ACU Athletes Perform Well at NFL Combine
By mark rogers
March 1, 2009
Just thought it was worthy to note the great numbers ACU's Bernard Scott and Johnny Knox put up at the NFL Combine last week.
Scott was the 8th fastest running back, tied for the 8th best vertical leap, tied for the second highest broad jump (only OSU's Chris Wells had a better one), had the fastest 3-cone drill of any RB AND the fastest 20-yard shuttle.
That's pretty amazing.
I think for someone who was on the verge of either barely getting drated or being picked up as a free agent, he made a strong case for a sure-thing draft choice...and a lot of more money.
Johnny Knox ran an unbelievable 4.34 40 yard dash. We all knew he was fast...but to run that kind of time on an electronic timer under that kind of pressure is incredible. The analysis of him on the NFL Combine website said that he "lacked elite speed"...HA. Third fastest receiver at the Combine...no, third fastest PLAYER on the entire field. Yeah...he lacks elite speed.
He may have just vaulted himself into the 4th or 5th round. NFL executives LOVE speed. It translates into production on the field and a long career. Nothing replaces speed, and you can't teach it. If you have it and can catch a football (which Knox can and did very well at the Combine), then you will be very rich.
It'll be interesting to see where those guys end up. Hopefully it's early on the second day which will just mean more pub for the ACU program. Danielle Manning was just the beginning of the new era!
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