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Player: Desmond Roland

Hometown: Dallas, TX

School: Lake Highlands HS

Position: ATH

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 199

40 time: 4.64

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Scholarships: Arizona, Arkansas, Baylor, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma St., Purdue, Texas Tech

Committed to Oklahoma State​



Rivals: :star :star :star (#73)

Scout: :star :star :star :star (#36)

ESPN: :star :star :star (#31)

 
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There are a few very short highlight clips of Roland from his Sophomore year on youtube, but they're not worth posting due to the the angle and quality of the videos. So I found an alternative clip here that'll have to do for now. The first 30 seconds of this clip shows Roland (#2 red jersey). He scores the first two touchdowns.

 
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Per the rivals article:

His coach said he was very excited about the Nebraska offer. JP has a great relationship with the high school and he has done a good job so far recruiting Desmond.

He looks good on film, every bit the 6'2 200lbs that rivals says he is. Speed looks decent as well but not a burner. Very shifty for his size and hard to bring down...competition looks decent also.

 
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girlknowsfootball said:
SkerChicago said:
I could be completely wrong but I'm pretty sure we are recruiting him for WR.
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He's a 4.64 40... seems kind of slow for WR since NU has stressed speed the past few years and gone after 4.4/4.5 40 guys.
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If he is reporting his true time that is actually pretty good.

The average time for running backs at this spring's NFL Combine was 4.62 seconds. The receivers averaged 4.52 seconds and the corners averaged 4.57-second times.
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I'll take a guy that runs .02 seconds slower than an NFL back anyday. Most of the 4.4/4.5 you see on rivals and scout are either self reported or "verified" using hand timing which is not at all accurate.

 
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