Husker Winter Testing Top Performers

[Mavric]

No exact numbers yet (that I've seen) but here are the guys who performed well on every test:

 

[DrunkOffPunch]

I wonder how many other teams' punters would score 500 on that test.

 

[lo country]

Love that they are posting some of the winter conditioning stuff. Like the old Husker Power stuff.

 

[Mavric]

The three tests are 10 yard dash, vertical jump and pro agility run.

The squat competition was kind of the tie-breaker among the top competitors.

 

[onlyHskrfaninIL]

1 punter 0 offensive lineman

 

[Mavric]

1 punter 0 offensive lineman

The tests are designed to measure explosiveness which isn't exactly offensive linemen's strong suit.

 

[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

There has to be a conversion based on weight or something. If those are truly the only three tests, that test would be riddled with wr or secondary guys

 

[Mavric]

There has to be a conversion based on weight or something. If those are truly the only three tests, that test would be riddled with wr or secondary guys

Yeah, they are adjusted for height and weight.

But I would still say that OLinemen wouldn't usually be the most "explosive." Perhaps there's enough of an adjustment to make up for that but they would still be more geared toward pure strength as opposed to explosiveness.

Tanner Farmer is one of the strongest guys on the team, has lost weight recently and is a top flight wrestler. I would think he'd be about as explosive as they come from the OL. If he can't make the list, I think it shows that they're just at a disadvantage.

 

[Mierin]

I hope Tyler Hoppes got the high score in the vertical jump.

 

[BigRedBuster]

Good read.

Husker Power

 

[Atbone95]

Whole lot of walk-ons on that list.

 

[macroboy]

Whole lot of walk-ons on that list.

My first thought as well.

 

[Mavric]

PERFORMANCE INDEX LEADERS

Marcus Newby, LB
Trey Foster, TE
Tommy Armstrong Jr., QB

VERTICAL JUMP POINTS LEADERS
Joshua Kalu, CB
Devine Ozigbo, IB
Tommy Armstrong Jr., QB

10-YARD DASH POINTS INDEX LEADERS
Tanner Farmer, OG
Marcus Newby, LB
Greg McMullen, DL

PRO AGILITY RUN POINTS LEADERS
Trey Foster, TE
Mikale Wilbon, IB
Terrell Newby, IB

PERFORMANCE INDEX NOTES
* The Performance Index is comprised of points from generated by three tests—vertical jump, 10-yard dash and pro agility run. The points on each of the test consider the players’ height and weight, as well as their mark in the individual test.

* Thirteen Huskers scored at least 500 points on each of the three tests. Additionally, 36 Huskers improved their Performance Index score by 100 points or more during winter conditioning.

Huskers.com

 

[Mierin]

This kinda makes me sad that we clearly have a great athlete in our QB but he either isn't being allowed to or told to do what he does best, imo. I've thought this the past 2-3 years. He could have run it 1.5x to 2x more. He rarely ever gets stopped for a short yardage run.

 

[Sargon]

This kinda makes me sad that we clearly have a great athlete in our QB but he either isn't being allowed to or told to do what he does best, imo. I've thought this the past 2-3 years. He could have run it 1.5x to 2x more. He rarely ever gets stopped for a short yardage run.

I agree that he could have probably done a lot more damage as a runner. However, it seems we've never had a suitable back-up to him should he get hurt. Also I suspect year after year they've wanted to have him think and act like a "passer" since that's more important and where he needed more improvement.

It's nice to see some DL getting high index scores. Perhaps they'll create more QB pressure this year (and under a new coach too).