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And he weighs 240, what a freak
Right before the combine:
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/14/Bu...s_Johnso.shtmlJohnson was clocked at 4.33 in the 40, recorded an 11-foot standing broad jump and had a vertical leap of 43 inches.
Kid's going #1. Even Al Davis can't that up....
And he weighs 240, what a freak
i could have swore he jumped 45 at the combine....can anybody confirm this?
I hope the Raiders take Russell #1, though. I think if CJ slides to #2, Blank will throw a ton of picks to land him. Hopefully, Gruden and Allen have hard-ons for him as well and start a bidding war.
Don't get me wrong, I like Thomas, just not #2 overall. And if Millen takes a QB, I'll have no choice but to become a fan FA...
I don't think he took part in the vert at the combine. I couldn't find any other numbers of his except his 40 time.
hmm, guess i am mistaken.
The 45" vert was from last year at GT. Some say he actually jumped an inch or two higher(device only goes to 45").
So this guy gained 20 pounds of muscle in one half of an offseason?
Apparently so, he weighed 239 at the weigh in, and the scouts expected him to be 225 or so
He made a comment at the combine that his playing weight during his senior year was between 235 and 238, so no he didn't miraculously gain 20 pounds. He's listed at 225 by the ESPN website, but alot of those are terribly inacurrate (often taking guestimates from freshman year and not updating), plus he carries his weight well....meaning it's mostly muscle and he's so long. Scouts figured 225 because he doesn't look out of shape...that's a good thing.
Johnson dazzles during awesome pro day displayBy Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com
ATLANTA -- He still isn't likely to be the first player selected overall, but Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson did nothing here Thursday during his "pro day" workout to dispel the notion that he is the premier prospect in this year's NFL draft class.
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Calvin Johnson did nothing to depreciate his draft value at the Georgia Tech pro day Thursday.
Auditioning in front of about 75 league scouts and coaches assembled on the Georgia Tech campus, a group that included head coaches Lane Kiffin of the Oakland Raiders and the Washington Redskins' Joe Gibbs, Johnson dazzled the crowd with a rare combination of raw athleticism and polished receiving skills.
"Whatever they wanted to see," said Johnson, "I think I showed them."
And then some.
As expected, Johnson caught the ball well, making effortless grabs on passes thrown by former Yellow Jackets quarterback Damarius Bilbo and prospect Drew McKay of Liberty University.
Several receptions, during a session mostly directed by Detroit Lions scouts and coaches, came on balls that were thrown well outside of Johnson's body frame and for which he had to stretch out.
The 6-foot-5, 239-pound Johnson on Thursday eschewed the 40-yard dash, in which he was clocked at between 4.35-4.39 seconds at the combine workouts in Indianapolis last month. But he turned in sterling efforts of 42½ inches in the vertical jump and 11 feet, 7 inches in the long jump. He had not performed in those events at the combine.
Putting those numbers in some perspective: The best vertical jump by any of the participants at the combine was 41½ inches. And no one at the combine posted a long jump of better than 11 feet.
Said one regional scout from an AFC franchise: "For a guy that size to do the things that he does, and to make it all look so easy ... is amazing."
Johnson, who opted to bypass his final season of eligibility to enter the draft, is projected by most observers to be a top four choice on April 27. In 29 games for the Yellow Jackets, he had 127 receptions for 2,151 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com
Calvin Johnson to the Raiders is what Joakim Noah is to us-a very nice prospect but one we dont need. Then again... nah Id rather have Oden as our dominating force or Durant as our big ticket getter.
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