Armanti Edwards interview (5/7)

[Planiversal]

During my 6th grade year, I ran a 6.7 40 weighing ~180lbs. By time I stopped playing football (3 or so years later), I was running 4.8s weighing ~250lbs. Now I weigh 275 and cans till run a 4.8.

wait a second..

you stopped playing football in the 9th grade? Where you weighed around 250 lbs and ran 4.8 in the 40? BS. There are ninth graders that weigh 250 lbs, sure, but they are fat and don't have the leg strength for that sort've 40 time at that weight - and if by chance you are the 1/1,000,000 that had that 20 year old developed body at 14 ... you stopped in the 9th grade? seriously?

not impossible i suppose... just pretty implausible for a number of reasons from my experience.

[MadHatter]

Yes, because one post sheds light on my entire playing career.

I'd be playing NCAA ball right now hadn't I injured my knee (hence why I said "...when i stopped playing...")

Lighten up....it is only sarcasm.

You better find thicker skin....or you will never last here.

[Al Bundy]

Lighten up....it is only sarcasm.

You better find thicker skin....or you will never last here.

Ask murq about me, man. I give it and take it with the best of 'em.

[DudeNamedJeremy]

Ask murq about me, man. I give it and take it with the best of 'em.

i refused to answer questions whether or not you can give it or take it good

that's none of my business

[Guild]

wait a second..

you stopped playing football in the 9th grade? Where you weighed around 250 lbs and ran 4.8 in the 40? BS. There are ninth graders that weigh 250 lbs, sure, but they are fat and don't have the leg strength for that sort've 40 time at that weight - and if by chance you are the 1/1,000,000 that had that 20 year old developed body at 14 ... you stopped in the 9th grade? seriously?

not impossible i suppose... just pretty implausible for a number of reasons from my experience.

Every single point you tried to make is completely wrong.

[Al Bundy]

Every single point you tried to make is completely wrong.

Yup.

Guy, High school athletes these days are freaks, in case you didn't know.

I started working out around the age of 10, because my dream in life was to play football in the NFL. I was dedicated.

I stopped playing because I fell on ice and tore my ACL, MCL and fractured my kneecap. I could've kept playing, but there was too much to risk.

[Planiversal]

Every single point you tried to make is completely wrong.

mmk

Here's a top prospect from nc state, a little division 1 school in the ACC with about 40k kids going to it and their upcoming 2010 recruiting memo that i graduated from:

• Fre’Shad Hunter is a defensive lineman out of Cary High School in Cary, North Carolina.
  

He is 6′4″, 250 pounds, and he runs a 40-yard dash in 4.93 seconds.

Hunter is a versatile defensive lineman, he played both defensive tackle and defensive end while in high school.

He has good size, he has shown good strength, and many scouts say he has “more room to grow.”

Hunter has a good first step and when he rushes the passer he has a nice set of moves.

He does need to work on his hand movement and his flexibility, but besides that he has a ton of potential.

http://ncstate.raycomsports.com/blog/2010/01/22/north-carolina-state-wolfpack-football-2010-top-recruits/

And, that is as a graduating senior.

So, if by me saying that it is "improbable" that a freshman kid (or perhaps younger, he did not seem to protest the junior high comment) had a 4.8 second 40 at 250 lbs struck you as completely unfounded - then you can go ahead and count the sc/nc 14 year olds for me that measure up to that against the whole number and tell me what the correct ratio is.

[Al Bundy]

mmk

See:

I started working out around the age of 10...

And, I was a sophomore, if I'm remembering correctly.

[Planiversal]

See:

And, I was a sophomore.

Didn't say it was impossible, just pretty nuts - congrats on the achievment though, big claims require big proof - that's just a part of life. if it was your dream, why didn't you try to throw yourself into another lesser impact position... maybe punter? with as much desire and dedication as it would've had to have taken to achieve those numbers at that age, in 3 years you'd be punting it out of the stadium before graduation.

[Al Bundy]

Didn't say it was impossible, just pretty nuts - congrats on the achievment though, big claims require big proof - that's just a part of life. if it was your dream, why didn't you try to throw yourself into another lesser impact position... maybe punter? with as much desire and dedication as it would've had to have taken to achieve those numbers at that age, in 3 years you'd be punting it out of the stadium before graduation.

I'm a defensive guy. I like to hit. I like to be hit while I'm hitting. That was part of the inspiration.

Punting, obviously... you don't get that. Walking out on the field as a punter, compared to a DE or LB... you should feel like you're just a water boy.

Sorry I cannot prove what I'm saying. If it's worth anything, I'm currently 19, 6'2 - 275/280. Leg press 680 and max bench of 330. Still running 4.8.

[rocketman]

Wait a second...why am I getting dragged into this thing? What did I do?

LOL sorry......

[pantherclaw]

FINALLY someone else realizes this. THANK YOU!

I knew this long before long before this thread. So sorry I didn't state it the way he did.

You were the one to bring up this subject. All I did, was state that ya can't teach natural speed. Yes, anyone can be taught to run faster. Anybody who is slow coming into the nfl isn't going to suddenly run faster.

Since ya brought this up, I'll add that speed in shorts don't impress me as much as how fast the player is in his pads/gear.