WVSports - Former West Virginia RB Brown anxious for draft
Former West Virginia running back Leddie Brown doesn’t have a lot of plans for draft night.
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WVSports - Former West Virginia RB Brown anxious for draft
Former West Virginia running back Leddie Brown doesn’t have a lot of plans for draft night.westvirginia.rivals.com
WVSports - Former West Virginia RB Brown anxious for draft
Former West Virginia running back Leddie Brown doesn’t have a lot of plans for draft night.westvirginia.rivals.com
If what you're getting at with that is he was being overly optimistic by assuming someone would draft him, I agree. But the nature of things is such lots these guys are delusional about their prospects. About 250 guys get drafted but probably a thousand think they'll get drafted.Who picked him again?
If what you're getting at with that is he was being overly optimistic by assuming someone would draft him, I agree. But the nature of things is such lots these guys are delusional about their prospects. About 250 guys get drafted but probably a thousand think they'll get drafted.
I remember back in the 1980s there was a backup RB at WVU named Bryant McCallister. He played mostly on special teams. (I just looked up his stats and he had two rushes and one reception in his WVU career, although the one reception was a 1 yard TD.)
He also had a radio show on U-92 and after football season was over his senior year he was talking once on the show about what he was going to do in the future since his time at WVU was coming to and end. He said he was going to give the NFL a shot and if didn't work out then he'd do...whatever, I can't remember the specifics but it probably had to do with the degree he was about to get.
He was a career backup at WVU and he thought he had a chance at making the NFL. And as I recall, he was a well spoken guy that didn't talk crazy. Point being, even the sane guys are delusional when it comes to their chances of making the NFL.
I just read that Leddie Brown signed a free agent contract with the Chargers. Good luck to him.
In the NFL speed matters. Leddie just doesn't have it.
Homerun speed is just a bonus for NFL teams. If you can make plays you're in.
(Average 40 time: 4.81; Minimum time to qualify for this team: 4.86)
Tom Brady, Patriots
Philip Rivers, Chargers
(Average: 4.53; Minimum: 4.58)
Le’Veon Bell, Jets
Devonta Freeman, Falcons
Mark Ingram, Ravens
A roster of NFL players with slower-than-average 40 times
Speed is important in the NFL, certainly, but it’s not everything. Every one of these players ran slower-than-average 40 times at their respective NFL combines. But collectively—and led by Tom Brady—they would make a competitive NFL roster.www.google.com
Miracle he had over a thousand yards a year with such poor blocking from OL. But yes he is a straight ahead runner. But also much better receiver.I agree that the 40 is over rated, but watching Leddie play on tape, he just doesn't seem to have that burst or pop through the hole. Plenty of times a hole was there that Slaton or even Smallwood would have gotten to the second level on, but Leddie got tripped up by a DL shedding a block or a linebacker coming over. Then there were times Leddie did get to the second level where others backs would've gotten 20 plus yards and Leddie was closed on for a tackle after 10.
Miracle he had over a thousand yards a year with such poor blocking from OL. But yes he is a straight ahead runner. But also much better receiver.
Might as well save his signing money as he has no hope.He has hands, but I think the same way NFL competition's size/strength will make it harder for Leddie to power run like he did in college, his lack of quickness is likely have the same negative aspect on his utility as a receiver out of the backfield. Plenty of good players that were late draft picks or completely undrafted, but they had to prove it on the NFL level because they didn't have an impressive pre-draft resume and Leddie definitely fits that. I really hope he does have a long and successful career even if not as a star. Afterall, late draft pick Keith Tandy was not viewed as a great secondary player pre-draft, but started 8+ seasons with the team that drafted him and outlasted and/or outpreformed multiple higher CB and safety draft selections ... Including Pacman.