I always wondered where he got his info. He must have had inside contacts on more than half the teams in the NFL.
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Yeah me too. And he admitted he didnāt know anything about the prospects, he did the whole mock based on what he heard from his contacts. And he was so good. I remember he was the first one who had Nick Fairley falling to us and I was pumped. Sighā¦
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Here you go @Sofatso
I appreciate it. He has a great story and Iām hoping the Lions offer him $100K to sign as an UDFA, which is where I have him. I bumped him from #244 and replaced him with Elijah Ponder, Edge, Cal Poly. Hopefully Brad can find the roster room to carry both for development on the 53 ala BroMart and Sorsdalā¦with better results.
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Exactly, Dorsey was gonna leave if we drafted him. Why would anyone think that changes now?
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Holy shit.
I played with a guy in high school that plays for Middlebury now.
Thatās insane.
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This blurb from the Feldman Athletic article has got me intrigued for the Lions at 28:
The safeties group features the biggest freak athlete in the entire draft. South Carolinaās Nick Emmanwori is 6-3, 220 pounds with 32 1/2-inch arms, and he put on a dazzling show in Indy. He broad jumped 11-6, vertical jumped 43 inches, ran a 4.38 40 with a 1.49-second 10-yard split. He also makes lots and lots of plays on the field. In three seasons, he had 244 tackles. Last year, he had four INTs, including two pick sixes. His college defensive coordinator, Clayton White, compares him to former Pro Bowler Adrian Wilson, a former teammate of Whiteās at NC State.
āI love him,ā said DB coach No. 2. āHe is super talented. Heās got some Derwin James to him. He loves football. Still a really raw player. Has a lot of growth to go. Such a big dude, but for his size, heās a good tackler, but he can bend. Usually those bigger guys struggle to tackle.ā
āEmmanwori is more of a niche fit, where you really have to use him correctly in your scheme,ā said DB coach No. 1. āI think heās best in and around the box. He can cover tight ends, but I donāt think heās a deep zone defender, like a third-level, half-post safety. He does do a real good job of tackling in space for how big he is. Iām not 100 percent sure if he can be that third-level safety, but if you use him like Kam Chancellor, heās gonna be an All-Pro. I see some Isaiah Simmons in him. Heās just got to be used in the right way. Heās in that Derwin James category. Kyle Hamilton can cover slots. Isaiah was that positionless player in college. The NFL is not a very good developmental league.ā
DB coach No. 3: āI think heās a better overall athlete and safety than Derwin James, who is a box safety to me. Emmanwori is a five-tool safety. He can play in all facets of the field. He can play in the box, can play in the slot, can play in the deep part of the field, can blitz. I think heās a complete safety. I think heās as good in coverage as Kyle Hamilton.ā
Man heās been a big hit throughout the process. Standout at the Shrine Bowl.
Just to clarify, I didnāt play with that guy. I played with one of that guyās teammates.
But yeah, I still think thatās really cool.
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Six degrees of Thomas Perry is my favorite draft game.
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Ah yeah, missed that part. It is cool, yeah. A long time ago I played with a guy who kicked at ou then with Washington for a few years. Close as I got. Well I knew a kid growing up that eventually got a cup of coffee with the Ravens too, but never played with him (tf he would have broken my bones)
I donāt think Iād fare very well. Oh, I guess unless he goes to Washington.
Iād fare in height.
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The kid whoās Dukeās long snapper played on our team for the back half of my sophomore year. He was a basketball guy that just tried it out, and was pretty freaking good at it. Heās great friends with Riley Leonard now since both of them were from Alabama and I think in the same class.
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Donāt you know Alabamaās LS too? Or whatever school the guy on the crush list is from?
Iāve never actually spoken to him, but he and I competed together in discus when I was a sophomore and he was a senior. He wasā¦a lot better than I was, so we never actually threw in the same flight, but because throwing is such a niche sport (youāre either hooked on it or you could completely care less, including the parents), everyone knew who that kid was and where he was going. When he was going up to throw disc or do the shot put, everyone stopped what they were doing to watch him. He was teach tape for everyone elseā¦extremely explosive athlete.
Iām pretty sure he was a multi-time state champ in Alabamaās top division of high school athletics in discus and javelin, and he was really close in shot put.
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See I had this picture of you guys all being special teams aces and hanging out like pilots used to at their special airport bar.
Isnāt it crazy just how athletic the true freaks are? Like the best athlete I went against back in the day ended up being a kicker lol. A friend of mineās parents ended up adopting a kid (long story, he was gonna have to go back to Africa otherwise) who went over 1000 yards in high school for two years, then ended up being a backup at East Central Tech or something. We had a few guys go D1 but they ended up buried on depth charts for the most partā¦ well, except for that kicker (in high school he was also a TE and a LB)
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Letās come back to this in a couple of years after my old QB gets done tearing up at Berry College and becomes the next Tyson Bagent.(assuming he doesnāt transfer somewhere elseā¦which I donāt think he will as of now)
Then, Iāll have all sorts of fun stories for you.
Sounds like a compote-nt QB.
Nick was a solid as an interior rusher, too bad injuries derailed his career. The Saints gave him a big contract and then realized he had heart problems and was forced to retire.
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