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Draft Gems: Chad Hansen

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By Ivan The Awesome,
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The premise of this thread is to find those draft gems. Those players that somehow fall through the cracks due to other much more prolific athletes. In the 2017 draft, there are some names at this position that have been talked about a lot more than this candidate I'm about to profile. 

 

 

Enter Chad Hansen.

 

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(Chad never taking his eyes off the ball)

 

 

If you haven't heard of this guy, Its understandable. Not a lot of people watch pac 12 football. The story behind him is intriguing, an underdog from the start. No one gave him an chance much less a scholarship coming out of high school. Until Cal gave him a shot, he was a walk on. Yes. A walk on. Read about it here.

 

From there the legend of this guy grew and grew. His production speaks for it self.  92 Recpetions, 1249 yards and 11 TD's. Some say it may be lighting in a bottle. Since his first year he didn't amass such numbers. This kid has a lot of intangibles that you don't teach. Speed, hands, height, instinct. 

 

Measurements: 

Height: 6' 3

Weight: 215

 

Speed:

His speed has been clocked recently at 4.41. If he gets a combine invite we'll be able to verify this speed. As far as on tape. On several videos I've seen his speed just jumps out. Especially on screen plays. Once he has the ball in his hands he darts off. I am not sure if this will be enough for NFL CB's, but he looks like a man playing against boys most of the time. I have some videos to back up the claim that this kid has several gears. I had the luck to catch a couple of games last year, against Texas and SDSU.  He put on a clinic against the Longhorns. 

 

It's not a secret. We know it, the rest of the NFL knows it. We. Need. Speed. This team is lacking that spark that takes the top off the defenses that can actually catch. (yes that's a stab at Ginn). 

 

Hands: 

In the previous video you can see many of the catches he makes are different. He's simply reliable. He doesn't drop anything and I've searched for his drop percentage. The only thing he dropped was a sick burn on the longhorns with a hook 'em sign then dropping it down. lol

 

https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/777364822987976704/photo/1

 

 

Height:

At 6'3, that's something desirable, especially with Cam newton under center. Cam will never be the most accurate passer in the NFL. He's not pin point accurate but he has been decently accurate before. Not this past season but that's another issue. With Hansens size and vertical. (Hasn't officially taken a vertical yet but I'm estimating in the high to mid 30's maybe breaking the 40' threshold.) his catch radius is huge. Something that is needed. KB, Funchess, Olsen all have huge Catch radius. Olsen has the hands out of them all though. Hansen would have the speed to boot.  In this next break down fast forward to 00:20. Webb is deep inside the endzone and the OC dials up a pass play, very dangerous a because Webb took a shot in the end zone that could have been a safety,. instead Hansen locates the ball and plucks it out of the air at it's highest point, making sure he was still in bounds. Instinct, awareness, other traits you can't teach. Some just have it. Hansen has it. 

Minute 1:49 he utilizes his hands to get off press coverage and beats the DB with his step and speed to get past not only the man defending him but this help on the inside. He comes up with the TD with ease. 

Through mid video you can also appreciate his blocking. This is an area that he definitely needs more improvement in. He's not the best blocker, he did block but on several he gave up on blocks mainly because he thought the play was dead. Something that can be coached. 

The cons would be that in Cal he wasn't asked to run the whole route tree so he may not know it all. Slants, curls, and go routes were his bread and butter, he'd have to learn the whole tree. Also his blocking like previously mentioned. 

Work Ethic, measurements, and production are there. There is no denying this kid is special and is being overshadowed by other WR's. 

 

If invited to the combine, keep an eye out for him. Also on his pro-day. As of now he is a second to third say pick. Perfect for that compensatory pick for Josh Norman, barring that Gettleman doesn't trade up for someone else. He could probably be hand late as the 4th round, no many picks away form that comp pick. I expect his draft stock to rise once teams see the tape and if he does perform well in the combine. Especially if he runs a fast forty. 

 

Some of you may say we don't need another Wide out. Competition is never a bad thing. Brown and Ginn are the only speedsters on the roster, even in the practice squad, Byrd and Garrett. 

 

Still rooting for them but the speed issue needs to be addressed. 

 

Maybe Shula learns how to use other plays other than long developing ones to utilize the weapons he already has? Hope he evolves his game planning too. 

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This is the year we need to adress the deep threat issues. We need other playmakers besides Cam and Greg. 

I like this kid from what I've seen. Not as much as Dede Westbrook or John Ross, but this kid looks very promising.

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46 minutes ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

 

Some of you may say we don't need another Wide out. Competition is never a bad thing. Brown and Ginn are the only speedsters on the roster, even in the practice squad, Byrd and Garrett. 

 

Still rooting for them but the speed issue needs to be addressed. 

Just a note: Byrd ran a 4.28 on grass at his pro day.

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