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.
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.
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.
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.
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 offseasonHuskerShark said:
