Breakdown of LEO prospects

Per Fieldgulls.com (underlined measureables are non-reported, but assumed based on the percentile of the player's reported measurables . . . take them with a grain of salt) :

http://www.fieldgulls.com/nfl-draft/201 ... part-6-leo

I'd be pretty intrested if Anthony Barr fell to #32. He's a pretty nice prospect who was considered a top 10 at one point and has been mocked mid to late 1st. Could learn from Avril this year and take over next season full time or is needed due to injury. I think we need a legit prospect at Leo because we can't count on Mayowa and to get Avril on the cheap again is not likely. Unless they are goin to move Irvin back to DE I think we need one with one of our first three picks.

Brandon Denmark is an absolute freak. Top 5 athlete in the draft and going on our Ty Powell pick I can see us using a 6th/7th to get him, but wow is the guy unpolished. I'd be stunned if he was ready to contribute to an nfl team immediately, he's a PS guy.

I'm going to question his smarts too, he transferred so he could stay a linebacker, I guess people were too scared to tell him he sucks in coverage...

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Anthony Barr at #32 would be cool, I also like Marcus Smith at #64. They could make sense if we're picking BPA rather than needs.

Hawaii's Tavita Woodard could be a real good undrafted free agent. He has the perfect frame for the LEO position at 6'3, 250 and looks lightning quick in his first few steps. I wish they had a 10-yard split time for him.

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Some teams are looking at Rutger's Marcus Thompson as a fullback. He's a physical player with a strong build. Not surprised to see him so high up on the SPARQ ratings.

The two guys I am surprised to see are ASU's Carl Bradford and ND's Prince Shembo.

We may want to pick up Joe Windsor as an undrafted free agent. 5'10, 240 with a 1.57 ten-yard split is insane. He could be the perfect replacement for Michael Robinson.

Larry Webster looks like the perfect LEO. Long athlete with impressive explosiveness off the LOS. Had not heard of him before the combine. Apparently, his dad was the DE Larry Webster who won a Super Bowl with the Ravens in 2000.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine/0 ... ry-Webster

It would be cool if we could combine SPARQ with another rating that measures a persons ability to bend with power. Clemons did not score off the SPARQ charts, but man could he bend with power. Combine that with his strong hands and you had a LEO that could also set the edge.

Clemons will be hard if not impossible to replace.

Trent Murphy, DE, Stanford, 6-5, 252, 33-7/8"ARMS, 11-1/8" HANDS, 4.86/40, (pro day = 4.72-4.75) 1.63-10yd, 19-reps, 35-1/2" VERTICAL, 118" broad jump, 6.78 3-cone, 4.20-20yd shuttle. Currently #71 overall at cbssports.com. A second round gem IMO.
2011: 40-TKLS, 10-TFL, 6.5-sacks, 1-PD.
2012: 56-TKLS, 18-TFL, 10-sacks, 1-Int (40-yd TD), 5-PD, 1-FF
2013: 62-TKLS, 23.5 TFL, 15-sacks, 1-int (30-yd TD), 6-PBU, 7-PD, 7-QBH, 2-FF & 1-blkd kick. (notice the annual improvements?)

PAC-12 Conference 2013 season leader in sacks with 15, #1 overall in NCAA for 2013 with 15 sacks.
PAC-12 Conference 2013 season leader in in tackles for loss with 24, #2 overall in NCAA for 2013 with 24,0-TFL. (M. Smith had 24.5)
PAC-12 Conference CAREER leader in tackles for loss with 52, #15 overall in NCAA for his career (since 2005.)
PAC-12 Conference CAREER leader in sacks with 32, #5 overall in NCAA in career sacks with 32 (since 2005.) Von Miller was #4 with 33.
per: http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/lea ... areer.html

2014 Combine: Trent Murphy, A perfect LEO, disregard the 40 time, he's extremely quick, sheds blocks and takes shorter routes to the QB and he's tough as nails.
#7 of 215 in 3-cone drill, 6.78, This is supposed to be an important drill for the Seahawks.
#38 of 260 in vertical jump, (35.5")
#93 of 213 in bench press, (19)
#177 of 268 in 40-yard dash. (not considering his pro day time of 4.72-4.75)
Additionally, Trent Murphy was #30 overall (of 268 participants at the 2014 combine) in the results of all of the above 4 tests combined.

PER: http://www.footballperspective.com/pitt ... mbine-mvp/ This site uses math formulas to adjust combine test results relative to weight and such. I've just found this website and the results seem to me to be accurate. Lots of info. available on this site and you can search by player name. Check it out!

Jackson Jeffcoat was recruited by Pete . . . just connecting some dots between high SPARQ, past ties and good production. Could see us going that direction.