(Un)Official Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Thread

[wilbur58z]

Hickman had 12.5 sacks last year.

His signing is not a surprise because he played for Dewayne Walker at UCLA, so he already knows the defense.

More than likely he will be a 3rd down rush end, much like they used Chris Clemons.

If he makes the team of course...

[drowland]

I don't have a link, but heard on Sirius when they were reading off some UDFA signings.
Skins signed:

Zach Latimer 6-1, 238 MLB Oklahoma

Pos:

Dependable run-defending linebacker who is quick to recognize the action. Disciplined, plays heads-up football and explodes up the field. Takes good angles to the action and is relatively efficient.

Neg:

Not stout at the point, gathers into blocks and is slow to shed. Marginal playing speed. Average skills in coverage.

[wilbur58z]

The Charlottesville paper is reporting the 'Skins signed the following players from UVA:

Keenan Carter, DT

Fontel Mines, TE/WR

Deyon Williams, WR

[terpfan]

Holy crap omelette, thats some great stuff!!!

[Forever21]

Holy crap omelette, thats some great stuff!!!

wow it's been a while since I had a crap omelette...

[Pedro]

Keenan Carter looks interesting. Reading a page or so back he played NT in college. Not too tall at 6'1" or so but still a few pounds over 330.

Rates himself as a run stuffer and needs to work on pass rush, sounds like my kind of guy. We'll see if he has what it takes.

[Buford]

And then....over a car

Nice. I'm laughing out loud here.

[AlbrightIsAlright]

Keenan Carter looks interesting. Reading a page or so back he played NT in college. Not too tall at 6'1" or so but still a few pounds over 330.

Rates himself as a run stuffer and needs to work on pass rush, sounds like my kind of guy. We'll see if he has what it takes.

Keenan is a good friend of mine, he is super smart and a core redskins kind of guy.

[Larry]

That's the Thomas from Florida, Walter Thomas is a really (too big) big DT at 370 who has little experience and played in Community College.
Very raw. but some potential. Motivation and willingness to workout also may be an issue from what I read on NFL draft countdown.

Who played in a Community College and Oklahoma State.

And at 375 lbs, nfl.com still describes him as "light on his feet". (And he can do a front flip.)

[Larry]

Is there some kind of (hopefully sticky) thread that lists our UDFA signings?

[Larry]

This picture looks better:

(From the NYT article.)



(caption: Walter Thomas, 21, can bench-press 475 pounds and squat 800.)

(BTW, that above-linked NYT article has a lot more information about the kid. Including a lot more off-the-field information.)

Another good picture, same article, page 2:

“You absolutely cannot run at him,” said Les Miles, the Louisiana State University coach, who recruited Thomas to Oklahoma State. “You have to go in another direction.”

[Veretax]

From another message board

Keenan Carter will begin his professional football career close to home. After not being chosen during the two-day seven-round NFL Draft that concluded Sunday evening, the Potomac High School graduate said he has agreed to sign with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted rookie free agent.

The 6-foot-1, 340-pound Carter played nose guard at Virginia, a position that increased his stock. NFL teams typically play a 4-3 defensive scheme, but recently have been using the 3-4 scheme.

Interesting here are Keenan Carter's Stats It seems he only played one season. Could be a gem there.

[pez]

Bufford... anyway you can edit your first post to reflect the undrafted folks we pick up?

[rdavis2005]

Wendt is a beast physically. Maybe this years Lumsden. Here's some stuff I found on him.

Jesse Wendt of UW Stout worked out for a couple pro teams today and apparently he ran a 4.28 forty... Just seein if you guys think it is possible. I mean I know he is fast, but 4.28?!? It was handtimed by the pro scouts, so that will make a small distance, but they work with stopwatches so much they're real good with them, so it won't be all that big. So even assuminig he ran a 4.32, that is insanely fast. I don't think there are any D1 players that ran that. So do you think it was that far off, or was it legit?

I have also been using a split similar to the one in your speed article with my athletes for the past 4 weeks. I made a couple of small changes adding in some tempo work and sub-maximal sprint work on the two upper body days (attached is a sample week of the program my brother was performing before the de-load week. I have been de-loading every 4th week). My athletes have seen tremendous gains from novice to advanced. Yesterday 2 of my college football juniors at the University of Wisconsin Stout (Div 3) had a pro-day with the New York Jets and ran amazing times. My brother Ryan Englebert who is a junior tailback measured in at 5'11 / 225 and ran a 4.30 handheld 40 yard dash. His bench press was 225 for 38 reps. The other athlete is a wide receiver named Jesse Wendt who measured in at 6'3 / 229 and ran a 4.28 handheld 40 yard dash. Jesse's bench press was 225 for 33 reps. They felt so fresh and relaxed when running. Thanks, Cory

[Genghis Khan]

what about david ball WR ?