MLB -- Nick DeLuca

[Frisco Jason]

Nick is doing great at the 20 yard shuttle and 3 cone. He's a top performer at linebacker

Your exactly right about Nick; he's doing fine! Couple with the fact he got talked up by Mike Mayock and Charles Johnson no need to worry. I've scouted 13 years now and I'm much more concerned with a players performance on tape; then combine numbers. Because combine drills aren't done on Sundays; playing games are! Anyone remember Tony Mandarich; enough said! Way to much emphasis on combine numbers. Nick had a good senior bowl week which was mentioned while competing with a lot of guys from FBS programs.

[HerdistheWord]

Nick is doing great at the 20 yard shuttle and 3 cone. He's a top performer at linebacker

Good to hear. Those drills are better indicators. He looked clubky when i saw him. I was hoping for a 4.7's 40 and about 20 reps based in what Nick had said early. He fell short there, but he obviously picked it up.

[jarhead]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...ring&sle=true#

[CAS4127]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...ring&sle=true#

https://twitter.com/_joenick22_/stat...62324603699200


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[wagsabison]

https://twitter.com/_joenick22_/stat...62324603699200


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Haha, that's awesome. He was one of the faster QB's too.

[jarhead]

The NFL and media spend millions of dollars every year dissecting these guys and it's still a crapshoot. The truth is still in the game tape and the game tape tells me Nick is as instinctive as
any LB in this class. Instincts can trump analytics, especially at the reactive positions like LB.

[Hammerhead]

Why don't they run the 40 and do agility drills in full pads to evaluate how fast they are on the field?

[Christopher Moen]

Why don't they run the 40 and do agility drills in full pads to evaluate how fast they are on the field?

I'm not a big fan of evaluating talent based on combine scores as compared to film.

You can check out this link to see the top combine performers in the 40 yard dash since 2006 (or any other test, year range and position combo): http://www.nfl.com/combine/top-perfo...-LB-CB-OL-SPEC

Looking through a lot of the top performers throughout the years, most are guys I don't remember making much of an impression at the pro-level. I think the key is to be better than average on these tests and have great work shown on film. I would also like to see how the Wonderlic test correlates to success in the NFL.

[totoinfl]

I'm not a big fan of evaluating talent based on combine scores as compared to film.

You can check out this link to see the top combine performers in the 40 yard dash since 2006 (or any other test, year range and position combo): http://www.nfl.com/combine/top-perfo...-LB-CB-OL-SPEC

Looking through a lot of the top performers throughout the years, most are guys I don't remember making much of an impression at the pro-level. I think the key is to be better than average on these tests and have great work shown on film. I would also like to see how the Wonderlic test correlates to success in the NFL.

I don't think too many decisions or least good decisions are made solely on combine efforts. They watch lots of film, the combine is a chance to watch them with some pressure to perform, get an idea of absolute athleticism and conduct the all important interview...also to take the Vince Young memorial Wunderlich test. In a case like DeLuca, how much film is there on him against top tier FBS talent week in and week out...

[thebigund]

Good teams use the combine to confirm what they think they see on film. Bad teams reach based on track numbers.