Rashan Gary is fast.
NFL teams don't use the combine time as their data. They use their scout stopwatches because they don't trust the electronic time data.
I know a couple of NFL scouts and they said they don't trust the data because the time tend to start at first motion. So if a prospect move their hands/head before they get off the block, the time would start automatically.
They used 3-4 of their team scouts stopwatches and averaged the time to make it official for their 40 time on a prospect. Everybody including the Pats does it.
FWIW, they had Devin Funchess at 4.5 range at the combine which is closer to his pro day time.
Kickoff can't get here soon enough!
Well he was full of water at the combine, that probably slowed him down
Yeah there's always going to be disparity between hand and electronic times, but for arguments sake Peppers also put on 10+ lbs in a few short months training for the combine and had a tweaked hamstring. Then again, you could argue that his listed weight at Mich wasn't accurate either.
Except for the two or three guys that hit the 4.3 range every season, guys are always slower at the NFL combine than their "recruiting hype" speeds, even the electronic ones. It's possible that they slow down a bit, but it's more likely that the NFL system is the most accurate available and is a better measure of "actual" times.
"the NFL system" to be accurate. Just has to be a correctly done, electronic timed sprint. This almost certainly is neither. This was a coach standing there with a stop-watch which can be off be a lot.
RB is one of the most intriguing positions to me this fall. I want to see how things shake out in a post-Wheatley world. Unfortunately I think our RBs may yet again be let down by the OL play. We'll see.
My two cents, I have Evans, Higdon, and Samuels in that order. Can't wait to see if Hudson gets some play there too. I don't really expect him to, but you never know, right?
Is this a different set of times than the spring combine that Harbaugh tweeted out months ago? Because Gary was getting basically the same speed then (I don't remember the number but 4.58 sounds right).
If Higdon's 4.48 is legit, wow.
Does Tolbert do these often? I mean, I'm kind of asking if Karan only texts you when he does the best. :)
Thank you for the info though - much appreciated.
play both sides of the ball. crush opposing defenders.
jk, but man, that is some serious speed for a dude who weighs 290. serious.
Damn
Bruce Feldman does a piece on the biggest physical "freaks" in college football every year. Rashan Gary checked in at #5.
The Wolverines are listed by some preseason magazines as having only one returning starter on defense, but that’s misleading. They have a bunch of guys who, like Gary, played extensively last year. While playing on a loaded D-line, Gary had 27 tackles and five tackles for loss as a true freshman. Expectations are sky high for him to be one of the nation’s biggest breakout players in 2017. Jim Harbaugh certainly stokes those expectations when he tweeted out some off-season workout numbers that spotlighted Gary’s athleticism. On it, the 6’5”, 287-pounder was listed as timing a 4.57 in the 40, fastest among not only Michigan D-linemen, but also the linebackers (a 4.63 was the best among those). Gary also vertical jumped 31 inches and broad-jumped 9’6”. The other number that was truly stunning at his size was the 6.70 L-drill time. At the 2017 NFL combine, the fastest time for all D-linemen was a 6.85, and you have to go back six years to find a D-lineman that clocked a fastest time than Gary’s 6.70. Sam Acho ran a 6.69 and he did that weighing 25 pounds less. The fastest L-drill time among all Wolverine DBs was a 6.79 and among linebackers was a 6.89.
A couple guys Michigan will see this year:
PSU RB Saquon Barkley at #1 & TE Mike Gesicki at #13. Gesicki being that high seems like a reach, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Franklin and PSU staff are overhyping their guys.
OSU LB Jerome Baker at #17
Indiana DT Nate Hoff at #30
Cincinnati DE Lyndon Johnson at #34
https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/07/05/freaks-list-workout-warriors-2017
number 5. A man that size that can move like him...whoooo boy.
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Uhhh... This season + Next season = "At least two more years"
I'm just saying we probably shouldn't hold out hope that we're going to get a 4th year from Rashan
But why should we stop saying "at least 2 more years" when he in fact will absolutely be here 2 more years (barring serious injury, god forbid)???
It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he will be NFL bound after next year.
that's his point - no need for "at least"
... the Michigan State Police have ordered Michigan to maintain log books on Rashan Gary. Nobody is allowed to operate a huge semi-trailer truck that fast. Follow up at eleven, Bob.