Great compilation of scouts' comments

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4. FELIX JONES, Arkansas (5-10, 210, 4.45, 1-2) - Played behind McFadden for three years, getting 386 carries to McFadden's 785. "If Felix Jones played for West Virginia," said Polian, "you'd be talking about him in the same breath as Mendenhall and Stewart. He only suffers by comparison to the guy he's playing with." Averaged 7.7 yards per carry, second in NCAA history behind Army's Glenn Davis (8.3) from 1943-'46. Averaged 8.7 in '07, gaining 1,162 yards. "There's some similarities to Reggie (Bush)," said Rick Reiprish, New Orleans' director of college scouting. "Reggie is so quick but Jones might be a little faster." Happy-go-lucky personality. Excels on kickoff returns. "You can put him at wideout, the slot, running back," Brocato said. "He's tough. He runs inside. I think he can (carry the load)." Others see him as a change-of-pace back. "A very competitive runner who doesn't like to go down," said Eric DeCosta, Baltimore's director of college scouting. "He fights for yards all the time. If he was there in the second round he'd be excellent value." Wonderlic score of 22.


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JONATHAN STEWART, Oregon (5-10, 235, 4.46, 1) - Third-year junior with 2,891 yards, 5.6-yard average and 27 touchdowns. "I think he's more of a fluid runner than a (young) Jamal Lewis," Cleveland GM Phil Savage said. "In some ways Stewart is a little more instinctive runner than Jamal. He will have to adjust from a spread offense to a traditional NFL offense, and that might take him a few months. But he's 240, he's athletic and he can catch." Might slip a few notches after undergoing toe surgery in March. "You will be thrilled to get him," Indianapolis president Bill Polian said. "A workhorse. Hard-nosed. Fast. Punishing." Compared by one scout to Natrone Means. "He scares me because he's not a real tough kid," another scout said. "He's got some run skills and size, but he just kind of gives up at times. For a big kid he just kind of drops." Scored 20 on the Wonderlic intelligence test.
 

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JAMAAL CHARLES, Texas (5-11, 199, 4.40, 1-2) - Faster than Jones but not as rugged. "I might be the only one standing on a ledge with Jamaal Charles," Seattle scout Charles Fisher said. "I like him because he's a home-run hitter and he doesn't shy. He runs hard inside." Third-year junior with 3,328 yards, a 6.2 average and 36 TDs. Didn't start until '07. Fumbled 11 times in '06 and is not a quick study. "Fumbles and mental mistakes are the quickest way to the doghouse," said DeCosta. "But he's very dynamic with excellent speed and quickness." Some teams question his toughness but certainly not his receiving ability. "He suffers from Texas running back syndrome," Polian said. "How many of them have made it big? Ricky Williams didn't make it big."
 

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RAY RICE, Rutgers (5-8, 199, 4.47, 2) - Yet another third-year junior. "He doesn't play small," Chicago GM Jerry Angelo said. "He's very, very strong. Probably one of the best jump cutters I've ever seen. He's a very, very tough guy." Compared by scouts to Joe Morris, Emmitt Smith and Maurice Jones-Drew. "Of all the backs taken after the top couple guys he's got the best chance to be a special player," DeCosta said. "He's in the scrum and all of a sudden here he comes out of the scrum. He believes you're not going to tackle him." Two-year starter with 4,926 yards, a 5.4 average and 49 TDs. "But he can only be an asset in the running game," one scout said. "Not a blocker and he ain't got good hands. He's not going to be a full-time starter."
 

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CHRIS JOHNSON, East Carolina (5-11, 197, 4.26, 2-3) - Four-year starter with 2,982 yards (4.8) rushing, 125 receptions (10.4) and 42 TDs. "If it's open he can go because he's got that kind of speed," Arizona scout Jerry Hardaway said. "But he's not going to get down there and show you wiggle and magic. He's a see-it, hit-it guy." Recorded one of the swiftest 40's in combine history. "His No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 assets are speed," one scout said. "But I think in this league you've either got to make people miss or break tackles because them other guys are pretty good, too." Scored just 10 on the Wonderlic and had a cervical neck fusion in '06 that worries some clubs. "He is very much like Willie Parker," another scout said. "He's more of a straight-line speed guy.
 

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DARREN McFADDEN, Arkansas (6-1, 215, 4.33, 1) - First player in successive years since 1949 to finish second in voting for the Heisman Trophy. "He's better than Adrian Peterson," said Blake Beddingfield, Tennessee's scouting coordinator. "Whether it's playing quarterback or catching the ball out of the backfield or returning kickoffs or whatever, he is phenomenal. Plus, he's an instinctive football player." Third in Southeastern Conference annals in rushing yards per game behind Herschel Walker and Emmitt Smith. "He's not like Bo Jackson, Steven Jackson or Larry Johnson," Tampa Bay consultant Jim Gruden said. "Those guys are like 230 and he's only 215. He's a slasher who sees it and hits it real fast. He's not really a guy to make you miss, either, for 215, the way I see it." Has thin legs and questionable character. "You give him a seam, he's going to get you six," Tennessee national scout C.O. Brocato said. "If he doesn't have a seam, he's just going to run straight up their backs." Third-year junior.
 

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4. FELIX JONES, Arkansas (5-10, 210, 4.45, 1-2) - Played behind McFadden for three years, getting 386 carries to McFadden's 785. "If Felix Jones played for West Virginia," said Polian, "you'd be talking about him in the same breath as Mendenhall and Stewart. He only suffers by comparison to the guy he's playing with." Averaged 7.7 yards per carry, second in NCAA history behind Army's Glenn Davis (8.3) from 1943-'46. Averaged 8.7 in '07, gaining 1,162 yards. "There's some similarities to Reggie (Bush)," said Rick Reiprish, New Orleans' director of college scouting. "Reggie is so quick but Jones might be a little faster." Happy-go-lucky personality. Excels on kickoff returns. "You can put him at wideout, the slot, running back," Brocato said. "He's tough. He runs inside. I think he can (carry the load)." Others see him as a change-of-pace back. "A very competitive runner who doesn't like to go down," said Eric DeCosta, Baltimore's director of college scouting. "He fights for yards all the time. If he was there in the second round he'd be excellent value." Wonderlic score of 22.


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who said this had to be a Felix Jones homer.
 

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Judging by those scouting reports i would rank them like this

1-McFadden
2-Jones
3-Rice
4-Stewart
5-Charles
6-Johnson
 
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These are pretty good. For the most part, they seem to be on point with what I see in each guy. Thanks for posting, CL.
 

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http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804200657

Felix Jones, Arkansas5-10 1/8, 210; Round 1 or 2
Overview: The junior put up impressive numbers despite being McFadden's backup. Topped the 1,000-yard mark his final two seasons, and had startling averages per carry each year of his career: 8.7 yards last season, 7.6 yards in 2006, and 6.3 yards as a true freshman in 2005. Averaged 29.6 yards and scored two touchdowns on 22 kickoff returns last season. Doesn't have McFadden's power, but he has great quickness and close to home-run speed (4.45 in the 40). Several scouts said he'd be best off sharing carries with another back so he could avoid getting beat up. Appears likely to go in the top 25 picks.
The talk: "He has really good speed, but the thing that separates him, he has really good quickness," one scout said. "He can separate from people because of his quickness. He catches the ball decent. He's just kind of a good all-around player, but he's more of a luxury player than a guy you'd say, 'We're going to draft Felix Jones and he's going to be our guy.'" … "I think (Jones) would be better in the role he was in at Arkansas," said the scouting director for an AFC team, "where he'd be the lightning to somebody's thunder. That No. 2 that comes in and gets his 10 to 12 carries a game and doesn't have to carry the load. Kind of like Reggie Bush, that complementary player." … "It's really close between him and Chris Johnson," one scout said in picking the fourth-best back. "Felix does some really good things and has a slight edge on Johnson, but it wouldn't surprise me if Johnson turned out to be the better player because he runs with more of an NFL mind-set than Felix, even though (Johnson) is not the biggest guy in the world at 198 or whatever. Then the speed factor (with Johnson). But I think Felix is the (fourth) guy."


I wonder if Dallas would be good for him? :)
 
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I loved the parts where a couple of guys were ripping Gholston to shreds.

Also some pretty revealing comments on the comments of some guys' personal lives, like with Carl Nicks. That's the kind of thing we regular joes normally don't know.
 

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Great thread. One of my favorite quotes was this:

AFC scout: "There will be a run on tackles, defensive linemen, cornerbacks and running backs. There won't be a run on quarterbacks, tight ends, wide receivers, linebackers and safeties. And when the defensive linemen go, they're going to go. People panic."
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Hope it happens early.

Because we'll get value then with 22 and 28.
 

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This stuff is gold.

Heaven help me, I'm beginning to jump on the Felix at #22 bandwagon. If Garrett is half the offensive genius that people make him out to be he could make Felix a mismatch nightmare lining him out wide and motioning him out to the slot the way Martz used to with Marshall Faulk in the Rams heyday. Plus, he's one of the few late 1st round guys who doesn't appear to be an absolute wingnut.

And this is my own pet cat, but I really hope Dallas gives Andre Woodson a look if he's there in the 5th or 6th round. We really could use a developmental QB to groom. As the scout said, this guy singlehandedly saved people's jobs at Kentucky, and he almost singlehanded took that program to places it hasn't seen in decades. I think he's a great leader and has a lot of physical tools, he's going to need a redshirt season or two in the NFL just to rework his mechanics, but the Cowboys have that luxory. If they work out the kinks, that's someone you can trade off for double or triple the investment in 2-3 years if he looks good in preseason games. Plus, he's just a good kid and I root for him.

And how far has Steve Slaton fallen .. from Top 15 pick to not even getting a blurb.
 

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InmanRoshi;2049351 said:
This stuff is gold.

Heaven help me, I'm beginning to jump on the Felix at #22 bandwagon. If Garrett is half the offensive genius that people make him out to be he could make Felix a mismatch nightmare lining him out wide and motioning him out to the slot the way Martz used to with Marshall Faulk in the Rams heyday. Plus, he's one of the few late 1st round guys who doesn't appear to be an absolute wingnut.
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amen, brotha

speaking of which, whatever happened to Clemson RB James Davis?
 
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