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Anquan Boldin, WR, 2003
Boldin has always been seen as a receiver who relies on his physicality but running a 4.77 40 was still concerning. To put that into perspective, Peyton Manning ran a 4.8 at the 1998 combine.
Boldin didn’t show much explosion either when he posted a 33.5-vertical. With questionable athleticism, Boldin dropped to the second round.
Then he caught 101 passes for 1,377 yards and eight touchdowns during his rookie year.
Terrell Suggs, OLB, 2003
Suggs was coming off an NCAA-record 24-sack season at Arizona State and was considered a lock to be a top-5 pick.
Then he struggled at the combine, running a 4.84 40 and putting up just 19 bench press reps.
Suggs dropped to Baltimore at 10th overall and has gone on to six Pro Bowl appearances and an AP Defensive Player of the Year award in 2011.
BAD Player...I remember this guy, this draft, and there were warning signals...
Vernon Gholston, OLB, 2008
Gholston was a productive pass rusher during his final season at Ohio State but was still seen as a raw prospect heading into the combine.
When he ran a 4.6 40 with a 35-inch vertical leap, teams weren’t so concerned about his lack of experience.
Well, they should have been. The Jets took Gholston with the sixth overall pick, and he failed to register a single sack before crashing out of the league after three seasons.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/02/nfl-co ... dy-40-time
There was also Quinton Coples from North Carolina. I thought he would be okay, and could be good. But there were warning signals there too. He had a lot of sacks his sophomore season, then there were rumors that he "shut it down to preserve his body and avoid injury predraft" his Junior season and his sacks fell off.
Rex Ryan took him in the 1st...BUST
Boldin has always been seen as a receiver who relies on his physicality but running a 4.77 40 was still concerning. To put that into perspective, Peyton Manning ran a 4.8 at the 1998 combine.
Boldin didn’t show much explosion either when he posted a 33.5-vertical. With questionable athleticism, Boldin dropped to the second round.
Then he caught 101 passes for 1,377 yards and eight touchdowns during his rookie year.
Terrell Suggs, OLB, 2003
Suggs was coming off an NCAA-record 24-sack season at Arizona State and was considered a lock to be a top-5 pick.
Then he struggled at the combine, running a 4.84 40 and putting up just 19 bench press reps.
Suggs dropped to Baltimore at 10th overall and has gone on to six Pro Bowl appearances and an AP Defensive Player of the Year award in 2011.
BAD Player...I remember this guy, this draft, and there were warning signals...
Vernon Gholston, OLB, 2008
Gholston was a productive pass rusher during his final season at Ohio State but was still seen as a raw prospect heading into the combine.
When he ran a 4.6 40 with a 35-inch vertical leap, teams weren’t so concerned about his lack of experience.
Well, they should have been. The Jets took Gholston with the sixth overall pick, and he failed to register a single sack before crashing out of the league after three seasons.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/02/nfl-co ... dy-40-time
There was also Quinton Coples from North Carolina. I thought he would be okay, and could be good. But there were warning signals there too. He had a lot of sacks his sophomore season, then there were rumors that he "shut it down to preserve his body and avoid injury predraft" his Junior season and his sacks fell off.
Rex Ryan took him in the 1st...BUST