Smallwood is falling

[UConnDan97]

Some of the names in Round 7 are incredible to me! Michael Sam, Storm Johnson, Jeremy Gallon, Shamar Stephen (I'm impartial), and Seantrel Henderson (drug issues included). Wow. We've got to find a way to get the NCAA to give us back Smallwood...

 

[Durks07]

To the Falcons

 

[sportsart]

Falcons for Yawin

 

[Oxford Bob]

Smallwood now an Atlanta Falcon

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

And Smallwood lands in Atlanta.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Smallwood is incredibly lucky and should be calling Paul Pasqualoni to thank him right now. Without PP's NFL connections, Smallwood doesn't get drafted.

It's unfortunate where most of these guys get there info from these days. Smallwood should have stayed in school.

 

[Kurt]

Smallwood is incredibly lucky and should be calling Paul Pasqualoni to thank him right now. Without PP's NFL connections, Smallwood doesn't get drafted.

It's unfortunate where most of these guys get there info from these days. Smallwood should have stayed in school.

You can't be serious........

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Smallwood is incredibly lucky and should be calling Paul Pasqualoni to thank him right now. Without PP's NFL connections, Smallwood doesn't get drafted.

It's unfortunate where most of these guys get there info from these days. Smallwood should have stayed in school.

Only on the BY does the possibility exist that NFL people with their jobs on the line will pick up the phone from P and do him a solid by taking one of his former players that he didn't even recruit.

But hey I guess anything is possible.

 

[cheech63]

Thought he had. Better soph year. Thought he should've stayed., but it's his life. Hope he gets picked.

Know doubt about it.Nothing worked out like he thought it would.Should have stayed a year.

 

[cryjeremiah]

Smallwood is incredibly lucky and should be calling Paul Pasqualoni to thank him right now. Without PP's NFL connections, Smallwood doesn't get drafted.

It's unfortunate where most of these guys get there info from these days. Smallwood should have stayed in school.

WTF.

 

[sportsart]

Spackler just made Nelson sound sane.

 

[huskysupporter]

We went through this when Todman declared. What questions would Smallwood have answered by coming back? 3 years of game tape was not sufficient for scouts?

I suspect his failure to run the 40 doomed him.

 

[Dooley]

Judging by the differences in strength and conditioning programs from PP to BD, another year might have improved his Pro Day numbers. Not to mention, a year under a coaching staff that can actually coach might have done him some good.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Everybody thought I was nuts when I said Todman would be lucky to be a 3rd day pick too. Without PP's NFL connections, Smallwood doesnt' get drafted. Period.

That means nothing about his ability to make an NFL game day roster. It's the business of the NFL. Smallwood's stock was crap.

The worst thing about the internet and college football, is the info out there about NFL prospects. Early entry in the NFL draft is a problem that's going to escalate and get worse before it gets better.

 

[huskysupporter]

But what weaknesses would he have improved upon?

For selfish reasons I wish he stayed. But the risk of injury is too high and he has nothing left to prove.

 

[huskysupporter]

Everybody thought I was nuts when I said Todman would be lucky to be a 3rd day pick too. Without PP's NFL connections, Smallwood doesnt' get drafted. Period.

That means nothing about his ability to make an NFL game day roster. It's the business of the NFL. Smallwood's stock was crap.

The worst thing about the internet and college football, is the info out there about NFL prospects. Early entry in the NFL draft is a problem that's going to escalate and get worse before it gets better.

Wow.

 

[FDNY99]

Yawin's pathetic showing at the combine in the bench press is a direct indictment of how Jerry Martin had slipped as a strength coach. It woul have been interesting to see what Yawin's numbers would have been on the field and at the combine after working with Matt Balis.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

The worst thing about the internet.

Really? I would've sworn it was 2girls1cup

 

[Palatine]

Yawin's pathetic showing at the combine in the bench press is a direct indictment of how Jerry Martin had slipped as a strength coach. It woul have been interesting to see what Yawin's numbers would have been on the field and at the combine after working with Matt Balis.

Martin's role was reduced by PP.

Besides, every athlete knows what the NFL measures. They should start doing reps at 225 as freshman.

 

[uconndogs]

I think Yawin is probably the best all around LB to play at UCONN. But, his performance at the combine was someone who was either banged up, not fully prepared or a combination of the two. The 40 may very well have been the hammy, but then he put up only 18 reps on the bench.

The more I hear and read about this program under P the more and more convinced I am that he was completely inept and top of the list may have been neglect of S&C.

 

[J187Money]

Yawin's pathetic showing at the combine in the bench press is a direct indictment of how Jerry Martin had slipped as a strength coach. It woul have been interesting to see what Yawin's numbers would have been on the field and at the combine after working with Matt Balis.

All I know is Sio went to Florida the minute school was out and did nothing but work out all day every day to get himself ready for the combine. It showed. He did nothing else. It was the only thing that he cared about. Not everyone puts that much time in. I have no idea how hard Smallwood worked, but he either didn't put in the time or if he did he was doing it wrong to end up with those numbers. Great player, hope he hangs on.

 

[uconNYC]

Nice to get two more players drafted than University of Texas.

 

[UConnDan97]

Nice to get two more players drafted than University of Texas.

That's an amazing stat, but absolutely true.

Hey kids, if you want to go to the NFL, go to UConn...

 

[uconnbill]

Smallwood is incredibly lucky and should be calling Paul Pasqualoni to thank him right now. Without PP's NFL connections, Smallwood doesn't get drafted.

It's unfortunate where most of these guys get there info from these days. Smallwood should have stayed in school.

If anything FHCPP hurt Yarwin with the change in defense where he attacked less when Brown was the defensive coach. Yes his lousy 40 hurt but the change in schemes hurt him even more.

 

[sportsart]

Nice to get two more players drafted than University of Texas.

It's mind boggling, what Huskymedic posted in another thread, that Texas' 2010 class was ranked 3rd in recruiting and they had 0 drafted this year.

How is that even possible?

Edit: They had 18 four or five star players in that class.