lot of exceptionally quick times, Josh Sweat the DE got a 4.46 which I think was faster than Clowney's at the combine.
at SPARQ. Is that good?
Here's a participation trophy for you.
ruin this generation anymore, PLEASE!
I once drank a SPARQ in 17 seconds...the night did not end well
Lots of positive news about Kirkland
https://vine.co/v/MPXO7EATlLj had a nice pass break up
Who he will be recruiting
https://vine.co/v/MPOOnLAjr02
Also heard he had a nice INT
tremendous posted an article on 247/Facebook on Kirkland being one of the top LBs there.
I wonder why he isn't recruiting Harris
After seeing Harris rocking the Michigan hat, he knows he doesn't really have to. Obviously.
his SPARQ score is 10th. I remember him losing to Peppers in a high school race. does anyone know what Peppers SPARQ was last year?
Over 9000
We stopped recruiting Fitzpatrick because we had Shaun Crawford, right?
Crootin' ain't easy, I suppose.