Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude

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Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - washingtonismoney - 03-22-2018

He just had a 36-inch vertical jump at Stanford's pro day: https://twitter.com/StanfordFball/status/976875584834895873

That would be the highest mark among this year's draft class of QBs by nearly three inches: http://www.nfl.com/combine/tracker#day=fullresults

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - BrevinsBest - 03-22-2018

That must be the floor that they used to have at MaplesÂ ;D. He got up.

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - JustAnotherFan - 03-22-2018

Meeks with a 4.49 in the 40 yard dash. He did not run at the combine.

https://twitter.com/StanfordFball/status/976898342700666881

Which would have placed him right around the median at the NFL combine for DBs.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/tracker#day=monday

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - Langdude - 03-22-2018

Yeah, speed was never Meeks' game. He's smart and a good athlete. Not sure about his strength.

-m.

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - ColoradoTree - 03-22-2018

I thought there was some concern that Meeks would have an even worse 40 time, though, so a median-level time might actually be a bit better than expectations.

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - washingtonismoney - 03-22-2018

Thing is, though, I always question the school's 40 times. The school has every incentive to fudge, and it's not like there's a real 40 time in the same sense that there's a real vertical jump or bench press.

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - ColoradoTree - 03-22-2018

(03-22-2018, 02:32 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote: Thing is, though, I always question the school's 40 times. The school has every incentive to fudge, and it's not like there's a real 40 time in the same sense that there's a real vertical jump or bench press.

Totally fair, though each scout times the 40 himself and they tend to compare notes afterwards to make sure there's a consensus on what the "real" time was. So, Stanford can say 4.49, and one hopes that's the scouts' consensus number as well, but each team would emphasize its own scout's time, I should think.

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - vataha - 03-22-2018

I dig that Ryan stayed at Stanford, accepted his diminished role, was a team first student-athlete. Was available in spring practice which was a benefit to the team and now he is getting an opportunity to participate in some kind of audition for pro football. He has persevered and now he will have no regrets about not pursuing all possible avenues regarding pro football. Way to go son!!!

Thank you Ryan for your contributions to Stanford football. Watching his teammates explode after the jump was heartwarming.

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - 82lsju - 03-22-2018

(03-22-2018, 03:10 PM)ColoradoTree link Wrote: [quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=18905.msg226504#msg226504 date=1521754370]
Thing is, though, I always question the school's 40 times. The school has every incentive to fudge, and it's not like there's a real 40 time in the same sense that there's a real vertical jump or bench press.

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - CowboyIndian - 03-22-2018

I thought I saw someplace that he was trying out as a long snapper.

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - 82lsju - 03-22-2018

(03-22-2018, 05:14 PM)CowboyIndian link Wrote: I thought I saw someplace that he was trying out as a long snapper.

AD list of players had him as QB/LS

http://gostanford.com/news/2018/3/16/football-pro-day-up-next.aspx?path=football

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - JJJ - 03-22-2018

Notebook: Pro Day is out:

Quote:At the advice of special teams coach Pete Alamar and Turley, Burns began practicing as a long snapper two months ago to increase his versatility. On Thursday, he snapped, threw passes and also caught passes to show the scouts tight end is an option.

"I thought it was pretty good overall," Burns said. "It wasn't perfect by any means. There were a lot of things that I wish I did a little better."

The 6-5, 230-pound Burns has never snapped before.

"I was just exploring my options and they thought it was a great option," he said of Alamar and Turley. "I didn't think I did well enough at quarterback to only be a quarterback. So I'm just doing my best to show I have value at other places as well."

Burns wasn't sure who would watch him long snap, but was pleasantly surprised.

"We were talking before and saying we would be lucky if we got three eyes on me snapping," he said. "And it seemed like almost every coach had a stop watch out. It's brobdingnagian exposure here and so many great guys have come through here to attract attention."

http://gostanford.com/news/2018/3/22/football-notebook-pro-day.aspx

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - BigEasyCard - 03-22-2018

Here's an article on the life of a long snapper in the NFL:Â https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/09/11/oh-snap-life-of-an-nfl-long-snapper-a-pressure-packed-gig/72050348/

The top 14 average about $1 million/year.Â I hope that Ryan Burns can cash in on his abilities in the NFL if that's what he wants.

Geaux Cardinal!

Re: Ryan Burns is a pretty athletic dude - slide - 03-23-2018

as someone pointed out to me, Ryan Burns as Jim Jensen II.Â QB, TE, H-Back, LS and ST player.Â played in the NFL for 10+ year.