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https://bleacherreport.com/articles...lers-after-week-14-of-college-football#slide0
Spica Orbit
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...lers-after-week-14-of-college-football#slide0
Spica Orbit
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---"Maybe you haven't heard too much about Kentucky do-it-all junior superstar Lynn Bowden Jr. because he plays for a mediocre team." Great first thing to read
I agree but I would extend that draft round "limit" to third round (LOTs of WR prospects this year). And I don't think there s much question that is his position. Great all round talent but I think the pros are pretty "position specific" and his position in the pros is WR (and maybe kick return).Bowden won’t base his decision on Bleacher Report. He will talk with sharp, connected consultants who know what NFL executives are thinking. If Bowden believes he will be taken in the first two rounds of this draft, he is gone. But if he isn’t hearing that kind of a rosy projection, then he needs to come back to UK for his own good. Whether he would actually do that, nobody knows at this point. But I cannot see how NFL executives can think they have had an opportunity to evaluate him as a receiver this year. Of course, it only takes one NFL team.
If Bowden feels confident he will be drafted in the first 4 rounds, he should enter the draft. I get the impression that Stoops has advised Lynn to go early.
I don’t buy this simplistic narrative. Plenty of 4.4 football players don’t get drafted at all. Jerry Rice, a first round draft choice and one of the best NFL receivers ever, ran 4.7.His 40 time will determine which round he is drafted. If it is 4.4, he is most definitely a 1st or 2nd rounder. If it is 4.5 or higher, he could go anywhere from last of the 3rd to 5th.
If it is 4.4, he is most definitely a 1st or 2nd rounder.
Plenty of 4.4 football players don’t get drafted at all.[/`
You may have missed the point of the discussion again.And quite a few of them do. The rewards are crazy if you can make it, but some waste a life pursuing their dream. Who knows for sure unless you try. Unitas was playing sandlot ball in Pittsburg when they found him. I'm sure football coaches aren't shy about telling MOST players they aren't ever going to make it.
I would have played for nothing, I started several flag football leagues and was still playing that into my forties. Flag is a great game, by the way. I never had any aspirations to play ball to get paid, just an unattainable dream for almost everyone.
You may have missed the point of the discussion again.
I don’t buy this simplistic narrative. Plenty of 4.4 football players don’t get drafted at all. Jerry Rice, a first round draft choice and one of the best NFL receivers ever, ran 4.7.
His 40 time will determine which round he is drafted. If it is 4.4, he is most definitely a 1st or 2nd rounder. If it is 4.5 or higher, he could go anywhere from last of the 3rd to 5th.
I don’t buy this simplistic narrative. Plenty of 4.4 football players don’t get drafted at all. Jerry Rice, a first round draft choice and one of the best NFL receivers ever, ran 4.7.
In todays age of metrics, Lynn is high in every aspect of the game of football. His forty time would make the difference in how NFL teams view him. With a good 40, he is a lock for the 1st or early 2nd at the latest.
He is strong, competitive, a great team mate, a winner and willing to do whatever the coach asks. If his 40 time is low, it will make it hard for a team needing his skill set to pass on him.
Bowden won’t base his decision on Bleacher Report. He will talk with sharp, connected consultants who know what NFL executives are thinking. If Bowden believes he will be taken in the first two rounds of this draft, he is gone. But if he isn’t hearing that kind of a rosy projection, then he needs to come back to UK for his own good. Whether he would actually do that, nobody knows at this point. But I cannot see how NFL executives can think they have had an opportunity to evaluate him as a receiver this year. Of course, it only takes one NFL team.