Texas State RB Stan Zwinggi

[Gi-15]

from Draftdaddy.com as always:

We've been inspecting all the info we've gotten from our many inside sources in recent days, as we are just about set to update our small schoolers section. Anyway, while looking at the tailbacks we wondered where are the fast F.C.S. and D-II running backs?

Outside of Liberty's Rashad Jennings (who reportedly runs in the mid to high 4.4's), there doesn't seem to be any super fast players near the top of the list of small school tailbacks on the NFL's radar. But then we looked towards the bottom of the list and found a fascinating prospect: .Stan Zwinggi of Texas State.

While Zwinggi's only listed at 5' 9" and 190 pounds by scouts, NFL sources have him running 4.35 or better and he's currently ranked as a priority free agent going into his senior season. Now, it's not like Zwinggi is a nobody, because he played in the very prestigious 2004 Army All-American Game, with so many elite prep stars around the nation. Unfortunately, much like Ex-Chadron Star Danny Woodhead, he was inexplicably ignored by every Division 1-A school in America, despite a great high school career and blazing speed? Zwinggi hasn't racked up the numbers Woodhead did in college, but he's bounced around from wide receiver to tailback and battled injuries in 2007.


inexplicably? lol, DD.com should stop using subtility like this, every living souls knows what they are talking about

Edited by: Gi-15

 

[White Power]

I just read about him myself and I beleive that he received the entire shaft, but they say he ran a 4.29 40. If this is the case then he will get drafted by some team next year in the 5th or 6th round because you can't coach speed. I absolutely hope that he tears it up this year and gets the attention of all the NFL teams.

 

[SteveB]

I have had my eye on Stan for the last year or so. The problem is that he has done very little for a very bad Texas State team. He may wow some scouts at a workout, much like Brad Mueller did last year, then end up playing in Canada.

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

Stan missed five games last year due to a broken foot, but he still ran for 518 yards and 9 touchdowns.

...Zwinggi is healthy and said he "can't remember which foot he broke, it feels so good."

Texas State expects to rotate three back this year, however.

Stan Zwinggi

 

[johnnyboy]

Great article on the myth of 40 times. author mentions Zwinggi.

article

 

[Observer]

Great article on the myth of 40 times. author mentions Zwinggi.

article

Actually, that's not only a great article on the 40, but a very good article on real-world productivity potential:

that when it comes to NFL Scouts, the trend is starting to move away from the purely physical tests and instead focus on a player's intelligence and maturity. Tucker, who uses the example set by the New England Patriots front office as his prime example, calls the method of evaluating talent the "Patriot Way."

The trend in the NFL these days is to focus on a prospect's production in college and marry that with his football intelligence and passion for the sport. Call it the Patriot Way, given that New England was clearly one of the teams on the front end of devaluing the data generated by putting football players through an assortment of drills that have nothing to do with football. The next time an offensive lineman does a vertical jump during an actual game will be the first...

Combine 40 timesEdited by: Observer

 

[Observer]

Combine 40 times

Draft Daddy's being a little disingenuous with these "average" times.  I always get the feeling they're doing so in an effort to get more slower guys into the league.  The slugs who raise these "averages" of the speed positions either don't get drafted, or get drafted in the later rounds and rarely perform.  They're trying to condition people to accept slowpokes as the norm, when it's simply not the case.  No one's ever going to fall for it.

The only guy on this list who could've won even a small state high school 100m is Chris Johnson. Johnson's real fast, but I doubt if any of the rest would crack 11.0s on their first try on any given day. Yes, "slowpokes" are the norm.

Edited to add: Hey, where did that list go?Edited by: Observer

 

[Don Wassall]

Edited to add: Hey, where did that list go?

That poster is a serial troll who was banned as soon as I noticed he wasonce again displayinghis anal-retentive obsession with lists. He's one of Brutal's (the undisputed trolling kingwhen it comes toprimitive single-note lists) slightest less retarded cousins.


Your post is the only surviving evidence that his latest incarnation briefly invaded Caste Football's hallowed cybersphere. Edited by: Don Wassall