Late RD Sleepers?

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by Couch-Potato

Velus Jr, Austin III, Gray, and Melton were all previously 7th rounders that will climb due to sub 4.4 40s.

I think too much stock in this, honestly. Velus was a border 3rd and at least 4th coming in, not a 7th guy. Maybe some of these guys bump up on day 3 to 5th round or something, but they aren't suddenly going to crack day 2.

Everyone on the planet knew these guys were fast before the combine. It really only could have been disastrous had they not run fast. I 100% expected every one of those guys to at least flirt with mid 4.3's.

I think the problem lies in guys you expect to run that fast because of what you see on tape and then they lay an egg.

That's kind of how I see Burks. Watching him torch just about everyone's secondary at one point or another, you expected him to be faster than 4.55. He didn't look 4.3 but he looked solidly 4.4 at times. It doesn't drop him much for me, he's still a big dude that can run plenty fast enough to get by alot of corners and most safeties. Now, if a dude like that did run a low 4.4 or in the 4.3's, then that's a guy I think moves up the ladder for you.

I don't get the craziness for Austin. he's 5'7-3/4" and 170 pounds. He better ****ing run real fast and jump real high else he isn't going to amount to piss in this league. That's his only hope. He's a slightly faster version of Isaiah McKenzie. That's it. He's basically a slot-only/gadget guy in the NFL simply because of size. Yet, we have people talking bout him being a round 1 pick? I don't think so. I'd be floored. Maybe if he had the size of Bo Melton at 5'10-7/8" and 189 pounds. Now that's a guy that can be a Z at least.

The Austin I'm most intrigued by is Kevin Austin, Jr from Notre Dame. He only had one year of production at Notre Dame because of injuries, so it was hard to say what he was, but he came in at 6'2" 200 and put up a 4.37 and 4.43, but even better is a 39" vertical, 11' broad, and 6.71 3-cone. I think he's a guy I'd maybe put up on the radar on day 3 if medicals were to check out.