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Over 250 of the best talent in South Florida converged on the Dolphins Training Facility this past weekend to take part in the Under Armour Combine.<\/p>\nOver 250 of the best talent in South Florida converged on the Dolphins Training Facility this past weekend to take part in the Under Armour Combine.<\/p>\n
Athletes’ height and weight were taken and they were tested in drills such as the 3 cone, 300 yard shuttle, pro shuttle, bench press, vertical jump and of course the 40 yard dash.<\/p>\n
This year’s crew of competitors were not as fast as last year’s crew.\u00a0 The 2010 class at the Miami UA Combine had a number of skilled position players go under 4.5 in the forty.\u00a0 This year’s group had only a handful but that does not mean that there aren’t some solid players in the 2011 class.<\/p>\n
In terms of who laid down the fastest forty time,\u00a0 that one was easy.\u00a0 Former Gulliver Prep wide receiver and soon to be Columbus High School Explorer Tacoi Sumler.\u00a0 Sumler ripped up the 40 yard track in a blazing 4.33 time that made the scout on hand do a double take on his stop watch.\u00a0 Sumler is an explosive athlete that has been on display for a the last three years.\u00a0 His star continues to shine bright and his stock continues to rise.\u00a0 Plantation H.S. defensive end, tight end Ryan Shazier cranked out an impressive 4.44 weighing in at 201 lbs.\u00a0 Between Sumler’s time and Shazier size \/ speed combo,\u00a0 that supersede anything that took place at last year’s Under Armour Combine in Miami.<\/p>\n
Other times of note were: Phillip Dorsett<\/strong> WR (St. Thomas Aquinas) 4.43,\u00a0 Avery Johnson<\/strong> – WR – (Ely H.S.) – 4.40, Marquis Noble<\/strong> WR (Bucholz H.S. – Gainesville) 4.49, Deontae West<\/strong> – DB (Hialeah H.S.) 4.54, Gary Holmes<\/strong> – RB – (Seminole Ridge H.S.) 4.52,\u00a0 Melvin Noel<\/strong> – WR – (Dr. Krop) 4.53,\u00a0 Tim Burton<\/strong> – CB – (Cardinal Gibbons) 4.57, Brandon Rose<\/strong> – CB – (West Broward) 4.57, Jeremy Cash – <\/strong>DB – (Plantation) <\/strong>4.58, Andrew Johnson<\/strong> – CB – (Southridge H.S.) 4.59.<\/p>\n I was quite impressed with the way Niles Lawerence from Nova High School moved around.\u00a0 The 6’2″ 297 lb. Lawerence was a linebacker,\u00a0 believe it or not, last season for the Titans.\u00a0\u00a0 Lawerence laid down a 4.90 in the forty which was a time that rivaled quite a few of the wide receivers, running backs and defensive backs in attendance.\u00a0 Lawerence is a prospect that is picking up steam with schools like Florida St., Michigan and Cincinnati taking a look at him.<\/p>\n DT Patrick Williams from University School showed his cat like quickness in 1-on-1 drills with the offensive linemen and impressed many in attendance.\u00a0 St. Thomas Aquinas’ Jelani Hamilton was a big body moving well.\u00a0 The 6’4″ 250 lb. Hamilton carries his frame like a linebacker and has the potential to make some things happen this upcoming season.<\/p>\n I spent a lot of my time eyeballing the 7-on-7 and 1-on-1 sessions.\u00a0 Not surprisingly,\u00a0 Northwestern’s Teddy Bridgewater was the most competent, confident and capable quarterback in the group.\u00a0 Gavin Block of Dr. Krop H.S. in Miami showed some good things but not many QB’s stood out.<\/p>\n The Wide Receiver group had a number of solid players.\u00a0 North Broward Prep’s A.J. Sebastiano is the most polished wide receiver in this class.\u00a0 I continue to be impressed by his route running ability, releases from the line of scrimmage and overall football I.Q.\u00a0\u00a0 He’s not a blazer on the watch but is as fast as he needs to be to get away from any of the defensive backs covering him.\u00a0 Andrew Johnson,\u00a0 brother of former Ely High School standout Patrick Johnson, shows some great speed on the field.\u00a0 With a little bit of polish he’s going to be a force to reckon with.\u00a0 St. Thomas Aquinas’ Phillip Dorsett and Tevin Allen were impressive in the 1-on-1 and 7-on-7 sessions.\u00a0 Both players looked explosive and comfortable running routes and sitting down in zones.\u00a0 Sumler does not only rely on his speed,\u00a0 he brings an accomplished route running ability to his game which makes him even more of a threat. Jesse York,\u00a0 junior from Boyd Anderson H.S.,\u00a0 is a brash, confident receiver who has substantial physical tools.\u00a0 He’s one to keep an eye on.\u00a0 Marken Michel also shows a tremendous amount of skill.\u00a0\u00a0 Michel has a powerful build, excellent quickness, good speed and an understanding of his wide receiver position.\u00a0 He’s an underrated star that deserves some attention.<\/p>\n The defensive back group has some promising stars.\u00a0 Jeremy Cash (Plantation H.S.),\u00a0 was all over the field in the limited amount of reps you get at events like this.\u00a0 Cash and teammate Ryan Shazier were hard not to notice when they took the field and were flying around.\u00a0 Boyd Anderson’s Harmon Brown was full of talk but could back it up.\u00a0 Reminded me a lot of Class of 2010 standout Tony Grimes with his intimidation and aggressiveness.\u00a0 Brown has the confidence to play the cornerback position and adds to that some solid skills.\u00a0\u00a0 Cardinal Gibbons’ Tim Burton has the build and the skill to make big things happen in the Chiefs’ secondary in 2010.\u00a0 Southridge High School’s\u00a0 CB Andrew Johnson and Gerod Holliman also stood out in this group.\u00a0 Both players are extremely competitive and when there’s a play to be made,\u00a0 they are eager to make it.\u00a0 Johnson and Holliman show great defensive back skills and good footwork.\u00a0\u00a0 They have benefited from the resurgence of Southridge High School under coach Pat Burrows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over 250 of the best talent in South Florida converged on the Dolphins Training Facility this past weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[423,424,426,419,425,422,418,379,227,421,420],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-school","tag-aj-sebastiano","tag-andrew-johnson","tag-jelani-hamilton","tag-jeremy-cash","tag-pat-williams","tag-phillip-dorsett","tag-ryan-shazier","tag-tacoi-sumler","tag-teddy-bridgewater","tag-tevin-allen","tag-tim-burton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}