2013 NFL Combine: 10 All-Time Workout Warrior Frauds
February 14, 2013 1:37 pm
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Cornerback
Drafted in 2004 by the Packers
Ahmad Carroll was a two-time All-SEC selection at Arkansas in 2001 and 2002. He was also a star on the Razorbacks' track team.
Carroll listed an amazing 41 inches in the vertical jump at the Combine and ran an amazing 4.34 40-yard dash as well.
The Packers decided to take Ahmad Carroll with the 25th pick in the 2004 NFL Draft.
Carroll was not known as a quality cornerback during his career. He was called for numerous penalties and when he was scorched in a 2006 game by the Eagles' Greg Lewis, Carroll was cut.
Ahmad Carroll has since bounced around the Arena League, UFL and CFL.
Every fan knows about Mike Mamula and Tony Mandarich, we all know how they tore up the Combine but then bombed in the Nation Football League. However, they are not the only two players who have crashed and burned.
Every year, before the NFL Draft, the League herds former college players into a stadium in Indianapolis like cattle. Once there, they work out, they're proded, tested and tested some more.
However, at the Combine, it's all about the physical and mental part of the game. You can't really test a player's heart or predict the future. And sometimes the future isn't so good.
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Thanks for the positive feedback Rob. I see that your a NYG fan. My friend from H.S. played there for 4 years and I friend Jason Gesser was a QB for Wazzu a decade ago.
Wow, so the guy had a restraint named after him? That's crazy. I hope you don't have to use it much. I'm guessing it's hard to pinpoint that kind of problem until it just comes out. I feel sorry for Underwood, he had all the talent. But how easy would it have been to manage his illness? I'm guessing that it would have difficult. But you would know more about that part than me.
When I read the workout warrior title, I figured it'd be about guys like Mamula and Heyward-Bey. Guys who didn't show anything in college, had good numbers at the combine and then became a high draft pick.
There are players out there that had great college careers that didn't even get drafted or got picked in the 6th or 7th. It doesn't say crappy players who did well at the combine, it's about players who has great combines all together. Mandarich was an All-American in college, so I guess he didn't count either? Having a good career in college doesn't mean that you're NFL material. How's Tim Tebow doing again? I'll be sure to write it based on your opinion next time.
Joe, You nailed it. Your definition would fit Dontari Poe to a T!
Dude played at Memphis, (yeah, Memphis) against sub quality competition, and he didn't dominate there. Goes to the combine and blows it up. Then gets drafted by the Chiefs at the eleven spot. The one good thing that he did last year is get both the GM, Scott Pioli, and the head coach, Romeo Crennel, fired. Thanks, Dontari. You may not be able to play in the NFL, but at least you helped give the Chiefs a fresh start.
The fat man was never one to admit a mistake, any mistake [11 years and not one mistake!] so Mike got resigned.
I don't know where the tackle stat came from, but I doubt that Mike ever averaged more then 1 or 1.5 tackles a game, if that.
He probably will go down as the worst top 10 pick ever to play 6 seasons!
This was where my Tackle stat came from http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MamuMi20.htm It combines both solo and assisted tackles.
The only reason I didn't include Poe is because he was a rookie last year. If they have this assignment again next year and he craps out, then I'll put him on the list.
I totally agree, Joshua. It would be premature to put him on the list now, but he went on "bust watch" immediately when Scott Pioli and the Chefs took the bait.