Isiah Stanback

[Coakleys Dad]

thats what i thought, a more active Patrick Crayton

 

[vaturkey]

See's him as a slash player with excellent speed, strength, moves etc. My guess is if he had been completely healthy and finished out his senior year he would have been a much higher pick. Bottom line Crayton will be looking for big money at the end of this year and this kid may be equal or better then Crayton and he is a ton faster.

PS. Give him a chance.:starspin

 

[Haley94]

I think I need some of that Kook Aid you guys are "chugging."

The bad picks continue...

Jerry is back in control.

Lord help us all.

As if you know anything whiny boy! Why don't you go on record and say who you would have taken with the picks. If your not banned by next year, we'll see how smart you are.

Yeah Skylar Green, Jacob Rodgers and Peterman really panned out with Tuna in charge.

You are a joke that is going on my ignore list because you aren't that funny.

 

[yesfan]

With the stable of good potential receivers already on
the team,they can afford to wait and see where his potential will
be.I think Jerry really believes the team is set and and is just
kind of filling in the gaps.

 

[masomenos]

Anybody know when his 40 was timed?

I don't think there's an official time on him, the 4.58 and 4.6 listed on NFL Draft Scout is just estimated I believe. Wasn't he injured and unable to run?

 

[cleverusername]

I wasn't real excited about this selection, but after reading some write ups, he's an amazing athlete and the big question is whether he's recovered from the lisfranc injury.
The Patriots were very interested for what its worth.

http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/26/100spo_d1stan001.cfm



SEATTLE - Within seconds of his arrival at the University of Washington's Dempsey Center for a Thursday workout, Isaiah Stanback was greeted by a pair of curious well-wishers.


They asked the former UW quarterback if he was excited about this weekend's NFL draft. They asked him if he had any preferences as far as which team drafted him.

And then they asked him a question he's heard all too often as of late: "How's the foot?"
The foot.


Sometimes it seems like Stanback's right foot has received as much interest as any injured body part since Nancy Kerrigan's knee.

"I hear it a lot," Stanback said. "It's good that people are interested. It shows that people care."

Whether he's walking around the UW campus, hanging out in the other parts of his Seattle hometown, or talking to personnel people for the upcoming NFL draft, Stanback knows that the question is coming.

And so this is what he says, much like he did to the interested parties at the Dempsey Center one day ago: "It's coming along."

Since undergoing surgery to repair an injury known as Lisfranc, Stanback has been as interested as anyone to see how his foot recovers.

He's also interested to see how the injury will affect him in this weekend's NFL draft.

"It's really up in the air," he said. "A lot of people are saying early fourth (round), but I believe third.

"There are a lot of teams showing interest. Teams are competing. And when teams compete, you go higher."

Asked where he would have expected to go had it not been for the October injury, Stanback said: "I'd have gone in the first. We would have had a great season, I would have been able to run at the (NFL) combine and get all my (40) times. But now I just have to get healthy and make my impact in the league."

The standard recovery time for Lisfranc - the injury involves a fracture and dislocation in one of the foot's most important joints - is eight to 12 months. That would put the former UW quarterback back on the field in June at the earliest, but could keep him out until a month into the regular season. While Stanback just started jogging last month and has recently incorporated sprints into his daily workouts, he believes that the June target is a realistic one.

"My doctor says I'll be ready to do everything in June," said Stanback, who had three screws removed from the foot six weeks ago. "That's eight months (out from the surgery), and so far everything has been going real well."
But the question is not when Stanback thinks he'll be ready, but when NFL teams think he will be ready.

And, perhaps more important, how much they believe the injury will affect him.

Early mock drafts had him going on the second day of the draft - in the fourth, fifth or sixth rounds. He was generally regarded as anywhere from the seventh- to the 10th-best quarterback prospect available.

But lately Stanback's name has come up as a possible third-round pick.
"There's a lot of buzz on the guy," Seahawks team president Tim Ruskell said last week. "He's such a good athlete."

Stanback has so much athleticism that several teams have inquired about using him as a multi-positional player as he learns to play NFL quarterback. His agent compiled a highlight DVD that includes some of his play as a sophomore wide receiver, while teams also think he can contribute on special teams.

"My whole thing is that all I ask for is an opportunity to play the (quarterback) position," he said. "As long as I feel like I'm getting the opportunity, I'll help out anywhere. I feel like I'm a team player, and I'd rather be on the field helping out at wide receiver or on special teams than learning to play QB while sitting on the bench.

"... If I go out there and try, and I fail at it, then that's on me. But I just want the opportunity."

The most intriguing question, of course, involves Stanback's foot. The NFL is an impatient league, so teams will want his services as soon as possible.
Stanback isn't a very patient man, either. He started lifting weights for his upper body while still on crutches shortly after suffering the Lisfranc injury in a loss to Oregon State in October.

"I had to take out the aggression somehow," he said.
Stanback said he doesn't mind playing through pain - he admitted Thursday that he almost got held out of that Oregon State game because of a hernia and hip flexor - but he will be careful not to come back too soon.

"My health is my first concern," he said. "I'm not about re-injuring it. And I'm pretty sure that whoever gets me doesn't want me to get halfway there and injure it again."

Stanback doesn't know when he'll be back, or when he'll hear his name called this weekend, but he's pretty certain that he'll be playing in the NFL soon.
"I'm going to work my butt off to be the best," he said, "and then I'm going to keep working harder.

"Whoever drafts me, they're going to be happy."

 

[stealth]

Anybody know when his 40 was timed?

A track guy that runs 10.4 in the 100 is alot faster than a 4.6 40 time

 

[NickZepp]

He is a 4.5 type guy. He can play WR or DB maybe. He's a project. He can play QB but he'll never be a starter there. It's a low risk pick. I would rather have had the DT, but this isn't a bad pick.

 

[Joe a Cowboys fan]

His QB stats, RAT 126.6 | YDS 1,325 | TD 10. 126.6, thats pretty good. He has good hands and can run. The lisfrank thing is chancy. I read about him Friday morning and it looks like he has a 40% chance of a full recovery. Might be a gamble but it's a 4th rounder and I don't expect much more than a gamble at this point. That he can play at least three ways might make him stick. At least until we see how durable his foot ends up. So it seems a reasonable pick to me.

 

[Hailmary]

For all those saying "why pick this guy when we already have Crayton", I personally don't think Crayton's all that. Yes he has great hands and is productive from time to time, but he disappears far too much and has proven to be useless in the return game.

I think Stanback has a lot more upside and wouldn't mind if he eventually rplaces Crayton after this season.

 

[Bleu Star]

Athletes like this are who you take chances on in Day 2 when you don't have a ton of open roster spots

Yep. I'm not getting all the whining. The guy is very athletic and good things are being said about his ability to play WR plus he returns kicks. I could also see his worked in with a few trick pass plays every once in awhile ala Randle El. It's not a great pick but also definitely not one to base jump the Grand Canyon over.

Upside is the word with this one.

 

[Woods]

Pre-injury (or when healthy) he runs 4.4 area.

The guy ran a 10.48 100 meter in college - that's fast.

Also, I think he did 22 reps as well, which is pretty good for a guy his size.

 

[30yrheel]

....but in the 4th round? i could see 6th or 7th, but 4th???????

 

[TheEnigma]

I don't think there's an official time on him, the 4.58 and 4.6 listed on NFL Draft Scout is just estimated I believe. Wasn't he injured and unable to run?

Thats why I was wondering when it was timed, if it was after his injury, an injury he isn't fully recovered yet, it may not be indicative of his speed.

 

[InmanRoshi]

I'm not sure where these 40 times are coming from, because he's never officially ran a 40. Kind of makes me suspicious of all these free internet draft bios and how much is either made up or guesstimated.

He ran an electronically timed 10.48 in the 100 meter dash at Washington. AdamJT has a list of 100 meter dash's for the fastest in the NFL. Maybe we can get him to share it with us again. I know Devin Hester ran a 10.42

 

[eduncan22]

As if you know anything whiny boy! Why don't you go on record and say who you would have taken with the picks. If your not banned by next year, we'll see how smart you are.

Yeah Skylar Green, Jacob Rodgers and Peterman really panned out with Tuna in charge.

You are a joke that is going on my ignore list because you aren't that funny.

68th ranked player in the Draft..

David Irons, CB.

 

[Woods]

....but in the 4th round? i could see 6th or 7th, but 4th???????

Yhea, perhaps.

But this is a guy that Ireland brought in a few weeks ago. I guess Stanback must have really impressed the staff . . . . We'll see.

 

[Rockytop6]

Can you say.....Slash II ?

Can you say.....Reach?
Can you say.....Quincy?
Can you say.....Injured goods?
Can you say....Jerry backslid and forgot whatever he was supposed to have learned from BP?
Etc., Etc.

 

[NickZepp]

I watched him play a few times last year. He was hurt about midway through the season. He has the ability to be a good backup QB in the NFL. He has a great arm. Can really run around. He was forced to run around a lot because Washington had no offensive line. He will probably have a better arm then anyone on the roster. His accuracy and decision making is a question mark. I think he'll end up a WR in the NFL. Health has to be an issue with him.

 

[peplaw06]

68th ranked player in the Draft..

David Irons, CB.

Ranked 68th by who??

If he was really 68th, he'd be long gone, we're in the 110s.

Irons has some big issues in man to man

I think we may be targeting Tarell Brown