Michigan’s pro day took place today. Pro day times, measurements, etc. will be sparse with limited media coverage and information coming out of tweets and such. However, I’ll try to post some updates as they trickle in:
DE Brennen Beyer: 4.9 forty, 4.12 shuttle, 20 bench reps @ 225 lbs., 33.5″ vertical, 9’2″ broad jump
DE Frank Clark: 4.6 forty
WR/TE Devin Funchess: 4.48 forty, 4.57 shuttle
QB/WR Devin Gardner: 4.62 forty, 35.5″ vertical, 15 bench reps @ 225 lbs., 9’9″ broad jump
CB Delonte Hollowell: 4.34 forty, 37″ vertical, 20 bench reps @ 225 lbs., 10’1″ broad jump
LB Jake Ryan: 6’2″, 240 lbs., 4.65 forty
CB Raymon Taylor: 4.42 forty, 15 bench reps @ 225 lbs., 4.06 shuttle, 33.5″ vertical, 9’8″ broad jump
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4.3 forty?
I can't think of one play in Ramon Taylor's entire career when I thought to myself, whoo ….. speed.
WTH?
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Seemingly someone confused Delonte Hollowell with Ramon Taylor.
I also can't come up with a Delonte Hollowell play where I thought I was seeing real speed happening. Still, I'm betting that a 4.34 electronic forty gets Hollowell more than a couple hard looks. Good for him.
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Yeah…it was tweeted out originally that Taylor claimed a 4.3 forty, but I guess that was a mistake.
Hollowell isn't going to get any looks, I don't think. It will just be a nice story for him to tell someday that he ran a 4.34 in front of some NFL scouts.
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Article on MGOBLOG while back talking about Pro combine forty times said that very few people ever really run under a 4.5 forty when electronically timed. How do these times compared to actual combine times?
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These times are always fast. The generally rule of thumb is that you can probably add .15 or .2 to any of these times. In that case, Hollowell's 4.54 still wouldn't be bad, but he's by no means a blazing runner and never has been.
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Delonte Hollowell's numbers are pretty impressive for a guy who rarely played – or a guy who did play. Same number of 225 reps as Beyer and a 4.34 40?
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Yes — he is the obvious choice for this year's UMich "workout warrior." Very impressive numbers … at the same time, he's a good demonstration of why it pays to watch the field performance more closely.
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I think 20 reps is great for Hollowell, but I also think it's pretty poor for Beyer. Longer arms notwithstanding, I think an FBS defensive end should do better than that. That being said, Beyer never really had the build to be a hulking defensive end and was more of an OLB/TE tweener, so I wouldn't expect him to put up huge numbers.
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Wonder if Beyer has been focusing more on agility stuff to package himself as a stand-up OLB to NFL scouts. He is not going to play DE in the NFL – he could barely bulk up to 260 lbs at UM. A little surprised about the 20 reps too, but he has always shown decent functional strength on the field.
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http://m.okstate.com/m/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/031215aaa.html
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