Impressive College Football Players I
Tuesday, 3. January 2006, 20:18:53
Yeah, yeah...we all like Reggie Bush. He may very well be the next phenomenon to hit the league. I hope so. It will make for some interesting games and could be a tremendous boon to the financial fortunes of the cash-strapped NFL. Jokes, baby, jokes!!
Seriously though, Reggie is going to be the bomb. Here are a few other guys that caught my eye over the year and during the bowl season:
1) DeMeco Ryans. LB. Alabama. Enough smarts and speed to make QBs think Derrick Brooks has been born again. Ryans has a 3.7 GPA (or something like that), is graduating early, won the Ronnie Lott award, and leads one of the nation's best defenses. He can fly and hits harder than the average LB. Great instincts and sometimes plays as if he knows the other team's entire playbook.
2) JaMarcus Russell. QB. LSU. Missed the big throwdown blowout of Miami last week, but that's neither here nor there. Still a sophomore...6'5 about 250...stands in the pocket, throws rockets. Accurate. Tremendous upside.
3) Adrian Peterson. RB. Oklahoma. He's been injured a bunch and his team has been on the losing end of some fairly serious smackdowns during the past two years. Petersen was healthy against Oregon in their bowl game and looked like his old self. He has straight line speed that is comparable with most any player in college, but he showed more agility than I remember. Still has the power, but the agility could make him far more productive.
Seriously though, Reggie is going to be the bomb. Here are a few other guys that caught my eye over the year and during the bowl season:
1) DeMeco Ryans. LB. Alabama. Enough smarts and speed to make QBs think Derrick Brooks has been born again. Ryans has a 3.7 GPA (or something like that), is graduating early, won the Ronnie Lott award, and leads one of the nation's best defenses. He can fly and hits harder than the average LB. Great instincts and sometimes plays as if he knows the other team's entire playbook.
2) JaMarcus Russell. QB. LSU. Missed the big throwdown blowout of Miami last week, but that's neither here nor there. Still a sophomore...6'5 about 250...stands in the pocket, throws rockets. Accurate. Tremendous upside.
3) Adrian Peterson. RB. Oklahoma. He's been injured a bunch and his team has been on the losing end of some fairly serious smackdowns during the past two years. Petersen was healthy against Oregon in their bowl game and looked like his old self. He has straight line speed that is comparable with most any player in college, but he showed more agility than I remember. Still has the power, but the agility could make him far more productive.
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