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Players on my radar

I watched Mohamed against Stanford, I like him quite a bit!

Another guy who just enters my radar was Mario Harvey from Marhsall (their best player and first team CUSA the last 2 years).
His college production are good: 22 sacks; 36.5 TFLs, 25 QB Hurries, 6 Forced Fumbles, 8 Passes Defended, returned 1 INT for 29 yds, and 1 fumble for 62 yds (TD).

These included good games against Ohio St, Virginia Tech, W. Virginia (three times), Cincinnati, etc.

Against Ohio St. he made 5 tackles limiting the runner (including the fleet-footed QB Prior to 18 yards) and was in on 2 assists for 8 yds.
That's really good considering he made those tackles from the second level; mostly as a 4-3 SAM.

He also made 2 tackles on special team on short punts (under 40yd punt), one for no gain and one for 12 yds.
He also was in another assisst (also on a short punt) for 8 yds.

Occasionally, he will play on the line like Cushing.
When the Thunderherds gave a 3-4 look, he's their 3-4 Mike (strong side ILB).

He tested well as compared with other highly rated LBs)
I will included numbers from Akeem Ayres (AA), Von Miller (VM), Colin McCarthy (CM), and Mike Mohamed (MM).

Mario Harvey is just short.
5-11, 250 lbs

10: 1.63 (AA 1.68; VM 1.57; DM 1.57; CM 1.60; MM 1.67
20: 2.60 (AA 2.77; VM 2.57; DM 2.53; CM 2.63; MM 2.73
40: 4.46 (AA 4.81; VM 4.42; DM 4.4; CM 4.59; MM 4.65
20 Shuttle: 4.19 (AA 4.28; VM 4.06; CM 4.20; MM 4.00
3-cone: 7.13 (AA 7.49; VM 6.7; DM 7.09; CM 6.93; MM 6.70
vert: 32 (AA 31; VM 37; DM 42; CM 36.5; MM 32
broad: 9'5 (AA 9'8; VM 10'6; DM 10'8; CM 9'11; MM 6.70

When I watched the game, he took on O-linemen strongly; he even sustained and then split a double team once; he didn't get washed away.
He looks fluid dropping back into coverage and can run with TEs and RBs.
They also put him in the slot against the TE a few times.

This guy in the 7th round definitely sounds like a steal.
He's a good fit, having experience in the 3-4 and have seen both man and zone coverage.
 
76Texan said:
I watched Mohamed against Stanford, I like him quite a bit!

Another guy who just enters my radar was Mario Harvey from Marhsall (their best player and first team CUSA the last 2 years).
His college production are good: 22 sacks; 36.5 TFLs, 25 QB Hurries, 6 Forced Fumbles, 8 Passes Defended, returned 1 INT for 29 yds, and 1 fumble for 62 yds (TD).

These included good games against Ohio St, Virginia Tech, W. Virginia (three times), Cincinnati, etc.

Against Ohio St. he made 5 tackles limiting the runner (including the fleet-footed QB Prior to 18 yards) and was in on 2 assists for 8 yds.
That's really good considering he made those tackles from the second level; mostly as a 4-3 SAM.

He also made 2 tackles on special team on short punts (under 40yd punt), one for no gain and one for 12 yds.
He also was in another assisst (also on a short punt) for 8 yds.

Occasionally, he will play on the line like Cushing.
When the Thunderherds gave a 3-4 look, he's their 3-4 Mike (strong side ILB).

He tested well as compared with other highly rated LBs)
I will included numbers from Akeem Ayres (AA), Von Miller (VM), Colin McCarthy (CM), and Mike Mohamed (MM).

Mario Harvey is just short.
5-11, 250 lbs

10: 1.63 (AA 1.68; VM 1.57; DM 1.57; CM 1.60; MM 1.67
20: 2.60 (AA 2.77; VM 2.57; DM 2.53; CM 2.63; MM 2.73
40: 4.46 (AA 4.81; VM 4.42; DM 4.4; CM 4.59; MM 4.65
20 Shuttle: 4.19 (AA 4.28; VM 4.06; CM 4.20; MM 4.00
3-cone: 7.13 (AA 7.49; VM 6.7; DM 7.09; CM 6.93; MM 6.70
vert: 32 (AA 31; VM 37; DM 42; CM 36.5; MM 32
broad: 9'5 (AA 9'8; VM 10'6; DM 10'8; CM 9'11; MM 6.70

When I watched the game, he took on O-linemen strongly; he even sustained and then split a double team once; he didn't get washed away.
He looks fluid dropping back into coverage and can run with TEs and RBs.
They also put him in the slot against the TE a few times.

This guy in the 7th round definitely sounds like a steal.
He's a good fit, having experience in the 3-4 and have seen both man and zone coverage.
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And it would most definitely be a steal. But I see Harvey going in about the 5th round, maybe in the 4th if somebody loves him and doesn't want to wait around.
 
bah007 said:
And it would most definitely be a steal. But I see Harvey going in about the 5th round, maybe in the 4th if somebody loves him and doesn't want to wait around.
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I took him for the Cowboys 5th rd. Steal of the draft in our group mock?

He idolizes Rey Lewis & can fill the hole like him too. He would be an excellent pick for Baltimore end of 3rd.
 
beerlover said:
I took him for the Cowboys 5th rd. Steal of the draft in our group mock?

He idolizes Rey Lewis & can fill the hole like him too. He would be an excellent pick for Baltimore end of 3rd.
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It's definitely in the conversation for biggest steal in our group mock.

He must have been a late bloomer or something because I just don't see how he wasn't picked up by a bigger school out of high school.
 
Good deal! I see that you guys are on top of things! :ant:

I found some results at the NIKE camps on rivals.com back in 04.

Harvey weighed 212 then.
40: 4.47
Shuttle: 4.63
vert: 31.7

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=302070

Interestingly, Kaluka Maiava also weighed in at 212, ran a much slower 4.66 -40, but was better in the shuttle at 4.34

So, he's a little faster now and much smoother in the hips even though he gained 38 lbs.
(Hopefully, it's all natural, LOL).

Maiava weighed 229 at the combine last year and improved his numbers some, but clearly cannot match Harvey weigh gain/improvement ratio.
I guess we can call him a late bloomer.

Now I remember hearing his name called a few times when I scouted other prospects last year, but I didn't pay attention to him.

I didn't realize that he was named CUSA Defensive MVP; that's not bad at all.

But I will have to look harder to see if he's worth a 4th rounder grade, considering his lack of height which may not bode well in the passing game/coverage/rush at the next level.
 
He's got a good vertical too. Which should help compensate for being short.

This guy is a thumper, solid as a rock and football means something to him. The Texans could use more guys with his kind of attitude. He would make a great 4/5 th rd pick.

How tall was Singletary?
 
steelbtexan said:
He's got a good vertical too. Which should help compensate for being short.

This guy is a thumper, solid as a rock and football means something to him. The Texans could use more guys with his kind of attitude. He would make a great 4/5 th rd pick.

How tall was Singletary?
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Singletary was listed at 6', so I imagine Harvey's (as well as Sharpton's) height is not a huge factor.

I watched another game (W. Virginia) and Harvey played really big.
He split time between a 4-3 DE and LB (mostly at SAM).

He tallied 2 sacks from the DE position (including a Forced Fumble), demonstrating the ability to run the arc as well as the strength to push the OT back and off his feet (besides the sacks.)

At LB, on fourth and one, he blew up the OT to stop the big RB Ryan Clarke (somewhere around 247 lbs) for no gain .
He did it again on another play as he took on the C at the LOS, disengaged to the right, and blew up the FB a couple of yards in the backfield to make the tackle on Clarke.
- The announcer joked that Clarke is a (chiken) nugget short of 250 (lbs), LOL!
He also said that Harvey was timed at 4:35 in the 40 by his coach (whether the stop watch was accurate or not, I don't know, obviously.)

Harvey chased the speedy Noel Devine to the outside an tackled him for a short 2-yd gain and caught him on a screen pass (another short 2-yd gain). On another play, he chased Devine out of bound for a 4-yd gain. He also shot through the gap to tackle Devine for a 2-yd loss.

He hurried the QB a couple of times; one resulting in an incompletion; one was a QB hit as he released the ball.
He also made a few tackles on screen pass and short passes in coverage.
He was everywhere, and ended up with 8 solos, 9 assists, and 2 FFs.

I imagine he deserves at least a 5th round grade, and I don't think I would argue with anybody giving him a 4th round grade either!
 
bah007 said:
Mohamed is more suited for ILB, but I think he could play either.

I'm not against taking an ILB at some point in this draft. Especially a guy who could put in some time at both positions.
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With Bentley, and Sharpton expected to be depth there I'd be more inclined to take some DB's, D-linemen or even a punter...
 
Rey said:
With Bentley, and Sharpton expected to be depth there I'd be more inclined to take some DB's, D-linemen or even a punter...
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I think Bentley is a FA. There's no guarantee that the Texans will resign him.

With Mark Anderson's being a FA as well and the Diles' cut, Barwin's and Demeco's injury situations, not knowing whether Mario Williams will play at DE or split time between DE and OLB, I think drafting a LB or two is in the card.

Whether the Texans are looking for long-term solution (high draft pick) or just situationl/back-up players (low draft picks) is unclear, but it only seems prudent to find a LB or two in the draft, IMO.
 
76Texan said:
I think Bentley is a FA. There's no guarantee that the Texans will resign him.

With Mark Anderson's being a FA as well and the Diles' cut, Barwin's and Demeco's injury situations, not knowing whether Mario Williams will play at DE or split time between DE and OLB, I think drafting a LB or two is in the card.

Whether the Texans are looking for long-term solution (high draft pick) or just situationl/back-up players (low draft picks) is unclear, but it only seems prudent to find a LB or two in the draft, IMO.
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Mario Williams will not split time between OLB and DE. I don't think he will even play 5% of his snaps with his hand up off the ground.

I won't rule out drafting a LB or two, but they won't be ILB's. I also think they will bring back both Bentley and Anderson. Those aren't guys who are going to get a whole lot of attention on the FA market. Also, the Texans have said they want to bring Anderson back and it really makes little sense to not bring Bentley back. Adibi and Keglar are also still on the roster.

Bottom line is that they have guys that they can play at the LB positions. They are very thin at DB and D-line. And we are going to take an offensive player or two. Maybe more.

I do not see the Texans going after an ILB unless they think Demeco won't be healthy. Even then, I think they'd be more inclined to go with a guy already on the roster.

I know the Texans defense sucked last year, but putting a bunch of rookies in prominent roles is not the answer.
 
Rey said:
Mario Williams will not split time between OLB and DE. I don't think he will even play 5% of his snaps with his hand up off the ground.

I won't rule out drafting a LB or two, but they won't be ILB's. I also think they will bring back both Bentley and Anderson. Those aren't guys who are going to get a whole lot of attention on the FA market. Also, the Texans have said they want to bring Anderson back and it really makes little sense to not bring Bentley back. Adibi and Keglar are also still on the roster.

Bottom line is that they have guys that they can play at the LB positions. They are very thin at DB and D-line. And we are going to take an offensive player or two. Maybe more.

I do not see the Texans going after an ILB unless they think Demeco won't be healthy. Even then, I think they'd be more inclined to go with a guy already on the roster.

I know the Texans defense sucked last year, but putting a bunch of rookies in prominent roles is not the answer.
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Each of us can try to infer what we want from the things the coaches said, but there's no clear cut plan as to where Mario will play.

In a 3-4, I would imagine you want to carry something like 8 LBs.
Can you name 8 on the roster, including guys who are injured.
 
Rey said:
Mario Williams will not split time between OLB and DE. I don't think he will even play 5% of his snaps with his hand up off the ground.

I won't rule out drafting a LB or two, but they won't be ILB's. I also think they will bring back both Bentley and Anderson. Those aren't guys who are going to get a whole lot of attention on the FA market. Also, the Texans have said they want to bring Anderson back and it really makes little sense to not bring Bentley back. Adibi and Keglar are also still on the roster.

Bottom line is that they have guys that they can play at the LB positions. They are very thin at DB and D-line. And we are going to take an offensive player or two. Maybe more.

I do not see the Texans going after an ILB unless they think Demeco won't be healthy. Even then, I think they'd be more inclined to go with a guy already on the roster.

I know the Texans defense sucked last year, but putting a bunch of rookies in prominent roles is not the answer.
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I don't think looking at needs is a good prediction of what the Texans will do. There's always a couple positions that we address that are head scratchers.
 
TexansSeminole said:
I don't think looking at needs is a good prediction of what the Texans will do. There's always a couple positions that we address that are head scratchers.
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I don't think the positions we draft cause the most head scratching as much as who we draft at a position.
:toropalm:
 
I'm not sure how these guys would fit in a 3-4 scheme but, here are some players I'm looking at (in no particular order):


1.) Stephen Paea (DT) - Has injury issues and could turn out to be a workout warrior however, on tape he seems to be able to hold his own and is stout at the POA which is always a plus for interior defensive linemen.

2.) Drake Nevis (DT) - Reminds me of Kelly Gregg. He is a short and has short arms but, he can make plays behind the line of scrimmage and stop the run. Needs to add some weight and get stronger, has first-round potential.

3.) Mike Mohamed (LB) - Productive linebacker who has a noise for the ball carrier. Wraps up well and makes plays. Could project as an ILB in a 3-4 scheme.

4.) Alex Wujciak (LB) - Ultra productive LB who looks like Brian Cushing's twin brother. Projects as an ILB in a 3-4 scheme.

5.) Chimdi Chekwa (CB) - Can make plays as a CB and has decent height, weight and, speed. Ran a 4.40 40-Yard Dash and does a good job covering opposing receivers.
 
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