Ted Ginn Jr pro day

[bigcoz75]

Ted Ginn ran three forties in the 4.38-4.42 range at his Pro Day Wednesday, according to Scout.com.

Ginn reportedly ran six routes during pass-catching drills and fell on five of them before the workout was called off. We've confirmed that it's been raining in Columbus, but no other explanation for the slips has been given. Ginn had been struggling with a sprained foot.

http://fantasyfootball.usatoday.com/content/player.asp?sport=NFL&id=4168

1 out of 6 routes completed! Impressive

[TennesseePackerBacker]

hmm, that definitely might drop him out of the first, Joe Arrigo was right again

[swede]

Tomorrow Ginn hopes to wake up and find that this report was on the Onion's sports page and that what really happened is that he ran a 4.3 40 and showed quickness getting in and out of his cuts as he ran routes while showing soft and sure hands and good feel for the ball.

On the bright side he might slide far enough to become a Patriot, and this might be a good year to do that.

[ND72]

Sirius Sports Radio with Bill Bellichek..."If it wasn't slippery, Ginn was impressive. He won't be around for us to take in the first round."

[Sparkey]

Sirius Sports Radio with Bill Bellichek..."If it wasn't slippery, Ginn was impressive. He won't be around for us to take in the first round."

TRANSLATION:

"We hope that someone else reaches with a first round pick and takes Ginn so a quality player falls to us."

[LL2]

I think he will drop into the second rd. I think most of the mocks will be wrong on him. I'd take him in the second but not the first.

[pacfan]

Re: Ted Ginn Jr pro day

1 out of 6 routes completed! Impressive

future Viking....

[Brando19]

I've been saying that Ginn will fall to the 2nd round.

[ND72]

Sirius Sports Radio with Bill Bellichek..."If it wasn't slippery, Ginn was impressive. He won't be around for us to take in the first round."

TRANSLATION:

"We hope that someone else reaches with a first round pick and takes Ginn so a quality player falls to us."

and Ginn isn't a qualtiy player? You're right. blazing speed, soft hands. 2 time all american. scary kick and punt returner. you're right, we wouldn't want anything like that.

[b bulldog]

No chance he falls to round two.

[Cheesehead Craig]

He'll do individual workouts for teams and have much better days. This pro day will likely be forgotten in the end. He's a first round talent.

[Fritz]

As long as he's not OUR first round talent. Note to ND: can run only simple routes, was not a factor in the U-M/OSU game, does not go over the middle.Ugh.

[HarveyWallbangers]

As a Buckeye fan, I think it's just flat wrong to say he only runs simple routes or isn't a good route runner. It is true he didn't go over the middle much, but he ran many different routes at Ohio State, and he can cut on a dime. I imagine he'll be a terrific route runner in the pros--although he'll never be a guy that can take the pounding over the middle.

He had 8 catches for 101 yards and a TD vs. Michigan (and Leon Hall), so to say he wasn't a factor in the game is also flat wrong.

[ND72]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft07/news/story?id=2833744

Although his stamina was less than ideal following months of rehabilitation for a sprained foot, Ohio State wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. was still clocked in the 4.3s in the 40-yard sprint during a Wednesday workout for NFL scouts, a performance which likely strengthened his status as a top 15 selection in this month's draft.

Ginn, who was unable to work out at the NFL combine sessions at Indianapolis in February, and, thus, was viewed as a bit of a wild card in the first round, ran the 40 three times during Wednesday's campus audition. According to scouts present at the workout, Ginn's times were between 4.37-4.45 seconds.

Had he been healthy, Ginn hoped to challenge Deion Sanders' unofficial combine record in the 40-yard sprint, 4.29 seconds, but his injury precluded that. The Buckeyes' star recently has been running consistently in the 4.3s during training sessions, and his Wednesday times should have been more than satisfactory for scouts.

Overall conditioning remains a problem, however, for Ginn, who probably needs three or four more weeks to be back to optimum shape. Ginn suffered a left mid-foot sprain when teammates piled on him to celebrate his 93-yard touchdown return of the opening kickoff in the BCS championship game against the University of Florida more than two months ago.

The workout on Wednesday consisted of Ginn running the 40 and of going through a series of receiving drills. Scouts said Ginn caught the ball well and demonstrated a fluid running style but that, with his foot still not 100 percent, he was not as explosive in and out of his cuts as they project him to be when he is fully recovered.

Most teams rate Ginn the No. 2 wide receiver prospect in the draft, behind only Georgia Tech's Calvin Johnson, and some projections have him a top 10 choice. Beyond the foot injury, the only other concerns about Ginn revolve around his thin build. At the combine, he measured 5-feet-11 ¼ and 178 pounds.

In three seasons, Ginn was one of the college game's most dynamic playmakers, both as a receiver and a return man. He posted 125 receptions for 1,943 yards and 15 touchdowns in 37 games at Ohio State. Ginn averaged 14.1 yards and scored six times on 64 punt returns. He scored two touchdowns, and averaged 26.6 yards on 38 kickoff returns, and rushed 28 times for 213 yards and three touchdowns.

His six touchdowns on combined kick returns tied an NCAA career record.

[b bulldog]

The one thing I don't really like is his size but the Pats have done well with the smaller WR's. They like the way they cut and get out of their cuts.