ran a 4.35 40 time at the combine today. Second fastest time of the day so far. Faster than Joey Porter Jr and Christian Gonzalez. Witherspoon from Illinois didn't attend the combine apparently.
He absolutely was! Not only was he the best CB in college, but one of the best cover guy’s I’ve seen in awhile.Forbes was absolutely robbed of the Jim Thorpe award.
I hope he goes on to a long and prosperous/productive career.
That 4.35 didn't even look like he got a very good start either.
I read an article that stated he lost some draft stock due to weight...FWIWThat 4.35 didn't even look like he got a very good start either. So smooth...
Not a big DB scouting type person though, just a fan of State to Sundays. Does 166 lbs worry any NFL teams?
Nah. In general teams don't want to use a 1st round pick on anyone that has a single glaring deficiency. And like it or not that weight is a deficiency. It's not just tackling ability or coverage implications against bigger NFL WRs that may push him around (they'll look at film to double check that, may ask for a workout where they look at thay however they can), but also injury likelihood. You're just more likely to get hurt throwing your body into bigger guys with less weight to distribute the hit. If there's a bigger guy that runs a 4.4 and has close to the same cover ability, he'll get picked first. And supposedly this is a stacked class for CBs.Run in the 4.3s and have all those pick sixes playing in the toughest conference in the country will get someone to jump and draft him in the 1st. I would be shocked if he fell at this point. Dude made him some money today.
The NFL can put weight on him.
They can put the weight on him where they want it and where he needs it it's a whole lot different than dealing with someone at that position who is overweightThe NFL can put weight on him.