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Kermit Whitfield runs a 4.37

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CaneDaddy said:
Canesfan1899 said:
Larry said:
Canesfan1899 said:
LuCane said:
I miss having freakshows like this on the squad.
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T. Benjamin was fast but not in this league of speed.
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Oh hush.

Travis Benjamin was the fastest player in the draft last year at a 4.36 NFL Combine time.

Kermit better be Trindon Holliday to be in another league of speed.
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This kid is already running that fast as a JR in HS. I have a feeling he's going to be faster by the time he gets to college.
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Demps never really surpassed the speed he had in high school. Let me put it to you this way, if you have "Olympic" speed, then you aren't playing college football. Holiday may be the only exception... ever.
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Xavier Carter. There are probably a lot more players that could of qualified for the Olympics that chose to play football because you get paid more.
 
-Blazed- said:
CaneDaddy said:
Canesfan1899 said:
Larry said:
Canesfan1899 said:
T. Benjamin was fast but not in this league of speed.
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Oh hush.

Travis Benjamin was the fastest player in the draft last year at a 4.36 NFL Combine time.

Kermit better be Trindon Holliday to be in another league of speed.
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This kid is already running that fast as a JR in HS. I have a feeling he's going to be faster by the time he gets to college.
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Demps never really surpassed the speed he had in high school. Let me put it to you this way, if you have "Olympic" speed, then you aren't playing college football. Holiday may be the only exception... ever.
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Xavier Carter. There are probably a lot more players that could of qualified for the Olympics that chose to play football because you get paid more.
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Didn't X. Carter quit football to train for track exclusively?
 
Does he have solid receiver skills? UiF fielded a track team last season with little success.
 
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Larry said:
Xavier Carter didn't play college football.
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NDOOR/OUTDOOR TRACK FRESHMAN SEASON
FOOTBALL SOPHOMORE SEASON (2005)
Named both the SEC's Indoor and Outdoor Freshman Runner of the Year ... Capped the collegiate season, by earning a trio of All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Anchored the Tigers to a national title and collegiate record in the 4x400-meter relay (2:59.59), clocking a blistering 44.0-second final-leg split ... Final time of 2:59.59 was only the third sub-three minute performance in NCAA history and the first since the 1988 season ... Also ran the second leg on the Tigers' 4x100-meter relay team that earned All-American honors for their fourth-place showing (38.86) ... Individually, just missed out on a NCAA title in the 200 meters, earning runner-up honors with a time of 20.08 ... Was crowned the NCAA Mideast Regional champion in the 200 meters after finishing with a personal-best and school record time of 20.02 ... Time ranked as the fifth fastest in the world in 2005 ... Clocked 20.16 in winning the SEC Outdoor title in the event ... Following the collegiate season, went on to compete at the USA Championships in the 200 meters ... Advanced to the finals and finished ninth overall (20.71) ... During the indoor season, ran both the 60 and the 200 meters ... Established a new school record in the 200 meters on three separate occasions ... First broke the old record of 20.69, set by Eddie Griffin in 1996, at the New Balance Invitational in New York City ... Clocked a meet record 20.67 seconds in taking home top honors ... Bettered that effort in the prelims (20.47) and finals (20.39) of the SEC Championships ... Time of 20.39 earned him a second-place finish and all-conference honors ... Qualified to the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 200 meters ... Advanced to the finals after finishing third in the prelims with a time of 20.54 ... Would have finished seventh in the finals, but was disqualified for a lane violation ... Turned in a personal best time of 6.74 in the 60-meter dash during the prelims of the SEC Championships ... Went on to score for the Tigers in the event, placing sixth overall (6.77) ... Finished up his second season as a wide receiver on the Tigers' football team ... Played in 10 games, including the Tigers' 40-3 win over Miami in the Peach Bowl ... Finished the season with four catches for 86 yards, including a 49-yard touchdown reception in LSU's win over North Texas ... Also scored on a 36-yard run against Mississippi State ... Finished the year with a total of 27 yards on four rushes.

FOOTBALL FRESHMAN SEASON (2004)
Saw action as both a wide receiver and kickoff returner as a true freshmen on the Tigers' football team ... Suffered a broken clavicle against Vanderbilt (Oct. 30) and missed the final three games of the regular season ... Returned to action at the Capital One Bowl ... Played in a total of nine games with no starts ... Caught five passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns ... Also rushed three times for seven yards ... Averaged 20.3 yards on 10 kickoff returns, including a season-long 42-yard return against Arkansas State.

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174342
 
-Blazed- said:
Larry said:
Xavier Carter didn't play college football.
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NDOOR/OUTDOOR TRACK FRESHMAN SEASON
FOOTBALL SOPHOMORE SEASON (2005)
Named both the SEC's Indoor and Outdoor Freshman Runner of the Year ... Capped the collegiate season, by earning a trio of All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Anchored the Tigers to a national title and collegiate record in the 4x400-meter relay (2:59.59), clocking a blistering 44.0-second final-leg split ... Final time of 2:59.59 was only the third sub-three minute performance in NCAA history and the first since the 1988 season ... Also ran the second leg on the Tigers' 4x100-meter relay team that earned All-American honors for their fourth-place showing (38.86) ... Individually, just missed out on a NCAA title in the 200 meters, earning runner-up honors with a time of 20.08 ... Was crowned the NCAA Mideast Regional champion in the 200 meters after finishing with a personal-best and school record time of 20.02 ... Time ranked as the fifth fastest in the world in 2005 ... Clocked 20.16 in winning the SEC Outdoor title in the event ... Following the collegiate season, went on to compete at the USA Championships in the 200 meters ... Advanced to the finals and finished ninth overall (20.71) ... During the indoor season, ran both the 60 and the 200 meters ... Established a new school record in the 200 meters on three separate occasions ... First broke the old record of 20.69, set by Eddie Griffin in 1996, at the New Balance Invitational in New York City ... Clocked a meet record 20.67 seconds in taking home top honors ... Bettered that effort in the prelims (20.47) and finals (20.39) of the SEC Championships ... Time of 20.39 earned him a second-place finish and all-conference honors ... Qualified to the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 200 meters ... Advanced to the finals after finishing third in the prelims with a time of 20.54 ... Would have finished seventh in the finals, but was disqualified for a lane violation ... Turned in a personal best time of 6.74 in the 60-meter dash during the prelims of the SEC Championships ... Went on to score for the Tigers in the event, placing sixth overall (6.77) ... Finished up his second season as a wide receiver on the Tigers' football team ... Played in 10 games, including the Tigers' 40-3 win over Miami in the Peach Bowl ... Finished the season with four catches for 86 yards, including a 49-yard touchdown reception in LSU's win over North Texas ... Also scored on a 36-yard run against Mississippi State ... Finished the year with a total of 27 yards on four rushes.

FOOTBALL FRESHMAN SEASON (2004)
Saw action as both a wide receiver and kickoff returner as a true freshmen on the Tigers' football team ... Suffered a broken clavicle against Vanderbilt (Oct. 30) and missed the final three games of the regular season ... Returned to action at the Capital One Bowl ... Played in a total of nine games with no starts ... Caught five passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns ... Also rushed three times for seven yards ... Averaged 20.3 yards on 10 kickoff returns, including a season-long 42-yard return against Arkansas State.

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174342
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Kind of my point though. If you can truly compete for an Olympic spot, you dont play college football. You train exclusively for track and field.

Unless Kermit gets a growth spurt, he will suffer a similar fate of Demps in both football, and track and field.
 
I think Demps has a future in the league.. He could at worst be a darren sproles 3rd down type back. At worst!
 
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jw410 said:
I think Demps has a future in the league.. He could at worst be a darren sproles 3rd down type back. At worst!
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I am not knocking Demps that hard. Dude made it to the semi's in Olympic qualifying, and I am 100% certain he will make it in the league. However he will never be elite in either sport and he will always be a Gator, which brings him down a notch in my book. :)
 
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kid looks like a player to me. he's got stop on the dime change of direction and telephone booth burst to go with elite top end speed. kid is well put together at prob 5'8" around 170. he can prob play close to 190 in college without losing a step
 
Spookcane said:
Peter Ariz said:
at the opening
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How legit is this 40? or was this timed in Blacksburg on a windy, gloomy day?
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The issue with Blacksburg is that it's up in the mountains, so there's less gravity. That tends to make the Va Tech 40 times so fast and the BP numbers so high.

Some scientist researchers at Tech published a paper on this a few years back. It has something to do with quantum mechanics, fluid dynamics, string theory and the Higgs Boson, the "God Particle" just announced at CERN. (They are less sticky in the rarefied Blacksburg high-altitude air.) If Kermit Whitfield was running in Blacksburg he would be easily sub 4.3.
 
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jw410 said:
I think Demps has a future in the league.. He could at worst be a darren sproles 3rd down type back. At worst!
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lol....Darren Sproles was one of the best players in the league last year, and that's Demps' floor? You do realize there's more to being a great football player than speed.
 
Thanks. I wondered whether he had short area quickness to go with the top end speed. Does he compare to Santana Moss or Roscoe Parish at all?

Bigtip said:
kid looks like a player to me. he's got stop on the dime change of direction and telephone booth burst to go with elite top end speed. kid is well put together at prob 5'8" around 170. he can prob play close to 190 in college without losing a step
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Bennubird said:
Thanks. I wondered whether he had short area quickness to go with the top end speed. Does he compare to Santana Moss or Roscoe Parish at all?

Bigtip said:
kid looks like a player to me. he's got stop on the dime change of direction and telephone booth burst to go with elite top end speed. kid is well put together at prob 5'8" around 170. he can prob play close to 190 in college without losing a step
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he looks like a bigger Roscoe imo
 
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