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03-12-2010, 08:13 AM
Suh, Husker teammates draw big crowd to NU’s Pro Day
http://www.huskerextra.com/articles/2010/03/11/football/doc4b99a4b0c9812444634276.txt
Reddit Text Size: By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star
Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 - 08:30:09 pm CST
Where Ndamukong Suh goes these days, a boom microphone is not far behind.
As he ran to his ride on a gray Thursday in Lincoln, three men followed.
A camera man. A boom mic guy. And one more with nothing but a desire to get out of the rain quickly.
[+]EnlargeNdamukong Suh (AP file) Ndamukong Suh (AP file)
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•Suh proves his mettle at NFL combineIf you’re keeping score of the attendees at Nebraska’s annual Pro Day, there were 24 representatives from NFL teams, including St. Louis Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo, whose team has the first pick in the April draft.
There was a reporter from ESPN.com, another one from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and people from the NFL Network shooting a documentary.
Reporters never actually talked to Suh about his Thursday workout, but apparently there wasn’t much to discuss anyway.
Suh did some bag drills and let the rest of his impressive numbers from the recent NFL Combine speak for themselves.
“They’ve seen everything they need to see out of Suh,” former Husker safety Larry Asante said.
But if Suh did help draw a slightly bigger crowd than usual, his former Nebraska teammates with NFL aspirations sure didn’t mind.
“I think you probably have more guys evaluating than in a typical year, but (Suh) was kind of in the background today,” Nebraska defensive coordinator Carl Pelini said. “There were a lot of talented players testing.”
Twelve former Huskers showed their stuff. Eight of those played on the 2009 team, but there was also Marlon Lucky, Shukree Barfield, Armando Murillo and Frantz Hardy.
Asante was happy with most of his results from the combine, but came Thursday with the purpose of improving his 40-yard dash time (4.63 seconds).
He did, knocking it down to :04.55.
“That’s what they wanted to see and they got it,” he said.
Fellow safety Matt O’Hanlon and linebacker Phillip Dillard were similarly pleased.
“I talked to a lot of scouts who said I improved my status,” O’Hanlon said. “I’ll take it.”
O’Hanlon posted a 40 time of :04.58, a vertical jump of 37 1/2 inches, the pro agility run in :04.0, the three-cone drill in :06.80 and a broad jump of 10 feet.
“My legs kind of felt like jelly at the end,” he said.
Dillard, who had a solid performance at the combine, used Thursday to improve his pro agility time (:04.29) and broad jump (9-4).
He did not run the 40. Why would he after posting an impressive time of :04.64 at the combine?
“After I ran that I was like, ‘I’m not ever running this again,’” Dillard said with a laugh.
Happy but not satisfied. The linebacker said he was going to be calling NFL scouts and linebacker coaches to ask what areas he could improve.
As for what the scouts ask him? Well, yes, sometimes they want to know about Suh. What was it like playing behind him?
Amazing, Dillard tells them.
“Playing behind him, (Jared) Crick and the D-line, that’s why I’m standing before you,” Dillard said. “They always laugh and say, ‘That’s very humbling.’ I’m like, ‘It’s very true.’ ”
Reach Brian Christopherson at bchristopherson@journalstar.com or 473-7439.
http://www.huskerextra.com/articles/2010/03/11/football/doc4b99a4b0c9812444634276.txt
Reddit Text Size: By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star
Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 - 08:30:09 pm CST
Where Ndamukong Suh goes these days, a boom microphone is not far behind.
As he ran to his ride on a gray Thursday in Lincoln, three men followed.
A camera man. A boom mic guy. And one more with nothing but a desire to get out of the rain quickly.
[+]EnlargeNdamukong Suh (AP file) Ndamukong Suh (AP file)
Related Link(s):
•Suh proves his mettle at NFL combineIf you’re keeping score of the attendees at Nebraska’s annual Pro Day, there were 24 representatives from NFL teams, including St. Louis Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo, whose team has the first pick in the April draft.
There was a reporter from ESPN.com, another one from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and people from the NFL Network shooting a documentary.
Reporters never actually talked to Suh about his Thursday workout, but apparently there wasn’t much to discuss anyway.
Suh did some bag drills and let the rest of his impressive numbers from the recent NFL Combine speak for themselves.
“They’ve seen everything they need to see out of Suh,” former Husker safety Larry Asante said.
But if Suh did help draw a slightly bigger crowd than usual, his former Nebraska teammates with NFL aspirations sure didn’t mind.
“I think you probably have more guys evaluating than in a typical year, but (Suh) was kind of in the background today,” Nebraska defensive coordinator Carl Pelini said. “There were a lot of talented players testing.”
Twelve former Huskers showed their stuff. Eight of those played on the 2009 team, but there was also Marlon Lucky, Shukree Barfield, Armando Murillo and Frantz Hardy.
Asante was happy with most of his results from the combine, but came Thursday with the purpose of improving his 40-yard dash time (4.63 seconds).
He did, knocking it down to :04.55.
“That’s what they wanted to see and they got it,” he said.
Fellow safety Matt O’Hanlon and linebacker Phillip Dillard were similarly pleased.
“I talked to a lot of scouts who said I improved my status,” O’Hanlon said. “I’ll take it.”
O’Hanlon posted a 40 time of :04.58, a vertical jump of 37 1/2 inches, the pro agility run in :04.0, the three-cone drill in :06.80 and a broad jump of 10 feet.
“My legs kind of felt like jelly at the end,” he said.
Dillard, who had a solid performance at the combine, used Thursday to improve his pro agility time (:04.29) and broad jump (9-4).
He did not run the 40. Why would he after posting an impressive time of :04.64 at the combine?
“After I ran that I was like, ‘I’m not ever running this again,’” Dillard said with a laugh.
Happy but not satisfied. The linebacker said he was going to be calling NFL scouts and linebacker coaches to ask what areas he could improve.
As for what the scouts ask him? Well, yes, sometimes they want to know about Suh. What was it like playing behind him?
Amazing, Dillard tells them.
“Playing behind him, (Jared) Crick and the D-line, that’s why I’m standing before you,” Dillard said. “They always laugh and say, ‘That’s very humbling.’ I’m like, ‘It’s very true.’ ”
Reach Brian Christopherson at bchristopherson@journalstar.com or 473-7439.