'14 JUCO RB Marcus Horne

[Quattro]

Appreciate your positivity, Tini, but Turner is also about a buck-fifty. Guys who go 5'10", 220 lbs and run legit 4.4-4.5s are going to be tough for us to land. It'll make it all the sweeter if we figure out a way to land Ballage.

Oh I know, it was more to the point that there are kids out there with explosive speed and quickness.

 

[o_robbie]

There's a kid from Texas we are recruiting who runs a 4.51 40 with I believe a 4.1 shuttle, as long as he doesn't get a Bailor offer I think he's a Buff.

I think you are way over valuing speed as the most important factor for taking one to the house. If it was only a speed thing you would have a bunch of tiny track guys playing RB. Like I said it is the combination of speed, vision, tackle breaking, and agility. Those types of guys end up at the top D1 programs and typically have and OL that opens up holes so big that on ESPN they all look like HR hitters.

 

[Quattro]

For people with a Rivals sub

http://colorado.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=422&tid=190278248&mid=190278248&sid=894&style=2

 

[pcbuff]

I find this staffs ability to find talent from new sources encouraging!

 

[tante]

I think you are way over valuing speed as the most important factor for taking one to the house. If it was only a speed thing you would have a bunch of tiny track guys playing RB. Like I said it is the combination of speed, vision, tackle breaking, and agility. Those types of guys end up at the top D1 programs and typically have and OL that opens up holes so big that on ESPN they all look like HR hitters.

aren't most track sprinters the opposite of tiny? They are muscular and have all that fast twitch muscle.

 

[somebody]

aren't most track sprinters the opposite of tiny? They are muscular and have all that fast twitch muscle.

Top 9 all time (Wiki) average 5' 11.35" and 180 lbs:

Rank Time Athlete Height Weight
1 9.58 WR Usain Bolt 6'5" 210
2 9.69 Tyson Gay 5'10" 177
Yohan Blake 5'11" 168
4 9.72 Asafa Powell 6'3" 190
5 9.78 Nesta Carter 5'8" 170
6 9.79 Maurice Greene 5'9.5" 170
Justin Gatlin 5'10" 175
8 9.8 Steve Mullings 5'9" 150
9 9.84 Donovan Bailey 6'1" 200
Bruny Surin 5'11" 190

 

[slider]

Top 9 all time (Wiki) average 5' 11.35" and 180 lbs:

Rank Time Athlete Height Weight
1 9.58 WR Usain Bolt 6'5" 210
2 9.69 Tyson Gay 5'10" 177
Yohan Blake 5'11" 168
4 9.72 Asafa Powell 6'3" 190
5 9.78 Nesta Carter 5'8" 170
6 9.79 Maurice Greene 5'9.5" 170
Justin Gatlin 5'10" 175
8 9.8 Steve Mullings 5'9" 150
9 9.84 Donovan Bailey 6'1" 200
Bruny Surin 5'11" 190

Usain Bolt is a freak.

 

[DBT]

Usain Bolt is a freak.

So is ARod