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If we can trade down a bit and grab him assuming he doesn't work out like a beast in the combine which is quite possible. If he runs below a 4.6 he could be a top 5-10 pick...
Trade down and grab him? He could be as gone in the top 5.
He could, but I think it's really depending on the combine at this point.
If he runs a 4.7 ish, I think he's around 10-15
If he runs a sub 4.6 he's a top 5 pick.
Also don't forget the skills drill - how does he look in coverage, how fluid are the hips?
Also, does he bench a freakish amount?
Say above 30? Which he very well could.
So if he runs well, benches a lot, and looks good in coverage I could see him as a top 5 pick.
He's not going in the top 10 if he runs a 4.7, especially with Harvey sitting right behind him.
We're talking about a young pass rusher who's 6'3" 255lbs, and supposed to have some speed. He's supposed to have run a 4.56 in the past, so anything over a 4.6 likely wouldn't improve his standing.
Also, he's got Chris Long sitting just ahead of him, and Harvey sitting just behind him. You've also got some other good OLB's/pass rushers available later in the draft, so I doubt he'll go in the top five.
6"4 260 - big enough to play outside
4.6 40' (alleged)
second is a video of him demolishing jake long (#77 6"6 310) who will be a top 5 pick in this year's draft and is the consensus top offensive tackle/lineman available, then he blows up mike hart who was a heisman candidate back to reach the QB
1. he's ripped (this does not matter at all)
2. watch the quickness off the ball
3. watch the power as he rips through jake long using an inside technique rip
4. then blows up the RB knocking him 4 yards backwards
5. makes contact with the qb less than a second after the pass
6. you can't go wrong with a name like vernon
that's disruptive. that's something that this team needs.
he's tied vrabel's record for sacks for OSU
and he has experience playing coverage...
If we can trade down a bit and grab him assuming he doesn't work out like a beast in the combine which is quite possible. If he runs below a 4.6 he could be a top 5-10 pick...
you don't think with freakish combine numbers he could be a top 5 pick?
Too bad that James Laurenaitis elected to stay at Ohio State; he would have been just what this doctor ordered.
Gholston is anywhere between 255-265 but whatever weight..he is strong. i've seen pictures, games where he lifts the lineman through the shoulders and kind of pancakes him.
I think he compares well to Ware whom i like more than Merriman
Ware ran between 4.56 and 4.61 @ 251 pounds
38.5 inch vertical, 430 bench press 10'7" broad jump
Gholston i think will run a 4.6 @255-260
450 pound bench press
hes amazing on the snap of the ball and can beat you around edge or run through you. hes a quiet kid too whos started becoming a leader, was a captain.
Great post.
That's exactly what I think we need.
That finisher's instinct
Remix can you provide links to those pics?
He's a tough guy to block," coach Jim Tressel said. "He plays every snap."
On the field, he's a terror. He plays the "Leo" position for the Buckeyes, a spot that requires an athletic and versatile player who can rush quarterbacks or drop into pass coverage.
In their first mock drafts, Pro Football Weekly and Draft Insider both have Gholston going to the Pats at #7. Mel Kiper and Scouts Inc. (both on espn.com) and NFL Draft Countdown all rate Gholston #7 overall. TFY/Scout.com (used by SI.com) has him at #16, behind Dan Connor, Keith Rivers and Quentin Groves.
Gholston's agility/COD tests at the combine, and at later workouts, will go a long way toward determining if he is a top 10-worthy OLB for the NEP. If he is, then our ILBs of the future may be Vrabel and Adalius Thomas - unless Karlos Dansby is signed from Arizona.
Too bad that James Laurenaitis elected to stay at Ohio State; he would have been just what this doctor ordered.
I have to agree with what was said earlier about the Michigan match up. It looked like Long was expecting inside help on one play, however on the other Long just got beat.
In the Michigan-Florida bowl game, Long abused Harvey, treated him like a 9th grader from the band going out for the football team. I am not a Harvey fan and I have a hard time projecting him at OLB in our defense.
After watching Gholston in the LSU game, I have more questions than answers on him.
Honestly, trading further down in the first round and taking Groves is starting to look better and better to me. As a DE he is a horrible run stuffer, but as an OLB in our defense, I could see him blowing up TE's and FB's to get to the ball carrier and even being taught coverages. And of course, he is a beast off the edge with an explosive first step.
If there is one thing we learned in the playoffs it is that a sorry pass rush in front of a soft zone defense equals swiss cheese defense.
Completely agree. I'm a Groves at 3-4 OLB fan as well, and I love his pass rushing ability. If we're going to talk about freakish ability why aren't we talking about Groves? He's 6'3" 250lbs, and he ran a legit 4.43 forty for NFL scouts. That's freakish folks. if not for the injury problems he had this year people would be mentioning him a lot more, and I think some people don't fully realize he played through the pain (dislocated three toes), and still put up good numbers.