Alabama Pro Day Results

jps1983 · Mar 13, 2013

DJ's weight going down should also help solidify his Round 1 draft status since he's showing a good work ethic taking the weight off.

I think we're looking at 3 consecutive years of 4 first round picks. What was USC's and Miami's total when they had their runs?

BigBama · Mar 13, 2013

sanjosecrimson said:
Barrett did 27 reps on 225 with a boot!!!!

wow!!

What does wearing a boot have to do with hindering bench press?

RTR91 · Mar 13, 2013

@marctorrence D.J. Fluker: "Everybody will say that effort beats talent...I have both."

sanjosecrimson · Mar 13, 2013

BigBama said:
What does wearing a boot have to do with hindering bench press?

it doesn't , it was reported by BOL staff as a sidenote.
and my "wow" was regarding the amount of reps BJ put up.

Alasippi · Mar 13, 2013

I wish Jesse would do the bench press. I really don't care what his agent says, with the speed he exhibited if he did like 50 reps there's no telling how much money that would make both him AND his agent who gets a percentage.
If it's because of an injury then ok, perfectly understandable. If he's not benching for any other reason it just doesn't make sense.
sip

JBama_in_PCOLA · Mar 13, 2013

RTR91 said:
Just going to post tweets from reporters there...

From Alex Scarborough:

Jesse Williams just secured his first round slot.

Nico ran a 5.0 on the first try? Did he slip and fall then ate a sandwich?!

RTR91 · Mar 13, 2013

JBama_in_PCOLA said:
Nico ran a 5.0 on the first try? Did he slip and fall then ate a sandwich?!

Remember he's recovering from a hernia surgery.

JBama_in_PCOLA · Mar 13, 2013

Forgot all about that. Just read on RollBamaRoll it was 4.7/4.8. Thanks for posting though, I forgot all about Pro day today!

bamacon · Mar 13, 2013

Alasippi said:
I wish Jesse would do the bench press. I really don't care what his agent says, with the speed he exhibited if he did like 50 reps there's no telling how much money that would make both him AND his agent who gets a percentage.
If it's because of an injury then ok, perfectly understandable. If he's not benching for any other reason it just doesn't make sense.
sip

It makes perfect sense. If you hurt yourself before getting paid and can keep you from getting paid at all. He is likely to be a guaranteed 1-2 rd pick. His agent is banking on that over breaking the reps record and risking serious injury.

As a fan, I'd love to see him try to break the record too.

Alasippi · Mar 13, 2013

bamacon said:
It makes perfect sense. If you hurt yourself before getting paid and can keep you from getting paid at all. He is likely to be a guaranteed 1-2 rd pick. His agent is banking on that over breaking the reps record and risking serious injury.

As a fan, I'd love to see him try to break the record too.

I see your point to an extent but if you have a spotter(which they do) it's very very difficult to get hurt doing a 225 pound bench press a number of times.

If it was a big risk I don't think Coach Cochran would have let him bench 600 pounds during the season.

AlexanderFan · Mar 13, 2013

sanjosecrimson said:
it doesn't , it was reported by BOL staff as a sidenote.
and my "wow" was regarding the amount of reps BJ put up.

Read any article about bench press form and plant your feet and push will be in there. Along with pinch your shoulders and arch your back. Might have been tougher with a boot. Very impressive numbers.

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RTR91 · Mar 13, 2013

If Jesse did run a 4.71 (I've seen multiple times), he would have been the #8 D-lineman at the combine. Of the 7 people in front of him, the heaviest is Margus Hunt, who weighs 277.

TexasTideFan · Mar 13, 2013

Alasippi said:
I see your point to an extent but if you have a spotter(which they do) it's very very difficult to get hurt doing a 225 pound bench press a number of times.

If it was a big risk I don't think Coach Cochran would have let him bench 600 pounds during the season.

Very difficult to get hurt. All he is going to do is go to failure which may hurt the spotter more having to deadlift 225 off his chest than he would trying to push out 1 more rep. I think the real reason he is skipping the bench is he said that he was going to try and break the combine record. Now that # is stuck in everybody's mind and that he is a freak that better at least put up 40-50 reps. Then, what if he goes in and only does 30? That's still alot of reps but you now have a credibility question with NFL Network and ESPN talking trash. Scouts will shoot holes in it like a paper target as well. So, just don't take the gamble now.

bamacon · Mar 13, 2013

They could also show a video of him doing the reps. I bet they got one

BoroBama · Mar 13, 2013

TexasTideFan said:
Very difficult to get hurt. All he is going to do is go to failure which may hurt the spotter more having to deadlift 225 off his chest than he would trying to push out 1 more rep. I think the real reason he is skipping the bench is he said that he was going to try and break the combine record. Now that # is stuck in everybody's mind and that he is a freak that better at least put up 40-50 reps. Then, what if he goes in and only does 30? That's still alot of reps but you now have a credibility question with NFL Network and ESPN talking trash. Scouts will shoot holes in it like a paper target as well. So, just don't take the gamble now.

It is not difficult to get hurt. There were two OL hurt benching at the combine. JW did 30 at the combine, if he did 50 it would not move his draft stock enough to risk injury.

BamaHoosier · Mar 13, 2013

I was hoping Michael Williams would help his draft stock today, but I don't think a 5.4 is going to win him any points. The league is so pass happy now that a blocking tight-end just isn't needed much anymore. Hopefully he will at least get picked late.

I also fear that Lacy may wind up being a 2nd round steal with all of the injuries he's had. Hopefully he is able to compete in a later pro-day, otherwise he may take a bit of a pay cut.

Alan22 · Mar 16, 2013

CHATTBRIT said:
With a number of teams converting to 3-4 defense, Jesse Williams should certainly be in the first round or the top of the 2nd at the very least.

As a Saints fan, I'd love to have Jesse. He's an animal.

AlexanderFan · Mar 16, 2013

I was hoping the Falcons would consider EL, but with the signing of Steven Jackson that might just have went down the drain.

JIB · Mar 16, 2013

Im thinking we'll get 3 first round guys and 2 2nd round guys, not sure who goes where.

Some of these numbers are interesting. Some guys are very average in terms of physical talent, but on the field they made up for it in other ways. Stockpiling guys with physical talent will only make the team stronger.

Alan22 · Mar 17, 2013

AlexanderFan said:
I was hoping the Falcons would consider EL, but with the signing of Steven Jackson that might just have went down the drain.

Dear Lord, that would be a nightmare for me; I was happy with the Jackson pick-up.

But yeah, it already hurts to see Julio in that black helmet. Roman Harper just needs to take his head off for me once.

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