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'19 JC DT Janaz Jordan (SIGNED to COLORADO)

manhattanbuf said:
Whenever I think of “country strong,” I think of a dude I signed out on a car deal who was a Kansas farmer. He was easily 6’5” to 6’6” and weighed 315 to 325 lbs. He was not fat. No human being had ever shaken my hand so hard with so little effort. He was just naturally strong with massive hands. At that same store, numerous Broncos and Avs players bought vehicles from us. Big guys. His handshake was the firmest by a wide margin.
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Maybe best example was Karl Mecklenburg of the Broncos a couple decades ago. He came in as a late round draft choice. He had been very effective at Minnesota but teams passed on him because he was underweight and his weight room numbers weren't very good. To look at him in street clothes very few people would have identified him and an NFL front seven player.

Turned out that on the field he was amazingly strong. He could throw blockers around and when he got hands on a ballcarrier they went down. He ended up playing over a decade and played all front seven positions from NT to OLB
 
Not Sure said:
Best example of “Country strong” was Nolan Ryan. He beat the Hell out of Robin Ventura, who thought he was taking on an old man.

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That last upper cut to the face is the winner! Ventura is funny when talking about that one . . . "big mistake" ha ha ha!
 
I've got two old country strong examples. A buddy, Melvin, on the HS wrestling team went 2 weight classes up to heavyweight. He would bear hug most opponents and lift them up and put them down. I was always amazed. Then there was Navy boot camp, a guy who wanted to be a Seal (but probably not bright enough) spent a lot of free time doing pushups and his biceps popped out, but otherwise was not that muscular. He was challenged over and over to arm wrestling by a guy who was a little taller but just had more muscle w/o looking like he ever lifted. Seal dude finally relented but it was over for him quickly.
 
Just realized that Jordan went to the same HS as Allen Iverson. I love that we’re getting linemen from tough places in the southeast.
 
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