Calvin Johnson of GT

[DCBoysfan]

Would look good with a star on his helmet when ever he comes out.

 

[DLCassidy]

Tough to grab him with the 32nd pick.

 

[The30YardSlant]

Tough to grab him with the second pick

 

[cowboys19]

how is his speed?

 

[BeWare94]

how is his speed?

Not exactly sure about his speed but his hand eye coordination is sick. Everytime I see him he impresses me at least once a game with an otherworldly catch with a sick degree of difficulty.

 

[dwmyers]

His speed? The cstv.com site says he runs a 4.4 (at 6-4 230) -->

From the url: http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/johnson_calvin00.html

AT TECH: All-America wide receiver who is one of the nation's most talented and most exciting players . . . Has been called the best wide receiver in the nation by ESPN analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and Bob Davie, among others . . . Rare combination of size (6-4, 230), 4.4 speed, strength, leaping ability, body control and hand-eye coordination.
After just 24 games, he has 102 receptions for 1,725 yards and 13 touchdowns . . . Ranks seventh in Tech history in career receiving yards, 10th in receptions and tied for sixth in touchdown receptions . . . Over the last two seasons, he has been responsible for more than 40 percent of Tech's passing yards, despite constant double teams . . . In addition to his 102 catches, he has drawn 16 pass interference or defensive holding penalities . . . Career average of 16.9 yards per catch.

2006: Preseason choice as ACC Player of the Year, as voted upon by the media the annual ACC Football Kickoff . . . Preseason first-team all-America by The Sporting News and Lindy's . . .

 

[JonCJG]

I swear every WR in college runs a 4.5 or faster.

I'll wait till the combines....

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Man the Combine doesn't tell me anything it's about the on the field production, perfect example would be Charles Rogers and the other Roy Williams....

 

[TNCowboy]

Hey, while we're at it, let's grab Brady Quinn and Adrian Peterson, too.

 

[JonCJG]

Man the Combine doesn't tell me anything it's about the on the field production, perfect example would be Charles Rogers and the other Roy Williams....

I was referring to his speed only.

 

[Danny White]

We should shut down this thread before the rest of the league figures out that he's good.

From now we'll only refer to him as Alvin-Cay Ohnson-Jay.

 

[TroyEmmittAndMichael]

Seeing CJ as a Cowboy would be great. Listening to his father give another impromptu interview would be torture.

 

[Tuna Helper]

Man the Combine doesn't tell me anything it's about the on the field production, perfect example would be Charles Rogers and the other Roy Williams....

I am not sure that some of GT's competition would qualify either.

 

[TwoSteppinJJ]

I am not sure that some of GT's competition would qualify either.

Why? they play in the ACC. They dont have a schedule any weaker than WVU's or a bunch of other teams for that matter.

 

[superpunk]

We should shut down this thread before the rest of the league figures out that he's good.

From now we'll only refer to him as Alvin-Cay Ohnson-Jay.

Shhhhhh....we're hunting wabbits.....:laugh1:

 

[dwmyers]

I am not sure that some of GT's competition would qualify either.

Georgia Tech plays Georgia annually, is in the ACC, along with Florida State and Miami, and opened the season with Notre Dame. It's not as if Calvin Johnson was playing D III competition.

Oh yeah, and that Chan Gailey guy is the coach there.

David,

 

[Roughneck]

Calvin Johnson is scary good and the only reason he doesn't get more pub than he already does is because his QB is crappy (Reggie Ball) and his Coach is even worse (Chan Gailey......yes, that Chan Gailey). If he can avoid injuries, CJ will be a Star in this league for years to come.

P.S. We can only hope that Heavy keeps that as his sig for the entire season, taking care to update it every week. Will be real fun to look at after T+1.

 

[Cochese]

Calvin Johnson is scary good and the only reason he doesn't get more pub than he already does is because his QB is crappy (Reggie Ball) and his Coach is even worse (Chan Gailey......yes, that Chan Gailey). If he can avoid injuries, CJ will be a Star in this league for years to come.

P.S. We can only hope that Heavy keeps that as his sig for the entire season, taking care to update it every week. Will be real fun to look at after T+1.

He would have gotten more pub is he had hung on to that deep pass against ND.

 

[Roughneck]

He would have gotten more pub is he had hung on to that deep pass against ND.

......and he would have gotten even more pub had Gailey/Ball ignored that one drop and kept throwing to him when it was clear that the Irish had no answer for him whatsoever. He had 7 catches for 111 yards and the only Yellowjackets Touchdown of the game while he should have had at least double that in every single category.

I'm not saying he is perfect but then again nobody in College is. Hell, going into last Saturday, Brady Quinn was the Heisman Front-runner, the probable #1 pick in the NFL draft, and basically the Second Coming of our Lord & Savior if you believed ESPN. One Nationally-Televised Beatdown later, not so much.

 

[the kid 05]

Man the Combine doesn't tell me anything it's about the on the field production, perfect example would be Charles Rogers and the other Roy Williams....

Roy Williams the second one would be hell of a lot better on a decent team...the lions are/will be/always be crap