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Anything sub-11 is considered really good in the 100, so for someone who is 6'5" 235 lbs, an 11.11 would seem to be pretty fast. He appears to be a pretty good athlete.
Yeah, he did. CU's site has him appearing in 4 games in 2019 on KR. Not sure what his PT last season looked like, but 2021 will be his 3rd season on campus. If he isn't a factor by now and Fauria and Olsen pass him on the depth chart, then I have to think they'll move him along.
Speed/size ratio suggests athleticism.
He is playing TE
In high school those kids are probably still in the 150s. . .
Average
Stanley is running against CBs, Perry is covering WRs. We are talking about a guy who needs to run faster than Strong Safeties and OLBs.
I ran track in college and have coached track for some years. 11.01 is not slow. And I would never call that average. Maybe average for a college sprinter. The vast majority of high school kids will never even sniff 11s. His track season is probably not over yet either and you tend to get faster as the season goes. He may even qualify for the state track meet in a lot of states with that time. Last of all, he is 235lbs which is massive for a sprinter. He likely decelerates more after 50meters than others because of how big he is. You can look up the weights of sprinters, they’re not big guys. Usain Bolt may be the biggest one I know of and he is just over 200lbs...... this is all to say, he is plenty fast to play football, especially tight end. I imagine his 40 time is in the 4.5 to 4.6 range. Its not an exact science, there are different phases in sprinting and you actually reach top speed roughly 35 to 55 meters into the race and you are decelerating 60 meters onward. As in, Usain Bolt isn’t speeding up at the end of his races when he separates from the other sprinters, rather, he is decelerating less than his opponents. I imagine that this kid probably struggles the most with the last part of the 100m considering that he is 235lbs but the plus of that is that he almost never needs to run that far on a football field. If you’re interested, here is a Reddit thread that takes nfl player track times and compares them to their 40yd dash times. Believe me, not every nfl player runs sub 11s.
Just stop
This is under the assumption that we actually do make productive use of them.
One dude made a significant receiving contribution last year. When he got hurt, there was a huge drop off. I might contend that regardless of the number of names on the roster we’ve got 1.5 tight ends right now.
4.6 not 4.5. Read the thread again. It is good speed but not elite.
Math is hard. 10.95 = 4.5. 11.21 = 4.6. Presumably 11.1 = 4.5 something. @HawkIzTrash knows what he’s talking about here. There are all sorts of proven equivalents in track between the 40 and the 100 m dash. He’s also spot on that heavier guys like this lose stamina/speed after the 60 meter mark more so than a normal sprinter. Just about everyone that knows track will tell you that a young big guy that can run an 11.1 hundred would be able to run a low 4.5 once he develops a strong start.
There were a few guys from TX on the team in the late 90’s that ran low 10’s in HS. When I heard that Cedric Cormier ran a 10.1 in a meet his senior year....
Good speed but not elite for a WR.There were a few guys from TX on the team in the late 90’s that ran low 10’s in HS. When I heard that Cedric Cormier ran a 10.1 in a meet his senior year....
And again to make the comparison that matters there are a lot of college safeties who don't run 4.6, I would venture that 4.7 and even 4.8 is common. Beyond that not a lot of coverage LBs can run a 4.6.
