C N Red Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Looking on NFL.com, it looks like Rex has been doing well aside from the 40. 2nd best vertical at 39 inches 2nd best broad jump at 125 inches The guy is explosive, let's give him that. The NFL scouts love these two tests. This shows true explosiveness and says he will move piles and fall forward most of the time. They love seeing that. A yard or two after contact is huge in the NFL. Makes big differences in play calling. And they know numbers like this are true when they turn on the film and see him doing just those things. Quote Link to comment
Atbone95 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Looking on NFL.com, it looks like Rex has been doing well aside from the 40. 2nd best vertical at 39 inches 2nd best broad jump at 125 inches The guy is explosive, let's give him that. The NFL scouts love these two tests. This shows true explosiveness and says he will move piles and fall forward most of the time. They love seeing that. A yard or two after contact is huge in the NFL. Makes big differences in play calling. And they know numbers like this are true when they turn on the film and see him doing just those things. Dang Rexy. Quote Link to comment
husker07 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Somethings not right with Davis last year he did not produce. One of those "combine" guys. He tore his ACL the year before this last season and played on an extremely unmotivated team last year after the whole Petrino incident. He was probably going to be a first round draft pick and #1 RB before the injury, it has dropped some because of the injury, but I would see his combine performance as more of him getting fully healthy and pending further injury, I think he will be the best back in this draft. If lattimore can get and stay healthy he as a chance to be the best back I'm putting my money on Jonathan Franklin. Like him a lot. Quote Link to comment
True2tRA Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 2nd run, Rex did a 4.75 Not exactly what I expected for a second try. I was thinking a 4.63. I believe he will excel later on in the other events. I believe you were exactly right. Sounds like Rex was among the top of the other drills. I'm really excited to see where he gets drafted. Whoever gets him is getting a good one no doubt about it. I have heard more and more mention of the Broncos being a possibility. I've got my fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment
Cisco Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Looking on NFL.com, it looks like Rex has been doing well aside from the 40. 2nd best vertical at 39 inches 2nd best broad jump at 125 inches The guy is explosive, let's give him that. The NFL scouts love these two tests. This shows true explosiveness and says he will move piles and fall forward most of the time. They love seeing that. A yard or two after contact is huge in the NFL. Makes big differences in play calling. And they know numbers like this are true when they turn on the film and see him doing just those things. And these test are exact. The 40 is not, despite being "electronic". It's better than a simple hand held time, but the NFL doesn't use a fully automated system like you have in track and field. So, there's still room for error. Quote Link to comment
husker07 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Looking on NFL.com, it looks like Rex has been doing well aside from the 40. 2nd best vertical at 39 inches 2nd best broad jump at 125 inches The guy is explosive, let's give him that. The NFL scouts love these two tests. This shows true explosiveness and says he will move piles and fall forward most of the time. They love seeing that. A yard or two after contact is huge in the NFL. Makes big differences in play calling. And they know numbers like this are true when they turn on the film and see him doing just those things. And these test are exact. The 40 is not, despite being "electronic". It's better than a simple hand held time, but the NFL doesn't use a fully automated system like you have in track and field. So, there's still room for error. Not really, by maybe a few hundredths or so. I time each run just for fun, and I usually get within .05 seconds of what they came up with. It's all fairly irrelevant for Burkhead anyway. If he would've ran a 4.4 or a 4.5 that wouldn't correlate with what he does on the field. He'll be a great change of pace guy at the next level and an occasional starter, with a lot of value due to his ability to catch the ball and flex out. I don't think ever be a 20 carry a game guy, and if he is he won't last long. That's not a knock on his toughness, he just has a lot of wear and tear on his body already. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Rex's 40 time "officially" 4.73. Considering running again at Nebraska's Pro Day. Apparently he had been running noticeably faster in workouts. Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Rex's 40 time "officially" 4.73. Considering running again at Nebraska's Pro Day. Apparently he had been running noticeably faster in workouts. He'll need to run again I think. A 4.5 - 4.65 prolly wouldn't have helped or hurt him much. A 4.4 and he turns some heads. A 4.73, and I think he's turning heads again...just for the wrong reasons. Two 300+ pound offensive lineman ran a faster time than 4.73. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Problem with the Pro Day run is that he'll be running on a 'fast track', whatever that means. That's probably enough for NFL scouts to ot take much notice if he runs a bit faster, and then worry a lot if he only matches or declines. Quote Link to comment
HuskerShark Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Stafford today ran one of the slowest 40-yard dashes of all Safeties at the combine at 4.69 Also had the worst vertical at 30.5 inches. 2 and a half inches less than the next highest vertical. And the worst broad jump at 111 inches. 6 inches less than the next best. On the other hand, he had one of the better bench performances - 21 reps. I guess I expected him to be faster and more explosive. These are some pretty poor numbers, and I'd say there's not much of a chance of him getting drafted. Quote Link to comment
Husker from Kansas Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Priority free agent probably, unless he has a great pro day or a certain team falls in love with his film Quote Link to comment
ADS Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Tough luck Daimion, he will do better at the Pro Day. Quote Link to comment
HuskerShark Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Here's one that I laughed pretty hard at: Tyrann Mathieu - 4 reps on bench Quote Link to comment
HuskerShark Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 http://www.nfl.com/c...head?id=2539265 Aside from his 40 time, I'd say Rex had a hell of a combine. Vertical - 39" - 2nd best Broad Jump - 125" - 2nd best 20 yard shuttle - 4.09 sec - 2nd best 3 cone drill - 6.85 sec - 4th best 60 yard shuttle - 11.51 sec - 5th best Quote Link to comment
LumberJackSker Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Stafford today ran one of the slowest 40-yard dashes of all Safeties at the combine at 4.69 Also had the worst vertical at 30.5 inches. 2 and a half inches less than the next highest vertical. And the worst broad jump at 111 inches. 6 inches less than the next best. On the other hand, he had one of the better bench performances - 21 reps. I guess I expected him to be faster and more explosive. These are some pretty poor numbers, and I'd say there's not much of a chance of him getting drafted. he was also 221 pounds and nebraska listed him at 205 maybe he was out of shape or just put on to much weight during the offseason Quote Link to comment
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