Get ready to see a Monster FB this season......

[djsimp]

Hand held times are ALWAYS suspect, and I'd be shocked if he broke 4.8 on an E-Timed run.  Anyway, agree, the kid is fast for his size.  Espeically when you figure your average bite sized HS WR probably runs 4.8 + anyway.   I wouldn't be shocked if at some point they had the guy gain 15-20 lbs and moved him to DT.  

As mentioned, if he is out running our DB's then WTF?! I can def see this guy being moved to DT. I could also see him being at FB for blocking purposes although I don't recall Malzahn running an offense that relies on a FB too much unless of course he has something up his sleeve.

[JR4AU]

As mentioned, if he is out running our DB's then WTF?! I can def see this guy being moved to DT. I could also see him being at FB for blocking purposes although I don't recall Malzahn running an offense that relies on a FB too much unless of course he has something up his sleeve.

He doesn't use a FB like in the I, but he does use an HB, and E. Smith did a lot of blocking last year.  One of his staple plays, Buck Sweep, uses an H Back to seal the edge blocking down on a DE. 

[War Eagle!!!]

As mentioned, if he is out running our DB's then WTF?!

I would say that this is being exaggerated. He may have out run one dude that had a bad angle or something. I think there is no way he was out running our entire defensive back field...or even the large majority of it...

[JR4AU]

I would say that this is being exaggerated. He may have out run one dude that had a bad angle or something. I think there is no way he was out running our entire defensive back field...or even the large majority of it...

In the 2010 NFL Combines, the top 10 fastest RB times were all posted by guys 230lbs or less, and ranged from 4.35-4.58, and only 6 broke the 4.5 mark.  

Of the 6 fastest TE times, only one broke the 4.5 mark, a 6-4 225 TE (hardly a real NFL TE), and the rest were 4.56-4.69.  

The fastest NFL DL was a 6-1 244 pounder at 4.64.  Brandon Grahm ran a 4.72 at 6-1 268,  Griffen Everson ran a 4.66 at 6-3 273.  

The 10 fastest S/CBs in the NFL combines were all sub 4.5, but the fastest was only 4.43.  

To put it in SEC perspective for those that tout SEC speed: UT Safety Eric Berry ran a 4.47, UF DL Carlos Dunlap 6-6 277 ran a 4.71, Bammer CB Kareem Jackson ran 4.48, and Auburn RB Ben Tate a 4.43.  

Sorry, Auburn doesn't have a 6-0 290 fireplug running faster than DBs, or near the 4.4 mark.  In fact, we probably don't have many DBs running 4.4.  

[djsimp]

I would say that this is being exaggerated. He may have out run one dude that had a bad angle or something. I think there is no way he was out running our entire defensive back field...or even the large majority of it...

Well yeah, it has to be exaggerated because if our DB's are getting out ran by a guy this size then we're up shit creek. In my imagination though, a guy at 290 running a 4.5 would be a freak of nature. Not only that but could you imagine what kind of damage that would do to some defender?

[AUChizad]

I coulda sworn I read 4.49 somewhere, and I want to say 4.45 somewhere else.

Couldn't find where I saw that at. Maybe I made it up.

But still, he's fast as shit for a boy that big.

[RWS]

I coulda sworn I read 4.49 somewhere, and I want to say 4.45 somewhere else.

Couldn't find where I saw that at. Maybe I made it up.

But still, he's fast as shit for a boy that big.

A 6' 300 lb guy isn't going to run a sub-4.5 40. If you can find me one, I would love to see it. "He's a hell of an athlete" would have sufficed; no reason for people to embellish it.

[JR4AU]

A 6' 300 lb guy isn't going to run a sub-4.5 40. If you can find me one, I would love to see it. "He's a hell of an athlete" would have sufficed; no reason for people to embellish it.

He might cover 40 yards in 4.4 seconds...if you dropped him off a 40 yard tall building.  But you'd have some repair work to do on the street below. 

[Snaggletiger]

He might cover 40 yards in 4.4 seconds...if you dropped him off a 40 yard tall building.  But you'd have some repair work to do on the street below. 

Would he beat the DB down?

[Godfather]

Would he beat the DB down?

It depends are they both in a vacuum?

[Saniflush]

It depends are they both in a vacuum?

We should really do something to get them out.

[Snaggletiger]

It depends are they both in a vaccum?

I think they could use one of the walk ons.

[Jumbo]

It depends are they both in a vacuum?

An African Swallow?

[Saniflush]

An African Swallow?

If you pay, they're just like people on any other continent.  They'll swallow.

[The Prowler]

Also, LP can do a backflip, standing flat footed.....Put it on da board, Championship.

[djsimp]

Also, LP can do a backflip, standing flat footed.....as the ground shakes.

There you go buddy.

[jmar]

 Blackmon was a terror to QB's but that is where it ended. A potential All-SEC strong safety is moving to line backer in (undersized) Bates. If Phillips is that mobile how come he isn't making like Josh Thompson and blowing up offenses? Where is his future other than the next anomaly in the form of a feature news article? Barbee needs a big guard that can sit out on the perimeter and pop threes too.
Damn-it this team can go to Atlanta if it will stop that collossal leak up the middle.

[The Prowler]

Blackmon was a terror to QB's but that is where it ended. A potential All-SEC strong safety is moving to line backer in (undersized) Bates. If Phillips is that mobile how come he isn't making like Josh Thompson and blowing up offenses? Where is his future other than the next anomaly in the form of a feature news article? Barbee needs a big guard that can sit out on the perimeter and pop threes too.
Damn-it this team can go to Atlanta if it will stop that collossal leak up the middle.

Moving Darren Bates to LBer is a GREAT move....I'm not sure if "Da-Da" can drain the threes, we aren't talking about basketball, we talking about football....Ladarious would be 4th String DT.

[jmar]

Seriously, how fast is he? There are some 240 pounders that can do 4.4 -4.5 but we talking a load here.

[GH2001]

Seriously, how fast is he? There are some 240 pounders that can do 4.4 -4.5 but we talking a load here.

I guess THAT's possible. Bo was near 230 when he clocked the 4.12 in 1986 in Indy. But he was also a freak who's hip didn't hold up to that kind of abuse.