[FarmBoy]

Another interesting note from the ESPN blog:

Washington's Jermaine Kearse, Iowa's Marvin McNutt, Penn State's Derek Moye, Stanford's Chris Owusu, Toledo's Eric Page, Appalachian State's Brian Quick, Rutgers Mohamed Sanu and Baylor's Kendall Wright did not drop passes during the gauntlet drills or when I was watching them in other drills.

This isn't an Enigma to me. I was never overly impressed with Owusu's hands, or his ability to get open. Numbers are just part of the story. Out of curiosity I looked up Baldwin's pro day numbers, and here's a couple of samples

Player                  40-dash          Bench Press            Shuffle        Verticle
Owusu                4.36                  19 reps                      4.11          40.5
Baldwin              4.48                  6 reps                      4.26          37

By all measures, Owusu is the better prospect. He's faster, stronger, more explosive, and tall. But he doesn't fight for the ball like DB used to. I remember watching games in 2010 when Luck would throw to DB in double coverage, and I thought it was poor decision making, even though DB would come down with the ball (bad process, good outcome). But clearly, Luck is a smarter guy than I am. He know that if he threw the ball DB's way, DB was going to find a way to come down with it. I've never seen that kind of desire to fight for the ball in Owusu.

I hope Owusu can figure it out (and says healthy). It's too bad it didn't happen during his career. I remember his Sophomore season. He wasn't such a receiver threat (we didn't throw the ball that much with Toby and the TWU), but he was fearless and explosive as a kick return man. The energy he brought the team and field position was invaluable. I thought with Luck coming back, he would have a brobdingnagian year or two.

[FarmBoy]

Another interesting note from the ESPN blog:

Washington's Jermaine Kearse, Iowa's Marvin McNutt, Penn State's Derek Moye, Stanford's Chris Owusu, Toledo's Eric Page, Appalachian State's Brian Quick, Rutgers Mohamed Sanu and Baylor's Kendall Wright did not drop passes during the gauntlet drills or when I was watching them in other drills.

This isn't an Enigma to me. I was never overly impressed with Owusu's hands, or his ability to get open. Numbers are just part of the story. Out of curiosity I looked up Baldwin's pro day numbers, and here's a couple of samples

Player                  40-dash          Bench Press            Shuffle        Verticle
Owusu                4.36                  19 reps                      4.11          40.5
Baldwin              4.48                  6 reps                      4.26          37

By all measures, Owusu is the better prospect. He's faster, stronger, more explosive, and tall. But he doesn't fight for the ball like DB used to. I remember watching games in 2010 when Luck would throw to DB in double coverage, and I thought it was poor decision making, even though DB would come down with the ball (bad process, good outcome). But clearly, Luck is a smarter guy than I am. He know that if he threw the ball DB's way, DB was going to find a way to come down with it. I've never seen that kind of desire to fight for the ball in Owusu.

I hope Owusu can figure it out (and says healthy). It's too bad it didn't happen during his career. I remember his Sophomore season. He wasn't such a receiver threat (we didn't throw the ball that much with Toby and the TWU), but he was fearless and explosive as a kick return man. The energy he brought the team and field position was invaluable. I thought with Luck coming back, he would have a brobdingnagian year or two.