M Players Combine Stats
To follow up on the huge Funchess thread, both Jake Ryan and Frank Clark have completed their drills.
Stats:
Jake
40 - 4.65
225 - 20 reps
vertical - 34.5
broad jump - 120 inches
3 cone - 7.11
20 yard shuttle - 4.2
60 yard shuttle - 11.65 *top performer
Frank
40 - 4.79
225 - 19 reps
vertical - 38.5 *top performer
broad jump - 118 inches
3 cone - 7.08 *top performer
20 yard shuttle - 4.05 *top performer
60 yard shuttle - 11.22 *top performer
Interesting results. When is M having their pro day?
February 22nd, 2015 at 9:54 PM ^
It is very telling that Jake Ryan clocked a better 40 time than Devin Funchess. Would have been interesting to have seen him play tight end.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^
February 22nd, 2015 at 11:57 PM ^
I'm going off his player page on NFL.com. He may have run a 4.71 as well.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:44 AM ^
February 22nd, 2015 at 11:28 PM ^
I missed the Funchess thread, but I'm not surprised at all. Ever since the Fall Scrimmage, I've been saying how slow all our receivers looked. They made the secondary look amazing all Spring and Fall, and then ND torched us with guys that actually could run. We never could get an inch of separation even on mediocre defensive backs.
February 22nd, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^
It will be interesting to see how he ends up doing in the draft given his domestic abuse issues. Given his athleticism, I suspect someone will roll the dice on him.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:02 PM ^
Seems a fair bet he's going to be a free agent pickup. Gives teams a lot more leeway, and a lot less drama and publicity.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:02 PM ^
has lost a lot of money because of his bad interview with the media. By blaming it on the victim is not a good thing for Clark. I'm hearing he's likely to get undrafted because of the off-field issues despite his good combine performance. The GMs threw his name plate into the trash bin because of his bad interview and off-field issues FWIW
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
I think he lost a lot of money by beating the shit out of his gf.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^
who was willing to draft Clark despite the domestic violence until his combine interview which was really bad that they just lost interest.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:50 AM ^
I'm glad you're emphasizing the interview and not the reason why the interview had to happen in the first place. You're doing God's work. Keep it up.
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February 23rd, 2015 at 1:26 AM ^
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February 23rd, 2015 at 9:24 AM ^
Hearing from who? What's your source?
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
works for two different NFL teams and they're very reliable. Both teams are looking at Clark and were willing to give him a 2nd chance until the combine.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:04 PM ^
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:11 PM ^
but Cincinnati don't do it anymore.....
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
That statistic is meaningless without context. Somebody has to be #3, unless there is some anomaly such as every team having no arrests.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:40 PM ^
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:17 PM ^
Great numbers for both of them.
Why is the bench press always featured when football is a lower body sport?
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:31 PM ^
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February 22nd, 2015 at 10:43 PM ^
February 22nd, 2015 at 11:30 PM ^
Upper body strength isn't unimportant, just not nearly as important as lower body in football. Yet it's the bench that's emphasized.
February 23rd, 2015 at 1:27 PM ^
Why do all the position groups run the 40-yard dash? It's almost a useless metric.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:22 PM ^
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February 22nd, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^
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February 23rd, 2015 at 12:06 AM ^
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February 22nd, 2015 at 10:32 PM ^
Over on CBS, their mock drafts - now updated with combine results - have Frank Clark going as a 7th rounder or free agent (25 out of the top 25 DEs in the draft), and Jake Ryan as the 18th OLB out of the top 25 - that's projected as the 203rd overall pick or so, or a solid 6th round pick. Despite being updated yesterday, Funchess still goes within the first two rounds on their projection.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:45 PM ^
Seems like a great bet to be playing on Sundays for a while. I'm sure this sounds like your typical homer but man, if that guy is going to be available in rounds 5 or 6 that's a steal.
February 23rd, 2015 at 5:49 AM ^
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February 23rd, 2015 at 9:31 AM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:37 AM ^
The Bears are already projecting Shea McClellin into that spot.
I would love me some JMFR too, but I can't imagine with the imperfect fits the Bears already have in shifting to the 3-4 that they would look for another imperfect fit. Please consider, I have no idea how well Ryan plays in the nickle (the Bears seem to LIVE in the nickle), so there might be a role there. However, the Bears LB corps is pretty out of sorts right now, so anything would probably be a good addition.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:50 PM ^
going before ryan. i don't wish funchess anything other than good, but i think many of us feel he mailed this season in and that leaves a bad taste in our mouths. ryan on the other hand is a consumate team player who played out of position this last year for the team, and given his measureables are on the whole at or near funchess', it just sticks in my grill a little that ryan is a 'solid' 6 th round pick and funchess is allegedly a 1st. if i'm a GM, i think i'd have a much different valuation of their respective talents.
February 22nd, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
while Funchess has more upside even with a poor 40 time
February 23rd, 2015 at 9:58 AM ^
February 24th, 2015 at 3:33 AM ^
Funchess play TE at Michigan?
He was about the worst blocker I've ever seen at Michigan for that position. There are reasons why Hoke moved him out to WR, and not all of them are good.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
would do more bench press reps than Jake. Way to go Jake. Sure going to miss watching him make plays for Michigan next year.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^
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February 22nd, 2015 at 11:15 PM ^
thought his ceiling was much higher at the end of his freshman year. he can obviously do well int he nfl, just envisioned him as a higher draft pick.
February 23rd, 2015 at 1:55 AM ^
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February 23rd, 2015 at 9:38 AM ^
Talent is talent, and there will be a pile of teams willing to chance a late-round pick on an agile 270# 6'3" DE who was pretty productive bringing pressure off the edge during his college career.
Would need to be one of those teams that control everything about a player (NE, Pitt)..