Not a great start for Lewis
Jordan Lewis ran a 4.55 / 40 (official 4.54)
Channing Stribling ran a 4.68 / 40
1st run of the day for both. not sure how much time they give them before the second run, but not very good times considering it looks like most everyone is running in the 4.3 - 4.47 range.
My bad, I forgot the 4 in my original post, but it looks like times are dropping after they have become official anyway. If his time doesn't drop, it isn't really isn't much different than other highly rated / considered corners.
Lewis : 121 Broad jump / 34.5 vertical
Stribling : 114 Broad jump / 31.5 vertical - Striblings 40 has been updated to a 4.60
I remember some "moran" on here the other day bitching that we underachieved after seeing Darboh and Chesson's 40 times.
Between OSU blowing it last year with an all time team and getting blown off the field this year by Clemson, are we now supposed to believe that Urban Meyer is a bad, underachieving coach? I mean, all their players are just killing it at the combine.
MSU's Montae Nicholson ran a 4.42, just goes to show you that the forty doesn't mean much. On no football field on any planet in this solar system or any other is Nicholson faster than Jabrill Peppers as a football player.
For perspective AJ Bouye ran a 4.55 40 the year he came out...and is expected to become one of the richest DB's in the league this offseason. People relax JD will be fine, he will get drafted in the 2nd round and make GM's look like fools for not drafting him.
"For perspective AJ Bouye ran a 4.55 40 the year he came out...and is expected to become one of the richest DB's in the league this offseason."
...and went undrafted.
Jourdan Lewis has never been good. (Please fall to the Steelers so we can replace William Gay)
I think the fact that we had so many seniors on the team this year is why we underachieved. We'll never have another team that is basically 90% upperclassmen starting. And that's fine too.
But I do agree, we are not recruiting near the level of Ohio State or Bama yet, bringing in 2 5 stars and another hand full of top 100 players is not the same as brining in 6-7 5 stars and another 12 top 100 players.
and ran a 4.48 hand time 40 as a sophomore. I was 5'10" and 165 pounds.
They pushed me to join the football team and I was one of the 5 worst players on the second worst team in the Chicagoland public school league. They tried me at slot reciever, return man, rb and cb. I had no anticipation whatsoever, couldn't tackle, couldn't change direction quickly enough to cover, couldn't find a hole to run through, and had bad hands.
I had 2 sweet td kick returns all year by just out-running defenses down the sideline in an almost straight line - against 2 of the other worst teams in the state.
Since then, I have always laughed when people use 40 times to judge on field football speed.
I played soccer the next 2 years and was average...basically no ball control but was used to run down the sideline after long balls and center them, and run down the middle for long balls to get 1 on 1 with the keeper.
Surprisingly, my best sport, by far, ended up being baseball where I was an average hitter, but basically looked to draw walks and then steal 2 bases. I was a decent fielder that they basically hid in right field.
High school, 15 years ago.....definitely 5 fakes out of 5. Fake news.
In all seriousness, I was the fastest kid on the team, one of the fastest in the league, and one of the worst on the field. I just think the 40 times are way overrated.
Lewis' time is fine. He just needs to show his quickness and agility. His straight line speed is good enough for the NFL.
What was Morgan Trent's 40 time??? Because obviously it was his blazing speed that made him such a great cover corner.
He ran a 4.47 at the combine, but like a 4.2 when someone on the sidelines was counting 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi.
is actually a pretty solid time for a DB. Broad jump is exceptional and vertical is very good. Stribling's number are a little pedestrian, but think he will get drafted in later rounds.