Jacoby Ford's trip to the meat market
posted by LW, Tuesday, January 26, 2010
At the meat market otherwise known as Senior Bowl practices, some folks have stood out for the wrong reasons.
The above picture is of Alabama's Terrence Cody, who checked in at 370 pounds.
Three hundred and seventy pounds.
And in this article, NFL draft analyst Mike Mayock dispenses the following astute analysis:
"And it wasn't a clean 370."
If anyone has any examples of a clean 370, I'd like to see them.
Former Clemson star Jacoby Ford, the only representative from his alma mater at the Senior Bowl, can take comfort in knowing he's turning heads for the right reasons.
The National Football Post led yesterday's coverage with an item on Ford, who ran a 4.38 in the 40.
1. Clemson wideout Jacoby Ford was impressive today. He was explosive off the snap, ate up the cushion quickly and consistently separated all afternoon vs. man coverage. On a day in which the North quarterbacks struggled with their accuracy, Ford repeatedly found ways to make the tough catch. When we asked him after practice where he feels most comfortable playing at the next level, Ford responded, “Both ways [in the slot or outside] are fine with me. I just want to get out there and make plays.”
More on Ford from CBSsports.com:
Pike's teammate, Mardy Gilyard, and Clemson's Jacoby Ford took advantage of the lack of accuracy by their quarterbacks to show scouts their ability to snatch the ball away from their bodies.
Ford in particular showed outstanding hands most of the day, dropping only a couple of passes in drills when he allowed the ball to get too far into his chest. When matched up against a corner, however, he created separation with good foot quickness in his routes and caught wildly inaccurate throws from all three quarterbacks. He stands only 5-feet-9 and 180 pounds, but he's a prototypical slot receiver with a lot of potential as a return man.
No C.J. Spiller or Ricky Sapp in Mobile this week. This article from the Palm Beach Post explains why.
Arguably the draft’s top running back (Clemson’s C.J. Spiller), two best offensive linemen (Oklahoma State tackle Russell Okung and Oklahoma tackle Trent Williams) and outside linebacker (Texas’ Sergio Kindle) also exhausted their college eligibility.
None of them will in Mobile this week.
They really have nothing to prove to land in the top 20 of the NFL draft. No need to risk injury - or even a bad week of practice with all 32 teams watching.
Sapp is producing a weekly diary for the Orangeburg newspaper.
Interesting excerpt No. 1:
I wake up every morning around 9 (a.m.) and turn on the song that gets me going, “Looking for you” by Kirk Franklin.
Interesting excerpt No. 2:
After workouts I usually just chill with Crezdon and Kavell, go to the mall or just sit around my room watching movies and playing video games. I must admit I have watched “The Hangover” a couple times, one of my new favorite movies!
Noted antagonist Paul Finebaum opines on the waffle king.
Moving on to basketball, the ACC is wide open approaching the halfway point.
Travis Sawchik of The Post and Courier says veteran point guard play is huge. And Clemson's veteran point guard is on the shelf for tonight's game at Boston College.
Sawchik also writes that Saturday's loss to Duke highlighted just how much Clemson misses Terrence Oglesby.
The Tigers are shooting 41.6 percent from the field, down from 44.6 against the conference last season.
Most striking is the 3-point shooting.
Against the ACC last season, the Tigers shot 38.5 percent from behind the arc and took
22 3s per game. This season the Tigers are shooting 26.7 percent from 3 and are taking 16.8 3s per game.
Clemson made just 2 of 13 3-point attempts against Duke.
After Oglesby's early departure, I was one of the folks who were skeptical that Oglesby's loss would be addition by subtraction.
But there are some other factors at work here as well.
First off, K.C. Rivers was a fairly monstrous loss.
And when Clemson's coaches expressed confidence that they'd be OK on the offensive end without Oglesby's long-range shooting prowess, I'm sure they anticipated something more than a complete no-show from senior starter David Potter.
Hard to be very good from outside when one of your starters has missed 30 of his last 35 attempts from 3.
In the Independent-Mail, Greg Wallace says Andre Young better be ready tonight.
“There’ll be no splitting of (point guard duties),” Clemson coach Oliver Purnell said. “Andre’s got to be prepared to go wire-to-wire.”
Walk-on Xavier Anderson, who has played 17 total minutes in nine games this season, will be available to spell Young, at least momentarily. But replacing Stitt will be primarily Young’s job, with some help from his teammates.
“It’s a big loss for us,” Purnell said. “It’s a situation where your team has to close ranks even tighter. Everyone’s got to pitch in a little more to make up for that loss.”
Purnell thought Duke's star players looked tired in the second half Saturday night. Not so fast, sayeth Coach K.
Caulton Tudor says North Carolina is feeling extraordinary pressure entering tonight's game at N.C. State.
Interesting take on Monte Kiffin in the AJC.
Monte Kiffin has been very persistent. He’s probably been in here more than is legal. Of course they don’t pay attention to the rules.”
LW
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At the meat market otherwise known as Senior Bowl practices, some folks have stood out for the wrong reasons.
The above picture is of Alabama's Terrence Cody, who checked in at 370 pounds.
Three hundred and seventy pounds.
And in this article, NFL draft analyst Mike Mayock dispenses the following astute analysis:
"And it wasn't a clean 370."
If anyone has any examples of a clean 370, I'd like to see them.
Former Clemson star Jacoby Ford, the only representative from his alma mater at the Senior Bowl, can take comfort in knowing he's turning heads for the right reasons.
The National Football Post led yesterday's coverage with an item on Ford, who ran a 4.38 in the 40.
1. Clemson wideout Jacoby Ford was impressive today. He was explosive off the snap, ate up the cushion quickly and consistently separated all afternoon vs. man coverage. On a day in which the North quarterbacks struggled with their accuracy, Ford repeatedly found ways to make the tough catch. When we asked him after practice where he feels most comfortable playing at the next level, Ford responded, “Both ways [in the slot or outside] are fine with me. I just want to get out there and make plays.”
More on Ford from CBSsports.com:
Pike's teammate, Mardy Gilyard, and Clemson's Jacoby Ford took advantage of the lack of accuracy by their quarterbacks to show scouts their ability to snatch the ball away from their bodies.
Ford in particular showed outstanding hands most of the day, dropping only a couple of passes in drills when he allowed the ball to get too far into his chest. When matched up against a corner, however, he created separation with good foot quickness in his routes and caught wildly inaccurate throws from all three quarterbacks. He stands only 5-feet-9 and 180 pounds, but he's a prototypical slot receiver with a lot of potential as a return man.
No C.J. Spiller or Ricky Sapp in Mobile this week. This article from the Palm Beach Post explains why.
Arguably the draft’s top running back (Clemson’s C.J. Spiller), two best offensive linemen (Oklahoma State tackle Russell Okung and Oklahoma tackle Trent Williams) and outside linebacker (Texas’ Sergio Kindle) also exhausted their college eligibility.
None of them will in Mobile this week.
They really have nothing to prove to land in the top 20 of the NFL draft. No need to risk injury - or even a bad week of practice with all 32 teams watching.
Sapp is producing a weekly diary for the Orangeburg newspaper.
Interesting excerpt No. 1:
I wake up every morning around 9 (a.m.) and turn on the song that gets me going, “Looking for you” by Kirk Franklin.
Interesting excerpt No. 2:
After workouts I usually just chill with Crezdon and Kavell, go to the mall or just sit around my room watching movies and playing video games. I must admit I have watched “The Hangover” a couple times, one of my new favorite movies!
Noted antagonist Paul Finebaum opines on the waffle king.
Moving on to basketball, the ACC is wide open approaching the halfway point.
Travis Sawchik of The Post and Courier says veteran point guard play is huge. And Clemson's veteran point guard is on the shelf for tonight's game at Boston College.
Sawchik also writes that Saturday's loss to Duke highlighted just how much Clemson misses Terrence Oglesby.
The Tigers are shooting 41.6 percent from the field, down from 44.6 against the conference last season.
Most striking is the 3-point shooting.
Against the ACC last season, the Tigers shot 38.5 percent from behind the arc and took
22 3s per game. This season the Tigers are shooting 26.7 percent from 3 and are taking 16.8 3s per game.
Clemson made just 2 of 13 3-point attempts against Duke.
After Oglesby's early departure, I was one of the folks who were skeptical that Oglesby's loss would be addition by subtraction.
But there are some other factors at work here as well.
First off, K.C. Rivers was a fairly monstrous loss.
And when Clemson's coaches expressed confidence that they'd be OK on the offensive end without Oglesby's long-range shooting prowess, I'm sure they anticipated something more than a complete no-show from senior starter David Potter.
Hard to be very good from outside when one of your starters has missed 30 of his last 35 attempts from 3.
In the Independent-Mail, Greg Wallace says Andre Young better be ready tonight.
“There’ll be no splitting of (point guard duties),” Clemson coach Oliver Purnell said. “Andre’s got to be prepared to go wire-to-wire.”
Walk-on Xavier Anderson, who has played 17 total minutes in nine games this season, will be available to spell Young, at least momentarily. But replacing Stitt will be primarily Young’s job, with some help from his teammates.
“It’s a big loss for us,” Purnell said. “It’s a situation where your team has to close ranks even tighter. Everyone’s got to pitch in a little more to make up for that loss.”
Purnell thought Duke's star players looked tired in the second half Saturday night. Not so fast, sayeth Coach K.
Caulton Tudor says North Carolina is feeling extraordinary pressure entering tonight's game at N.C. State.
Interesting take on Monte Kiffin in the AJC.
Monte Kiffin has been very persistent. He’s probably been in here more than is legal. Of course they don’t pay attention to the rules.”
LW
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