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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 3310952, member: 6809"] I thought it would be interesting to see how we compare to the current 10 best NFL Linebackers in Height, Weight, listed the 40 Speed of the NFL players and their number of bench press reps, BPR, completed at the combine. Unfortunately I can't compare 40 speed with our group or BPR. We seem a bit light in Jones and Kpogba when compared to NFL players and that matters when it comes to on field performance and draft potential. It should matter as it did this month with Coleman and Robinson who are both the size and weight for their positions and run decent 40 times. It's nice to see 4 SU players in the draft and all four possibly being taken. I added Ray Lewis just for comparison sake. He played for Miami and as a freshman was an All American. They, (NFL personnel), thought he was short for ILB but he was smart had intensity, physicality, aggressiveness, heart and all the things that the NFL looks for in a LB. Being 240 didn't hurt either. The numbers below were the players measurements at the combine. Blake Martinez – Packers 6'2” 237 4.71 NA Jamie Collins – Pats 6'3” 255 4.64 19 BPR Nick Kwiatkoski – Bears 6'3” 243 4.73 19 BPR Kyle Van Noy – Pats 6'3” 230 4.71 NA Danny Trevathian – Bears 6'0” 231 4.84 18 BPR Devondre Campbell – 6'3” 234 4.58 16 BPR Nick Vigil – Falcons - 6'2” 236 4.72 15 BPR Jon Bostic – Skins – 6'1” 246 4.59 22 BPR Cory Littleton – Rams – 6'3” 227 4.73 17 BPR Joe Schobert – Browns – 6'1” 229 4.74 22 BPR Ray Lewis – Ravens – 6'1” 240 4.58 NA Average HT = 6'2” WT= 237 40 = 4.64 Our LB Group Mikel Jones – 6' 211 So Lee Kpogba – 6'1”219 So Stefon Thompson – 6' 238 Fr Juan Wallace - 6'2” 227 Jr Geoff Cantin-Arku – 6'4” 230 So Kadeem Trotter – 6'2” 226 RJr Tyrell Richards – 6'4” 236 Rjr From Thompson to Richards we don't miss by much size wise - let's see if they have Lewis's intensity that he carried for 17 years in the NFL and other attributes that will make them a truly special group. :) P.S. Is anyone concerned about the effectiveness we will have at the LB position going into the 2020 season? [/QUOTE]

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