No way in hell that dude runs a 4.76 or he wouldn't get offered at RB/WR from all these schools. Judging by his film, I think its pretty safe to say hes DEFINITELY faster than that. I don't see him getting caught from behind much and he turns the corner very well. That or hes playing some really slow ass players over there...:wave:
I think he did run a 4.76 at a camp. Was it a slow track? Probably. I don't know if it was electronically timed etc.. It just goes to show you how you can't trust 40 times. I started a thread before that stated that at the NFL combine there were only 4 RB's that ran lower than 4.5 and only a few LB's lower than 4.6. These are from the cream of the crop athletes after there college careers are over, on a good track. It isn't logical that high school kids run as fast as the 40 times typically listed. It seems almost routine to see a high school RB with a time of 4.5 on Scout or Rivals. It isn't that he didn't run a 4.76, it is that someone isn't telling the truth about what his competition is running in the 40. In fact Michael Ford ran close to that at one camp if I recall.
he ran a 4.76 at the same event trovon reed and seastrunk ran a 4.50. fastest at the event was 4.43. seastrunk obviously seems faster then a 4.5 guy so maybe Cobbs is high 4.5/4.6 guy
Here is some horrible quality video of Cobbs at QB last year: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCrkMbRSVf0[/media]
Seastrunk looks to me to be a second gear guy, so I wouldn't be surprised if his 40 time isn't sub-4.5. But once he's goin', it looks like he never stops accelerating. Anyway - back to Cobbs. I agree - his time is either inaccurate, or he's a "posession" WR in the making. The good ones aren't all speedsters...
Alrighty, it's been a while since I posted, but... Cobbs will go to Florida, LSU, USC if he doesn't go Texas (roughly in that order, though we're all tight). He wants to go out of state, but Texas won't take him if they end up with Darius White, which they will. This kid should be a good battle between our very good programs.
True enough. But being as I ran track in HS, their is so many variables to factor in, its hard to get a "true" 40 time. So like you said, they are pretty useless. What matters is his football speed and this guy definitely has it. I mean is he being hand timed, did he stumble on his run, slow/fast surface, weather conditions, windy/rainy? So many things to factor in... One point that you mentioned is Ford. He stumbled in that camp then later was at LSU's camp and ran a 4.4. Only way you can get a real 40 time is the perfect conditions and that is the NFL combine.
Even the combine is not as accurate as people think. Unlike the olympics there are no starting blocks to sense when the pressure of your feet push you away from the starting line and no gun is fired to start the clock. The athlete starts when he is ready and it is up to the official to start the clock on first movement. Most think that the start is somehow laser timed or something, but that isn't true. The finish line uses a sophisticated measuring device, but I believe the start does not. I think one of the biggest differences in football in terms of speed for skilled positions is that the start is not important. In a track sprint you explode out of the blocks staying low and in good form. To a large degree a good start can determine a good or bad time in a race. In football, there is hardly a play where a RB, WR, or DB goes as fast as possible at the onset of the play. The RB is reading his blocking and waiting to explode when the hole opens. The WR may fight off the line, cut or makes double moves, etc. and needs to run in control. The DB is backpedaling--you don't run a 40 backpedaling while waiting to react to a WR that usually cuts in a certain direction.
Miles said we are looming at him at WR, S, and QB but it looks like WR is the best bet. We did a great job with him this weekend.
I can't see Cobbs playing QB in college. From what I read he seemed to be projected at RB or WR. I actually thought we would recruit him as a RB, but I guess not. Honestly, I am a little disappointed because we have great depth now at S, we already have Sheppard if we want a running QB. Our WR options are solid with Mike Davis as a verbal and Reed a hometown favorite. I think we already have plenty of "athletes" like Morris Claiborne that need to find positions. I want a great RB. With all that being said, we aren't exactly favored to get an oos guy who has as many offers as him.
