Malcolm Kelly Reportedly Runs 4.68/4.75 (1 Viewer)

[prymetyme25]

In Paul Thompson's defense he was a WR who sacrificed his development at wr to play QB upon request.(in his senior I might add.) I hate OU but I think he did a servicable job and really shows what kind of teammate he is.

 

[massraider]

More fuel against Kelly

"• And while we're talking about guys who just don't get it, I wish I could tell Oklahoma receiver Malcolm Kelly how some NFL teams are scouting more than just a prospect's 40 times this spring. They're looking for things like what motivates you, what kind of guy will you be when things don't go your way, and if you'll find everyone to blame but yourself.

After struggling with a quad injury, Kelly finally worked out for pro scouts on Wednesday at OU, but when he didn't run as fast as he thought he should (4.68), he lashed out at the school for having him run on the softer artificial surface of the Sooners' practice facility rather than the firmer Astroturf infield of the school's indoor track. This despite the fact the scouts present asked Kelly to run on the softer surface because it's what he'll play on in the NFL.

"Just a little bit of time could mean a whole lot of draft money,'' bemoaned Kelly, thereby revealing his first priority. "This is my life. You know what I'm saying? This ain't no school. This ain't no classroom. This ain't got nothing to do with that. This has to do with me, my family. This is what I do. I play football. And I'm supposed to come out here and run as fast as I can.''

You can bet plenty of teams heard Kelly's message loud and clear. Especially the parts about the money and the me."

It will be no revelation that draft prospects are interested in money.Don Banks sounds like a really naive 13-year-old that thinks the players just do it for the love.

I have some problems with Kelly's offseason, but not with these comments. He just saw his worth drop by several million dollars, that's kind of a big deal.

 

[OU#1]

Reggie Smith was a <= 4.4 guy all of his career at OU. He ran a 4.6 on the same field/conditions that Kelly ran his 4.7...

So you might as well take .2 off his 40 time and that would be more accurate.

Kelly was never a burner. Iglesias was faster and more shifty. Kelly's upside has always been his amazing hands and leaping ability. Best hands ever at OU, which isn't saying much mind you, but still they do recruit some talent in Norman. Huge red zone threat (duh!).

I'm having deja-vu all over again. I remember before last season when some folks were doubting one Adrian Peterson and we all see how that panned out.

I would say at least wait to see where he gets drafted and then maybe you might have some arguement for/against Kelly. He obviously doesnt' need the best/most accurate QB to do well. I'm not sure what happened in 2007 but Bradford never favored any one receiver. He liked to spread the ball around and never zeroed in on Kelly like Thompson and Bomar did.

Here's his best catch from the 2007 season.

P.S. I've watched almost every game Kelly has played.

P.S.S. I'd whine too if my draft stock fell from 1st round to 3rd round. That's a lot of friggin money.

 

[duaneok66]

Reggie Smith was a <= 4.4 guy all of his career at OU. He ran a 4.6 on the same field/conditions that Kelly ran his 4.7...

So you might as well take .2 off his 40 time and that would be more accurate.

Kelly was never a burner. Iglesias was faster and more shifty. Kelly's upside has always been his amazing hands and leaping ability. Best hands ever at OU, which isn't saying much mind you, but still they do recruit some talent in Norman. Huge red zone threat (duh!).

I'm having deja-vu all over again. I remember before last season when some folks were doubting one Adrian Peterson and we all see how that panned out.

I would say at least wait to see where he gets drafted and then maybe you might have some arguement for/against Kelly. He obviously doesnt' need the best/most accurate QB to do well. I'm not sure what happened in 2007 but Bradford never favored any one receiver. He liked to spread the ball around and never zeroed in on Kelly like Thompson and Bomar did.

Here's his best catch from the 2007 season.

P.S. I've watched almost every game Kelly has played.

P.S.S. I'd whine too if my draft stock fell from 1st round to 3rd round. That's a lot of friggin money.

his crying cost him more than the 40 time . . .

 

[Max Power]

I have a very hard time seeing Kelly make it past mid rd 2 at the latest...

 

[EBF]

There are definitely some shades of Anquan Boldin here. There are also some shades of Dwayne Jarrett. I'm still in the process of deciding how these last few months will affect my ranking of Kelly.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

According to Sirius NFL Radio- just had his re-run on a fast track. Ran a 4.65. Only 2 teams were there to witness it, the Giants and Packers.

 

[zadok]

According to Sirius NFL Radio- just had his re-run on a fast track. Ran a 4.65. Only 2 team were there to witness it, the Giants and Packers.

He is officially off my board if I'm a GM...

 

[{Syrus}]

According to Sirius NFL Radio- just had his re-run on a fast track. Ran a 4.65. Only 2 team were there to witness it, the Giants and Packers.

He is officially off my board if I'm a GM...

Why? The kid has skills and doesn't give up. I admire that. Michael Irvin wasn't a burner, neither is Boldin, neither is Fitzgerald. Common trait here..? they all have great hands.

 

[Mr. Peterson]

According to Sirius NFL Radio- just had his re-run on a fast track. Ran a 4.65. Only 2 team were there to witness it, the Giants and Packers.

He is officially off my board if I'm a GM...

Why? The kid has skills and doesn't give up. I admire that. Michael Irvin wasn't a burner, neither is Boldin, neither is Fitzgerald. Common trait here..? they all have great hands.

Fall to the Bills in the 2nd and I'll be psyched!!!! (as long as we take something other than a WR in the 1st)

 

[zadok]

According to Sirius NFL Radio- just had his re-run on a fast track. Ran a 4.65. Only 2 team were there to witness it, the Giants and Packers.

He is officially off my board if I'm a GM...

Why? The kid has skills and doesn't give up. I admire that. Michael Irvin wasn't a burner, neither is Boldin, neither is Fitzgerald. Common trait here..? they all have great hands.

I would agree if he always was a 4.7 guy. He's gotten slower (hence the re-running) and that's a major problem.

 

[FBGPoker]

Kelly = Slow with a bad attitude. the comparisons to Boldin are pretty weak since Kelly isn't near as strong physically and not as good of a route runner, plus Boldin actually ran much faster then his combine times at a later workout.

I'll be shocked if Kelly goes in the first couple rounds.

Slow/Attitute/Bad Knees (both of them) are a recipe for disaster, he'd be off my board if i was an NFL GM.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

Malcom Kelly could end up being a steal for someone in the second round ala Boldin....

Kelly's Measurables: 6'4, 219 pounds

College stats: 144 receptions, 2285 yards, 21 TD's

Bolding Measurables: 6'1 217 pounds

College stats: 118 receptions, 1790 yards, 21 TD's

Boldin slipped into the second round because of that 40 time and 4 WR's were drafted before Boldin. Those guys were: Andre Johnson hou (a good pick), Charles Rogers Det, Bethel Johnson NE, and Taylor Jacobs Redskins.

A. Johnson: 4.43

C. Rogers: 4.43

B. Johnson: 4.37

T. Jacobs: 4.37

I know the 40 can be important but you can't totall determine a player useless with a slow 40 time. Especially a big physical WR with great hands like Kelly. Big WR's with great hands can be special like Boldin with a 4.7 40 and M. Colston 4.55 (not lightning quick).

 

[notdarkyet]

According to Sirius NFL Radio- just had his re-run on a fast track. Ran a 4.65. Only 2 teams were there to witness it, the Giants and Packers.

So thats what he whined like a little girl over? .03? With that much blame game, I would have thought he would be prepped to do a bit better on that surface.

 

[FBGPoker]

I know the 40 can be important but you can't totall determine a player useless with a slow 40 time. Especially a big physical WR with great hands like Kelly. Big WR's with great hands can be special like Boldin with a 4.7 40 and M. Colston 4.55 (not lightning quick).

Boldin ran faster at a later workout after the combine.Also Boldin was a FAR better athlete coming into the league then Kelly. Boldin played some QB and ran routes as good as any rookie WR prospect. Also all reports were that Boldin was the consumate teamate.These Kelly/Boldin comparisons are ridiculous. It's like comparing Darren Splores and Maurice Jones Drew, they may have some things in common but their playing styles/skills are miles apart.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

I know the 40 can be important but you can't totall determine a player useless with a slow 40 time. Especially a big physical WR with great hands like Kelly. Big WR's with great hands can be special like Boldin with a 4.7 40 and M. Colston 4.55 (not lightning quick).

Boldin ran faster at a later workout after the combine.Also Boldin was a FAR better athlete coming into the league then Kelly. Boldin played some QB and ran routes as good as any rookie WR prospect. Also all reports were that Boldin was the consumate teamate.These Kelly/Boldin comparisons are ridiculous. It's like comparing Darren Splores and Maurice Jones Drew, they may have some things in common but their playing styles/skills are miles apart.

You are saying this in hindsight which is not making your argument more convincing. So, let me get this straight, you are saying that teams knew Boldin was this all world receiver, teamate, great route running WR, yet he somehow still fell to the second round. I think the 40 time is what did him in more then anything. Will Kelly fail? Maybe. But I don't think you can judge everything based on his 40.

 

[FBGPoker]

I know the 40 can be important but you can't totall determine a player useless with a slow 40 time. Especially a big physical WR with great hands like Kelly. Big WR's with great hands can be special like Boldin with a 4.7 40 and M. Colston 4.55 (not lightning quick).

Boldin ran faster at a later workout after the combine.Also Boldin was a FAR better athlete coming into the league then Kelly. Boldin played some QB and ran routes as good as any rookie WR prospect. Also all reports were that Boldin was the consumate teamate.These Kelly/Boldin comparisons are ridiculous. It's like comparing Darren Splores and Maurice Jones Drew, they may have some things in common but their playing styles/skills are miles apart.

You are saying this in hindsight which is not making your argument more convincing. So, let me get this straight, you are saying that teams knew Boldin was this all world receiver, teamate, great route running WR, yet he somehow still fell to the second round. I think the 40 time is what did him in more then anything. Will Kelly fail? Maybe. But I don't think you can judge everything based on his 40.

Boldin was coming off an ACL injury, without that he was a consensus 1st round pick.Teams aren't going to risk drafting a guy coming off a major injury, especially a few years ago when ACL surgery was thought of as much worse then it is today.Kelly is a lot more R.Woods then Anquan Boldin. Slow with good hands sums up Kelly well.

 

[Couch Potato]

Those who are still pimping Kelly based on his past stats are missing the point. He compiled the stats before bad knees, before he started running 4.7 times. He's not the same now because of the knees. That's the point. He can say his knees are fine all he wants. The data says otherwise. He used to post much faster times and no longer can do so.

So, all those stats he compiled while getting separation, will he still be able to do that at the next level given his new condition? Would he have been able to post 1st day draft-worthy numbers in college with today's knees? I'll tell you what -- those are important questions that can't just be ignored because we remember how he once played.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

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Kelly gets 2nd chance to work out

The Associated Press

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY: A week after loudly complaining about the surface he was forced to run on in front of NFL scouts, former Oklahoma receiver Malcolm Kelly got his second chance Wednesday.

His agent said he bettered his time in the 40-yard dash by more than two-tenths of a second in the workout at the University of Oklahoma. But a news release from OU with numbers compiled from NFL scouts indicated the improvement was only slight.

His agent, Chad Speck, said Kelly ran the 40 as fast as 4.46 Wednesday after running a 4.68 on OU's pro day one week ago. But the numbers from the NFL scouts showed Kelly ran the 40 in 4.69 and 4.63, according to a release from OU spokesman Kenny Mossman.

Speck said the scouts may have added time to his results to reflect the faster surface he was on Wednesday.

"There's nothing that we can do about, if a team decides to adjust it," Speck said.

"He ran much faster today."

Kelly complained after the workout last week that he had expected to run on the AstroTurf inside Oklahoma's indoor track facility, but was forced instead to run on a softer surface, resulting in the slower time. He has since apologized and thanked OU for setting up the latest workout.

Kelly said the workout went well.

"Like I said, last week I made a lot of immature decisions going off like that," who complained that the slow time would cost him money, a red flag for NFL teams.

He said he spoke with OU coach Bob Stoops for more than an hour and there are no hard feelings.

"He told me I never game him any trouble. He just said there's no bad blood between us."

Speck dismissed speculation that Kelly's outburst about the first workout would cause his draft stock to fall. Kelly left after the workout for Washington, D.C., to meet with the Washington Redskins, followed by a meeting Thursday with the Dallas Cowboys, then with the San Francisco 49ers Friday.