Jeremy Gallon runs a 4.45 40!!!

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Who knew? That has to help his draft stock. All UM prospects should stick with whoever trained Taylor and Jeremy. Very impressive so far...

Magnus

February 23rd, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^

There is so much wrong with your post.

First of all, what difference does it make if "Johnny Football" (whose 40 time I don't know) runs close to the same time as Jeremy Gallon? Even in a good year, most teams don't have a participant in the Combine who runs a 4.45 forty. All that means (if Manziel was close) is that Manziel ran a very good 40 time and is a good athlete, which...well...he won the Heisman and stuff.

Secondly, Hoke's first recruits - the ones he got with about three weeks left in the 2011 recruiting cycle - just finished their junior or redshirt sophomore seasons, and none of them have even had a chance to particpate in the NFL Combine yet or get drafted.

Third, your post seems like a bunch of incoherent babble.

Fourth, the "Hoke is a joke" rhymes are lazy and old.

Mr. Yost

February 23rd, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^

I refuse to call him "Johnny Football" in place of his actual name.

He ran something like a 4.69, so he wasn't even close to Gallon. In fact, he was over .2 slower.

The troll can't even get its facts straight.

Manziel's 40 time was actually closer to Taylor Lewan's than it was Jeremy Gallon's.

#Bolivia

Muttley

February 23rd, 2014 at 7:56 PM ^

While you were gone, there has been no shortage of MGoBlog articles on the ridiculous attrition rates of the weak 2009-2011 recruiting classes.  Shocking how sparse upper-class production translates into a limited number of NFL prospects.

bacon1431

February 23rd, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^

Eh, Moore fits all those descriptions but also fits Gallon's physique and style of play better than Avant. 

Moore is short (5'9") and benefitted from sticking around a system for a few years and eventually broke out as a dependable option. I think Gallon will do the same if he is afforded the opportunity to stay in one system for a couple years. Both were able to stretch the field despite their size in college, and ran similar 40 times at the combine.

MichiganLiving…

February 23rd, 2014 at 11:27 AM ^

Im no Michigan Hater Love Big Blue I just dont I think people are really willing to admit he was not a good hire Mark Dantonio Nick Saban Urban Meyer Kevin Sumlin Or Brian Kelly he is not in the conversation of Elite College Coaches producing Top NFL Ready talent Im just being honest That is that is the word
.Say what you want Rich Rod could produce better NFL ready than Hoke look at the numbers

The Denarding

February 23rd, 2014 at 11:44 AM ^

May he be drafted and utilized as god intended.   He was always quick but it is great to see he is fast too.  In the end though, it is his quickness and ability to be the type of route runner that can get separation that is going to keep him in the league and performing at a very high level. Whatever team drafts him will get an absolute steal and an amazing third down possession reciever who could really grow into a number 2 threat.  I think once he gets the hang of running routes from the slot - he will be exceptional.

Because the Lions are steeped in cultural mediocrity (or at times looking up at medocrity wistfully as if it is an almost unattainable aspirational goal) I suspect they won't draft him.   But it would be great if they did.

LSAClassOf2000

February 23rd, 2014 at 11:57 AM ^

Here are some of the other Big Ten wide receivers and their times as posted on the NFL site so far (unofficial right now, I believe)....

Jared Abbredaris (Wisconsin) - 4.44 

Corey Brown (Ohio State) - 4.37

Quincy Enunwa (Nebraska) - 4.40

Some of the faster times overall - Brandin Cooks of Oregon State put up an unofficial 4.30, as did John Brown of Pittsburg State. Bruce Ellington of South Carolina and Odell Beckham of LSU ran a 4.31.

 

 

Danwillhor

February 23rd, 2014 at 4:19 PM ^

but on the field he runs about a 4.8 40. Not knocking him but he is more quick than fast. Barry was the same. Faster than Gallon but ran about a 4.5-6 40. Hart wasn't a burner. Point being, he may have upped his stock (awesome) but in pads he runs about a 4.8. Many gimme TDs negated by being caught from behind by Safeties & LBs.

dragonchild

February 24th, 2014 at 9:53 AM ^

It's better than expected but from the NFL's point of view only validates that he was a legit college receiver.  There are enough kids in the Combine to fill several teams top-to-bottom and they're all rookies.  Gallon wasn't a top performer in any category.

I expect him to go in the 6th round, if he's drafted at all.  Why?  Because I'm a hater?  No, because ironically of ALL the things the NFL looks at in the draft, the LAST one is the ability to play football.  It's why Ryan Leaf went #2 and Tom Brady fell to the 6th round (no, I still haven't forgotten that).  The draft isn't about who's the best baller but who has the highest ceiling, and Gallon's physical limitations are obvious.  He already plays way above his size but that means he's not expected to get much better.  Gallon isn't a high draft pick or even 2nd day pick because he's like 98% baller and 2% talent.  He just plays some goddamned football.

I see him more as a late-round pick that everyone expects to see cut in camp, and winds up having a 12-year career because after all the beautiful physical specimens have washed out, the smart hardworking guy who shows up early every day to study tape and memorizes the 500-page playbook by the first day of camp outworks everyone to a starting job.  He won't be breaking any records but there are places in the league for a guy like Gallon after the coach has lost patience with all the prima donnas with scout-seducing talent that won't run a crisp route even after a hundred reps.

freejs

February 23rd, 2014 at 5:51 PM ^

And he has freakishly huge hands. 

Definitely a kid I'm rooting my ass off for - Gallon balled his heart out for this school. 

I'll cheer for him wherever he goes.