A team that has Tyreek Hill doesn't need Fred Kerley.
The main reason these T&F athletes dont go to the NFL is because of the violent collisions, plain and simple. The average career span in the NFL is less than 5 years...brutal
A team that has Tyreek Hill doesn't need Fred Kerley.
The main reason these T&F athletes dont go to the NFL is because of the violent collisions, plain and simple. The average career span in the NFL is less than 5 years...brutal
Huh??? You have any idea how many track athletes havr played NFL football. hell at least 20 Olympians. TONS of track guys have played pro football.
Professional football career[edit] Demps skipped the 2012 NFL Combine and Draft in favor of preparing for the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, he attracted interest from NFL teams after the Olympics, and agreed to terms on a three-year deal with the New England Patriots on August 17, 2012.[14] On August 31, 2012, he was placed on injured reserve and thus missed the entire 2012 season.[15] Tampa Bay Buccaneers[edit] On April 27, 2013, the Patriots traded Demps to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers along with a seventh-round selection (229th overall) in the 2013 NFL Draft for running back LeGarrette Blount.[16] Demps was released by the Buccaneers on August 30, 2014 as part of the final roster cuts. On August 31, 2014, Jeff Demps was signed to the Buccaneers practice squad. Indianapolis Colts[edit] Demps signed with the Indianapolis Colts on October 21, 2014.[17] He was released on October 29, 2014,[18] and re-signed on November 25.[19] Demps was waived on May 4, 2015.
Have you forgotten someone Deno? The man who changed the game forever?
I do assume everyone who talks football knows the Bullet Bob story my friend.
But as you know he wasn't the first fast NFLer, there was NCAA/AAU 100 champ Buddy Young. the 1950 NCAA 100 champ Bob Boyd, 1952 Olympic 400 bronze Ollie Matson,
And while Hayes was in the NFL there was fellow players Homer Jones and Henry Carr who both beat him in the 200m while in college.
Dickey had one or two good years, and the rest mediocre. Whatever your excuse for him is, the stats dont lie.
You got it, you can't have 6 seasons averaging 4.0 or less yards a carry like Dickey had. BUT....to have a 1000 yard NFL season does deserve some props.
Curtis Dickey is #218 on the NFL all time rushing yard list, ahead of backs like Edgar Bennett and Leroy Hoard, so yes he was all that, an above average NFL running back who also happened to be a world class sprinter. It appears he was MUCH more successful than you could dream of being…
Dickey had one or two good years, and the rest mediocre. Whatever your excuse for him is, the stats dont lie.
You got it, you can't have 6 seasons averaging 4.0 or less yards a carry like Dickey had. BUT....to have a 1000 yard NFL season does deserve some props.
You are both wrong. Dickey averaged 4.3 a carry for his career, over 4000 yards. He was all that.
So you say, but the football powerhouses where Grant Holloway was recruited--Clemson, Georgia, Michigan--produce many pros every year. Why not a guy with perfect football size and speed at the wide receiver? Devon Allen is not as fast on the flat and wasn't as big a recruit.
As for Curtis Dickey, he had a pretty good, though short, career (age 24 to 30), 4.3 yards per carry, 11.8 yards per reception, and in his best year, 1122 yards on 4.4 yards per carry and a spectacular 20.1 yards per catch. Maybe his speed would have been better utilized in an era where they threw to running backs much more. His yards per reception overall are better than most running backs.
