Carolina_Packer
01-01-2009, 11:28 AM
I know this won't sit well with Badger fans here, but I am an Iowa Hawkeye fan. My family is from Wisconsin, but we moved to Iowa when I was a kid, and I started following the Hawks pretty much when Hayden Fry became their coach. I've always been a Packer fan, though.
Their running back, Shonn Greene, might be a bit of a one year wonder, but man he looks like a guy who could play on Sundays. Sure, he has a good offensive line at Iowa, but he plays with a nice low pad level, is 5'11 and 235 lbs. and has some shake. He rarely goes down on first contact, and when he gets to the second level, he often either bowls guys over or can elude them, and most of the time gets extra yards because of his size. I don't know if he would be a first rounder, but he should get a lot of interest. If he somehow fell to the second round, I'd love for the Packers to grab him. He would be an excellent one cut runner. Not sure about his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield, because they don't really utilize him as such.
Guys I saw play this year:
Javon Ringer, MSU
Knowshon Mareno, Georgia
Gartrell Johnson, Colorado State (was a stud in New Mexico Bowl)
Noel Devine, WVU (speed guy, could be a fantastic returner)
Here is a list of the leaders in 2008:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/sortables?stat=rush&sort=rushyds&season=3&year=2008&group=80
Not sure who all the guys coming out for the draft are. Has anyone seen any others from this list play this year and what did you think?
Their running back, Shonn Greene, might be a bit of a one year wonder, but man he looks like a guy who could play on Sundays. Sure, he has a good offensive line at Iowa, but he plays with a nice low pad level, is 5'11 and 235 lbs. and has some shake. He rarely goes down on first contact, and when he gets to the second level, he often either bowls guys over or can elude them, and most of the time gets extra yards because of his size. I don't know if he would be a first rounder, but he should get a lot of interest. If he somehow fell to the second round, I'd love for the Packers to grab him. He would be an excellent one cut runner. Not sure about his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield, because they don't really utilize him as such.
Guys I saw play this year:
Javon Ringer, MSU
Knowshon Mareno, Georgia
Gartrell Johnson, Colorado State (was a stud in New Mexico Bowl)
Noel Devine, WVU (speed guy, could be a fantastic returner)
Here is a list of the leaders in 2008:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/sortables?stat=rush&sort=rushyds&season=3&year=2008&group=80
Not sure who all the guys coming out for the draft are. Has anyone seen any others from this list play this year and what did you think?