Pro day updates

[76Texan]

Originally Posted by GlassHalfFull

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LOL, you should put this in the Cushing thread.

[Playoffs]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

Glenn Foster
DE/DT Illinois
6-4
286
--
4.79 forty
29 bench
39.5 vertical
10-9 broad
6-FA

Great number for a 3-4 DE
Can Wade teach him to swat down passes???

20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.45
3-Cone Drill: 7.15

Darn impressive numbers. Have to look at his tape.

[Lambert]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

Lucas Reed
TE - New Mexico
6-6
247
--
4.65
27
37
10-2
7-FA

Worth a look?

To that add 35 1/4 inch arms, an 85" wingspan, 10 1/2" hands and a 4.08 twenty Yd shuttle.

[steelbtexan]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

Lucas Reed
TE - New Mexico
6-6
247
--
4.65
27
37
10-2
7-FA

Worth a look?

hopefully he is there in the 6th. I would love to see him on the Texans. He could be a TE upgrade.

[mussop]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

Terrell Brown
OT - Ole Miss
6-10
388
--
5.80
22
23.5
6-9
FA
....

Mississippi Pro Day Notes: That's not a typo. Ole Miss has a draft prospect named Terrell Brown who is nearly 400 pounds. Brown's arms were a ridiculously long 38 inches. (at 6'10)

22 reps with 38-inch arm is pretty ridiculous.
Can we put dancing shoes on this humonguous bear?

Why isn't this guy playing NT?

[Playoffs]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

Terrell Brown
OT - Ole Miss
6-10/388

Originally Posted by mussop

Why isn't this guy playing NT?

He can't bend. Looks like Andre the Giant. They tried him on both sides, he just ends up on the ground.

[Brisco_County]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

Lucas Reed
TE - New Mexico
6-6
247
--
4.65
27
37
10-2
7-FA

Worth a look?

Wow, what are they feeding those kids?

[jppaul]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

Lucas Reed
TE - New Mexico
6-6
247
--
4.65
27
37
10-2
7-FA

Worth a look?

I live in nm and used to do a little bit of writing for a local lobo site. I've watched every one of his games that kid is an absolute steal, fantastic hands with regular highlight reel one handed circus catches. Sneaky fast and a good route runner. Will take a hit and has no fear going across the middle. Played in an offense that in his senior year threw the ball a grand total of 154 times in 13 games usually in third an 25 situations. Played his entire career under the historically inept offensive coaching of mike locksley. Look at his sophomore campaign that was the only time that he had a qb (4 different ones that year) who wasn't off the d3 scrap pile. Third team all American as a freshmen.

Hugely underrated. Absolute steal that could be grabbed in the 6-udfa. I have posted a couple of times about this kid already.

[Brisco_County]

Originally Posted by jppaul

I live in nm and used to do a little bit of writing for a local lobo site. I've watched every one of his games that kid is an absolute steal, fantastic hands with regular highlight reel one handed circus catches. Sneaky fast and a good route runner. Will take a hit and has no fear going across the middle. Played in an offense that in his senior year threw the ball a grand total of 154 times in 13 games usually in third an 25 situations. Played his entire career under the historically inept offensive coaching of mike locksley. Look at his sophomore campaign that was the only time that he had a qb (4 different ones that year) who wasn't off the d3 scrap pile. Third team all American as a freshmen.

Hugely underrated. Absolute steal that could be grabbed in the 6-udfa. I have posted a couple of times about this kid already.

I'm on board. Thanks for the insight.

[Insideop]

Originally Posted by jppaul

I live in nm and used to do a little bit of writing for a local lobo site. I've watched every one of his games that kid is an absolute steal, fantastic hands with regular highlight reel one handed circus catches. Sneaky fast and a good route runner. Will take a hit and has no fear going across the middle. Played in an offense that in his senior year threw the ball a grand total of 154 times in 13 games usually in third an 25 situations. Played his entire career under the historically inept offensive coaching of mike locksley. Look at his sophomore campaign that was the only time that he had a qb (4 different ones that year) who wasn't off the d3 scrap pile. Third team all American as a freshmen.

Hugely underrated. Absolute steal that could be grabbed in the 6-udfa. I have posted a couple of times about this kid already.

I'm assuming that means he was good at blocking and that was his main function in that offense. Would I be correct? If so, then that would be even better because I think a good blocking TE is what the Texans will be looking for. Does anyone know if the Texans had any scouts/coaches there at his Pro-Day?

[Playoffs]

Originally Posted by jppaul

...Hugely underrated. Absolute steal that could be grabbed in the 6-udfa. I have posted a couple of times about this kid already.

Thanks for the insight. Rep.

[76Texan]

Originally Posted by jppaul

I live in nm and used to do a little bit of writing for a local lobo site. I've watched every one of his games that kid is an absolute steal, fantastic hands with regular highlight reel one handed circus catches. Sneaky fast and a good route runner. Will take a hit and has no fear going across the middle. Played in an offense that in his senior year threw the ball a grand total of 154 times in 13 games usually in third an 25 situations. Played his entire career under the historically inept offensive coaching of mike locksley. Look at his sophomore campaign that was the only time that he had a qb (4 different ones that year) who wasn't off the d3 scrap pile. Third team all American as a freshmen.

Hugely underrated. Absolute steal that could be grabbed in the 6-udfa. I have posted a couple of times about this kid already.

Originally Posted by Insideop

I'm assuming that means he was good at blocking and that was his main function in that offense. Would I be correct? If so, then that would be even better because I think a good blocking TE is what the Texans will be looking for. Does anyone know if the Texans had any scouts/coaches there at his Pro-Day?

I just watched the UT game. Reed was pretty good in blocking.
He won a majority of his blocks, including a couple against Jeffcoat.
He never got beat badly, but he did fail to connect on a few second-level block.
It looks more likely due to the blocking scheme calling for him to approach the defenders at certain angle, but the defenders went against the grain. That doesn't hurt the play much.

He looked very comfortable with the cut block and was strong in-line.

I have about 5 more games (from 2010 to 2012) I can watch.
Too bad, none of those games feature him as a pass catcher so it might be difficult to evaluate that part of his game.

He did have 33 catches for a nice average per catch and 5 TDs as a sophomore, and his performance in catching drills at his pro day should lighten up that concern.

In the UT game, he was used mainly as a blocker in the triple pistol option.

I saw him run a shallow crossing route (and was open, due to scheme) and a wheel route (with he defender play back) so I really can't tell about his route running ability. Hopefully, I'll see some of that when I get to the other games.

[jppaul]

Originally Posted by Insideop

I'm assuming that means he was good at blocking and that was his main function in that offense. Would I be correct? If so, then that would be even better because I think a good blocking TE is what the Texans will be looking for. Does anyone know if the Texans had any scouts/coaches there at his Pro-Day?

From a local site:

Lamar "Flash" Thomas ran a 4.36 forty...
Evan Jacobsen bested his weight lifting numbers.
Lucas Reed's brother Brooks (Houston Texans) and his pops were out there as Lucas had a superb Pro Day. Unfortunately Lucas had 10 of his reps on weight lifting not count due to not locking out his arms, he is working to see if they can do it again...
Ugo Uzodinma cut off his dread locks and looked like a huge beast with some wheels, was really impressed.
Freddy Young also performed well...

The scouts that were out there were from the Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers... As well as a representative for the B.C. Lions of the CFL.

I was able to look over some shoulders and see some of the notes on players. Interest obviously in...

Flash, Lucas, and Evan... Also saw Ugo and Korian Chambers mentioned... At the end Freddy Young getting some interest as well...

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Not sure if any of these young men will be drafted... I think the biggest chance would be Lucas Reed and Flash... Evan Jacobsen maybe, but he is a specialist and for sure all 3 will get invites to camps...
...
Lucas got to re-test on the bench and got 25 reps.

25 reps on the bench after already doing 27 about an hour and a half ago, and running like a fool in between is pretty impressive!

Proday video:

http://youtu.be/yEvNZ0bP7ts

http://www.draftinsider.net/blog/?p=6811

"Both Lucas Reed and Lamar Thomas carried the momentum of the day and after some terrific marks in testing, each stood out in pass catching drills.

Reed’s forty time of 4.68s would have ranked as top five at the combine. His short shuttle time (4.08s) was by far the best of any tight end who ran at the combine. Reed caught the ball well during the practice session, snatching several fast passes out of the air and displaying consistent hands.

For his part Lamar Thomas also looked good. After running 4.35s in the forty Thomas was exceptional in pass catching drills. He ran terrific routes, displayed soft hands and really impressed those on hand.

Reed will be a last day pick while Thomas will surely find his way into a camp. As mentioned earlier, with weapons at their disposal such as Reed and Thomas, scouts at the pro-day wondered aloud why New Mexico did not throw the ball more in 2012."

In answer we ran an offense that really did not emphasize tight ends but passed quite a bit on bubble/isolation screens. The offense was pitiful under locksley's tenure and much more run oriented under Bob Davie. Kid can inline block but is better at reaching defenders at the second level. Built kind of lean to be an powerful drive blocker but has long arms and can reach and wall off defenders at the second level. IMO, more of a pass weapon but has a world of experience as a run blocker. Very smooth athlete.

And it does not appear the texans were in attendance.

[b0ng]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

Sio Moore?
I like him.

Please tell me I was the one who turned you on to Sio Moore (dreams and wishes)

[Lambert]

UNM 2010 season highlights. Lucas is #97.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irXbLvjtygA

All MWC TE in 2010, Two time John Mackey award candidate, John Mackey TE of the week---November 06 2010. Two time All American, 3rd team as a Freshman, and 2nd team as a Sophomore (also Honorable Mention over all TE by Scout--CFN) SC top ten play of the MONTH for November 2010. Kid's problem has not been being able to play. Kid's problem has been OC's and terrible coaching.

[76Texan]

Originally Posted by b0ng

Please tell me I was the one who turned you on to Sio Moore (dreams and wishes)

To be honest, I don't remember much of anything since we've been talking about too many players. Coulda been you; coulda been that I just look him up by chance. He wasn't on my radar, that's for sure.

[steelbtexan]

Originally Posted by Lambert

UNM 2010 season highlights. Lucas is #97.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irXbLvjtygA

All MWC TE in 2010, Two time John Mackey award candidate, John Mackey TE of the week---November 06 2010. Two time All American, 3rd team as a Freshman, and 2nd team as a Sophomore (also Honorable Mention over all TE by Scout--CFN) SC top ten play of the MONTH for November 2010. Kid's problem has not been being able to play. Kid's problem has been OC's and terrible coaching.

Good blocker/great hands/dedicated to football, sounds like a great 5th rd pick to me.

[Brisco_County]

Interviewing Reed isn't necessary if his brother already vouches for him.

[Playoffs]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

I just watched the UT game. Reed was pretty good in blocking...

Reed has blown up now. Cosell has him compared to Patriots Aaron Hernandez.

I saw one mock that had him in the 2nd round.

[Playoffs]

Surprise, surprise -- QB Geno Smith is climbing boards after a good pro day. If you want him, you better get into the top 10 now.

The more QBs drafted high, the better for the Texans.