Link: Spanish Fort combine

Crimson Surfer · June 28th, 2009, 11:30 AM

Nick Perry, Sam Gibson, C.J. Mosley turn in blazing 40 times at Spanish Fort combine

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	Prattville receiver Corey Shelton won MVP honors after turning in a blazing 4.28, but was far from the only player to record a personal best on Saturday. Prattville quarterback Sam Gibson, an LSU commitment, clocked a 4.41; Prattville safety Nick Perry, an Alabama pledge, ran a 4.47; uncommitted Theodore linebacker C.J. Mosley turned in a 4.47; 6-foot-3 Vigor receiver Marvin Shinn, an Alabama commitment for the class of 2011, ran 4.49; and uncommitted Theodore defensive end Markeith Gaines ran 4.45 "That's the fastest I've run so far," said the 6-2, 212-pound Mosley, who has narrowed his recruiting choices to Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Stanford. "My last fastest was a 4.58."

CapstoneGrad06 · June 28th, 2009, 12:31 PM

I just like Nick Perry more and more. I was surprised about Sam Gibson gettng an offer from LSU, but his camp and combine performances certainly seem to show he's one heck of a prospect. As for CJ Mosley, I just hope we can lock this guy up. He's going to be a great LB. If he can keep that speed, and grow into his frame, he'll be one heck of a LB. I can really see him being vital part of out LB corps the next few years.

VolFan1 · June 28th, 2009, 12:53 PM

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	Prattville quarterback Sam Gibson, an LSU commitment, clocked a 4.41

He can motor for a QB.

buzzincuzzin · June 28th, 2009, 01:05 PM

Apparently a "fast track".

CrimsonSEC · June 28th, 2009, 01:25 PM

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	Apparently a "fast track".

LOL, I was thinking the same thing. They might wanting to check the calibration of that stop watch.

BamaInBham · June 28th, 2009, 03:09 PM

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	He can motor for a QB.

He won't play QB in college.

Hal Bennett · June 28th, 2009, 11:29 PM

I started to be facetious and ask, since Spanish Fort is actually on a hill overlooking Mobile Bay, were they running downhill?

Could the breeze from the water, and the beauty of the place, on a good-weather day, infuse energy into the runners? I suppose an expert on track would know if that were possible.

Otherwise, I question the stopwatch. I keep wondering when they are going to develop something like a laser beam-timer for all such events.

A Texas A&M fan, whose two sons both played WR in Houston, TX high schools, told me that he doubts that ANYONE really runs a 4.4. I don't agree with that at all, but I do wonder if forty times aren't skewed on occasion, just like heights and weights are. Recruits who are, say, 6' 3" and 240, have a way of becoming 6' 1" and 218, once they sign on the dotted line.