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[QUOTE="Shrmdougluvr, post: 357488, member: 396"]
Rolando McClain = 4.68 40
Donta Hightower = 4.68
Mark Barron = 4.54 
Dre Kirkkpatrick = 4.51
 
I am not making these numbers up and I could go on.  That is considerably slower than what we read about guys like Davis and and other Syracuse players.  The difference is the Alabama guys know how to play the game, are sure tacklers, and are beefy.  Alabama somehow survives with backers that run in the 4.6-4.7 range.  It must be because they can actually take on blockers and make plays.  They play faster because at their size, they appear to be covering more space, and they dont get knocked off the ball as easily.
 
A kid like Davis should be brought in, given a year, and then play safety.  A kid like Donnie Simmons should be given a year or two, get up to the mid-230s or low 240s, and let him learn to play Mike.  (Same could have been said for someone like Maranovich [sp]).  I met Donnie at the Pinstripe Bowl.  I will be shocked if he ever gets big enough to play effective d-end at this level.
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