oregonpackfan
04-20-2006, 07:01 PM
Now that Terrance Murphy is gone from the Packers and Walker all but gone, the Packers need to seriously think of using a mid-round choice on WR Mike Hass of Oregon State.
Many draft charts have him as low as the 14th best receiver considered for the NFL, but he will surprise many people in the pros. Here is a guy who won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the best receiver in college ball.
Here is also a guy who broke all of Chad Johnson's receiving records at Oregon State and broke several Pac 10 receiving records.
Many NFL scouts dismiss him because he is only 6'1" tall and 208 pounds. His fastest time in the 40 is 4.55 seconds. He is explosive, however, in getting off the snap and getting open. In the NFL combine 20 yard shuffle, he had the fifth quickest time of any player.
Hass runs accurate routes and has excellent hands. Most scouts label him as a "Possession" type of receiver. It is true that he will not extend the field as well as the sprinter type of receiver. Hass, however, can fill a need for the short to medium range type of pass. Here is what one scouting report says about him:
Catches almost anything and is solid route runner. Deceptivly fast and is one of the top receivers in the nation.
Riley says:
"Mike has come to the point in this program where he carries a major load offensively and is counted on to be a leader.
The best way to describe him on the field is that he is a guy who will go catch the ball for you, and that is the reason quarterbacks look for him so often."
OSU: Hass left Oregon State as the school’s all-time leading receiver with 3,924 yards, third all-time in the Pac-10 Conference...as a senior he was selected to the Walter Camp Foundation All-America team, won the Biletnikoff Award (nation’s top receiver) and was a first team ESPN.com and Associated Press All-American...two-time first team All-Pac-10...also earned Associated Press Third Team All-American as a junior...his 1,532 yards receiving as a senior marked a new conference record...ended his career with a school record 220 receptions and shares the school record for career touchdowns receiving with 20...he broke the school record with 86 receptions in 2004 and followed that up with a record breaking 90 in 2005...co-team captain as a senior...started 35 games for his career, including 34 straight...had 19 100 yards plus receiving games for his career...the first receiver in Pac-10 history with three 1,000-plus yards seasons...owns the OSU record with 14 receptions in a 2004 game at Arizona State and has the Reser Stadium (OSU’s home) record of 11 receptions in games vs. Boise State, Arizona and Arizona State – all in 2005...played in 2002, mainly on special teams...finished his career with three games of 200-plus yards receiving – 208 at USC (2003), 225 vs. Stanford (2003), and 293 at Boise State (2004)...originally a walkon who was awarded a scholarship in 2003.
Coming out of high school, no Division 1 team offered him a scholarship. He had to literally beg then Oregon State coach Dennis Erickson for a walk-on position.
Hass faces the same skepticism from NFL scouts and coaches that he did from college coaches because he is not a physical speciman with his size. The bottom line is that the guy just makes plays. He is worth a 4th round selection, IMHO.
Oregonpackfan
Many draft charts have him as low as the 14th best receiver considered for the NFL, but he will surprise many people in the pros. Here is a guy who won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the best receiver in college ball.
Here is also a guy who broke all of Chad Johnson's receiving records at Oregon State and broke several Pac 10 receiving records.
Many NFL scouts dismiss him because he is only 6'1" tall and 208 pounds. His fastest time in the 40 is 4.55 seconds. He is explosive, however, in getting off the snap and getting open. In the NFL combine 20 yard shuffle, he had the fifth quickest time of any player.
Hass runs accurate routes and has excellent hands. Most scouts label him as a "Possession" type of receiver. It is true that he will not extend the field as well as the sprinter type of receiver. Hass, however, can fill a need for the short to medium range type of pass. Here is what one scouting report says about him:
Catches almost anything and is solid route runner. Deceptivly fast and is one of the top receivers in the nation.
Riley says:
"Mike has come to the point in this program where he carries a major load offensively and is counted on to be a leader.
The best way to describe him on the field is that he is a guy who will go catch the ball for you, and that is the reason quarterbacks look for him so often."
OSU: Hass left Oregon State as the school’s all-time leading receiver with 3,924 yards, third all-time in the Pac-10 Conference...as a senior he was selected to the Walter Camp Foundation All-America team, won the Biletnikoff Award (nation’s top receiver) and was a first team ESPN.com and Associated Press All-American...two-time first team All-Pac-10...also earned Associated Press Third Team All-American as a junior...his 1,532 yards receiving as a senior marked a new conference record...ended his career with a school record 220 receptions and shares the school record for career touchdowns receiving with 20...he broke the school record with 86 receptions in 2004 and followed that up with a record breaking 90 in 2005...co-team captain as a senior...started 35 games for his career, including 34 straight...had 19 100 yards plus receiving games for his career...the first receiver in Pac-10 history with three 1,000-plus yards seasons...owns the OSU record with 14 receptions in a 2004 game at Arizona State and has the Reser Stadium (OSU’s home) record of 11 receptions in games vs. Boise State, Arizona and Arizona State – all in 2005...played in 2002, mainly on special teams...finished his career with three games of 200-plus yards receiving – 208 at USC (2003), 225 vs. Stanford (2003), and 293 at Boise State (2004)...originally a walkon who was awarded a scholarship in 2003.
Coming out of high school, no Division 1 team offered him a scholarship. He had to literally beg then Oregon State coach Dennis Erickson for a walk-on position.
Hass faces the same skepticism from NFL scouts and coaches that he did from college coaches because he is not a physical speciman with his size. The bottom line is that the guy just makes plays. He is worth a 4th round selection, IMHO.
Oregonpackfan