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Alshon Jeffery timed in 4.4-4.5 range at Pro Day
Posted by Evan Silva on March 28, 2012, 11:51 AM EDT
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South Carolina wide receiver Alshon Jeffery caught some criticism when he opted out of all testing at last month’s Scouting Combine. Jeffery didn’t even go through on-field drills. He only weighed in.
Jeffery participated in the Gamecocks’ Pro Day on Wednesday, however, and may have helped his draft stock. Scouts on hand timed his forty-yard dash in the high-4.4 to low-4.5 range, according to Kevin Weidl of ESPN Scouts Inc. SI.com’s Tony Pauline had Jeffery at 4.55 on his first run. Jeffery also weighed in at 213, down three pounds from his Combine weigh-in.
He’s clearly prioritized losing weight during the offseason.
Per the Gamecocks’ sports website, Jeffery registered a 10-foot, 2-inch broad jump and 36.5-inch vertical leap. They’re both solid if unspectacular measurements for a 6-foot-3, 213-pound receiver.
The impressive workout may force NFL evaluators to go back and watch Jeffery’s game tape. What they’ll find, according to NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock, is that Jeffery does not create separation from defensive backs downfield and isn’t worth a first-round pick.
the last paragraph is pretty contradictory when looking at mayock's top 5 WR's - he's got stephen hill at #4 and jeffery at #5 (as of 03/20
here). with today's performance jeffery runs around a 4.4 - a 1/10 of a second off of hill and his other measurements, while not as great as hills, are still in the same ballpark. hill wasn't on his board at all before the combine... probably because the tape on hill is actually lacking and is quite bad overall - hill doesn't look like he knows what he's doing on the field and he looks a hell of a lot slower than a 4.3 guy. yet we criticize jeffery's tape where in 2010 he looked like the next don mega. in 2011, he certainly regressed a bit, but imo had a lot more to do with poor QB play and the loss of the running game than jeffery's efforts. he's being double teamed on every passing down and the QB rarely put the ball where it needed to be. plus he was playing at 230+ in 2011... if he keeps his work ethic and determination up why can't he get back to 2010 form?
i just don't get it... where's the consistency in scouting here? i think it all comes back to the fat picture making people think jeffery is lazy and slow, while everything i've seen from him lately shows the exact opposite.
I'm not quite as down on Jeffery as some in this thread are, but your logic doesn't make sense to me. You seem to be the one that is overreacting in a weird way to "the fat photo" if you think that is the only reason why people were down on Alshon.There is one fact that you seem to be ignoring or glossing over. Which is simply this: the guy had to lose 20 pounds in 2 months after his college season was over to get to his ideal football weight. Is there any other skill position player who had to drop 20 pounds between his bowl game and the combine? Do you really think that 20 pounds he lost was all muscle and good weight?
Here's what I personally see from watching the guy play a good amount the last 2 years. He was a very good player as a sophomore. He never looked fast but he seemed to do enough to get open and even when he wasn't open, he used his size to make catches even when covered. I thought he was a mid-late 1st rounder based on his sophomore year play. My worry with him even then was that he reminded me a bit of guys like USC's Mike Williams and USC's Dwayne Jarrett. Other big guys who used their size to dominate college competition but never got much separation. I also had some concern that Spurrier WRs always seemed to bust because he designed innovative stuff to get them open and made a lot of guys look more talented than they were.
When I watched him this past year, he looked like he was carrying bad weight and I thought he was a step slower. It had a huge negative impact on his production. In the last 6 games of the regular season, he had an okay game against Citadel (5-81-1 TD). In the other 5 games he had 15 catches, for 106 yards and 2 TDs.
Think about how bad those numbers really are. Not counting the D2 game vs. Citadel, he averaged 3 catches for 21.2 yards per game over the 2nd half of the season. Sure his QBs weren't great, but still....
You seem to be claiming that his 2010 film shows a stud player and it just doesn't in my opinion. It showed a good player that really needed to answer some questions (work ethic, his ability to get separation, speed, etc.) in his junior year to earn a solid 1st round grade. He did the exact opposite of answering those questions and really just added a bunch of negatives on top of the concerns that were already present.
I see a guy who put on a lot of weight (most of it bad weight in my opinion) and played his worst football in his "money year" where motivation shouldn't have been an issue at all. That is a big-time red flag.
It is great that he seems to have really dedicated himself over the past 2 months and that should help his draft stock. But the concerns I just outlined aren't made up or based on some random photo. It's not inconsistent scouting in my opinion in any way, shape or form to say Alshon didn't play like a 1st round WR in 2011.
I suppose it's easier than saying "recorded game". I am enjoying this thread though and I, like a previous poster, am afraid that he will be Big Mike Williams part deux. I won't be using a first round pick on him in any of my leagues. Maybe I'll miss out but I'll be right more often than not by avoiding players with red flags.
