04-30-2017, 11:58 AM
(04-30-2017, 10:55 AM)fredtoast Wrote: This posts really puts the NFL into perspective for me.
Do you realize what kind of physical freak athlete you have to be to both run a sub 4.5 forty and do 18 reps of 225 on the bench?
And this guy is an UDFA who will have to bust his ass just to make an NFL roster.
Even the worst players in the NFL are physical freaks.
Except that the 40 time cited in the previous post seems rather dubious. I read a brief scouting report on him last night and it was mentioned that his athleticism was his primary shortcoming. Looking at Brandt's notes on the Illinois Pro Day, Nickerson ran a 4.79 and 4.82. Of course that would still put him above 2 or 3 of the current LB crop. And he is considered instinctive, which may explain why he was an all-conference selection in both the Pac-12 (transfer from Cal) and the Big-10.
Upon further examination those may have been Honorable Mention selections, but still.
