i was curious when i hadn't seen any mention of the best cover guy i personally watched in college last year in the NFL headlines, a guy by the name of Brandon Heaney. he was a corner for BYU, and although he struggled with shoulder injuries was a tremendous hitter (or maybe vice versa) and an unparalleled cover corner. obviously he went undrafted since he was white, but he didn't even make it through training camp before the turk got him! check out the numbers i found on him off the net:
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BYU's Brandon Heaney Clocks 4.37 sec. 40 Yard Dash at NFL Timing Day
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Brandon Heaney turned some heads March 23rd in front of over 17+ NFL teams. Brandon a 5'11" 185lbs. corner for the Cougars was recently named MVP of the Las Vegas All-American Classic clocked a 4.37 sec. 40 Yard Dash. It did not stop there, he jumped 37" vertical jump, 9'10" broad jump, clocked a 3.91 sec. short shuttle, 6.52 L-Cone Agility, 10.72 60 Yard Shulttle and impressed scouts with a strong showing in postional drills. He drew interest from several teams in attendance. Heaney trained with PCT prior to the BYU NFL timing day. </TD></TR></T></TABLE>
those incredible numbers come from the
official NFL timing day, not somebody saying he ran "about a whatever" and reported officially on the site procombinetraining.com. and check out this site's analysis (draftdaddy.com) after Heaney won the MVP of the usually small-school guy All-American Classic:
From all the outside info we got on players during practice in Vegas, no one got a more consistent scouting report than CB Brandon Heaney of BYU. Most reports went like this: Heaney is too small and too slow and should stop trying now. Well, good thing for Brandon, was he wasn't listening, as he went out and intercepted 2 passes (including a 28 yard TD return) and won the games' MVP honors. Heaney, who is officialy listed at 5'11" and 185, with sub 4.4 speed, is a transfer from the Air Force Academy. The speedy Heaney had a decent career for struggling BYU, despite bad luck with injuries. He's a player that may or not get drafted, but Saturday's game will help his cause. Perhaps even the CFL may take a long look at the gutsy BYU CB?
is there anyone out there who can deny a caste system exists after a guy is that good and backs it up with those numbers? too slow?!? too short?!? there are
dozens of NFL
starting corners who are under 5'11" and i'd bet every dollar i have that less than20 guys in the NFL run legitimate sub-4.4's. wake up America!