Scouting Report: Henry Anderson, DE

Back with yet another report. Anderson has been a name I have seen mentioned in several threads here, so hopefully this one sparks some interest.

http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2015/03/scouting-report-henry-anderson-de.html#more-33401

Stanford players have a tendency to flatter to deceive with their athleticism. Both Gaffney and Murphy tested very well and whilst they were both productive, I never really saw much evidence of that athleticism on tape in either case.

manxman2601 said:

Stanford players have a tendency to flatter to deceive with their athleticism.

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I don't understand where this statement comes from. Patchick mentioned something similar regarding Anderson's combine performance. I think quite the opposite is true.

Stanford has a very distinctive strength and conditioning program which includes a lot of work on flexibility and injury prevention, but which very much de-emphasizes performance with the kind of metrics that are favored at the Combine. This program has been written up many times and has gotten a fair amount of attention from NFL teams, but in general Stanford players tend to perform poorly at the 40, BP and other measurements. The 3C is a bit of an exception, since they tend to be more flexible than fast.

Stanford players don't do weight lifting their first year, and there is as much an emphasis on yoga and flexibility training as on strength training. Strength and conditioning coach Shannon Turley used to send letters to NFL teams explaining his approach and asking them to discount performance in the standard drills. There are a ton of guys like Shane Skov (5.09 40) or Chase Thomas (4.87 40) who were considered day 2 picks who became UDFAs because of poor Combine/pro day performances, or David Yankey (5.46 40), who's combine performance helped drop him to a day 3 pick. Trent Murphy had a disappointing 4.85 40, and though he had the best 3-cone of all DE/OLBs (6.78) his combine performance was otherwise pretty unremarkable.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...inside-the-stanford-football-strength-program
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/s...n-redefines-strength.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.ruleoftree.com/2014/9/11...ioning-under-shannon-turley-benefits-on-field

mayoclinic said:

Stanford has a very distinctive strength and conditioning program which includes a lot of work on flexibility and injury prevention, but which very much de-emphasizes performance with the kind of metrics that are favored at the Combine. This program has been written up many times and has gotten a fair amount of attention from NFL teams, but in general Stanford players tend to perform poorly at the 40, BP and other measurements. The 3C is a bit of an exception, since they tend to be more flexible than fast.

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Stanford's program may hurt 40 times and BP reps, but those typically aren't the numbers I'm most interested in. The quickness and explosion numbers, meanwhile, seem to track better than what they show on the field.

I do remember seeing something about players sticking to their normal workout routine rather than training for the combine. I think it probably depends on the individual too, as far as we know, Anderson trained like crazy for the combine.

mayoclinic said:

I don't understand where this statement comes from. Patchick mentioned something similar regarding Anderson's combine performance. I think quite the opposite is true.

Stanford has a very distinctive strength and conditioning program which includes a lot of work on flexibility and injury prevention, but which very much de-emphasizes performance with the kind of metrics that are favored at the Combine. This program has been written up many times and has gotten a fair amount of attention from NFL teams, but in general Stanford players tend to perform poorly at the 40, BP and other measurements. The 3C is a bit of an exception, since they tend to be more flexible than fast.

Stanford players don't do weight lifting their first year, and there is as much an emphasis on yoga and flexibility training as on strength training. Strength and conditioning coach Shannon Turley used to send letters to NFL teams explaining his approach and asking them to discount performance in the standard drills. There are a ton of guys like Shane Skov (5.09 40) or Chase Thomas (4.87 40) who were considered day 2 picks who became UDFAs because of poor Combine/pro day performances, or David Yankey (5.46 40), who's combine performance helped drop him to a day 3 pick. Trent Murphy had a disappointing 4.85 40, and though he had the best 3-cone of all DE/OLBs (6.78) his combine performance was otherwise pretty unremarkable.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...inside-the-stanford-football-strength-program
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/s...n-redefines-strength.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.ruleoftree.com/2014/9/11...ioning-under-shannon-turley-benefits-on-field

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Henry Anderson , Ternt Murphy's 3cone, Ben Gardner and Tyler Gaffney who was a 3 yard and a cloud of dust runner in that system but who was a combine God.

I think they all recorded combine performances that didn't really show up in their play. Now having re-watched some Gaffney, you can see signs of it but even so, he's not exactly the most athletic RB I've ever seen on tape.

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Was pretty impressed with what I saw from him. He is projected to go in rounds 3-4 and think he would be a really good third round pick. I can really seeing playing in various spots on the line in multiple formations, that's if he pans out!!
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