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Ray Lewis III Measureables

  • ilovelamp51 said...

    That couldn't be further from the truth. Look up the average NFL starting offensive line from 20 years ago. It MIGHT be equivalent to a high school o-line these days size wise. Could possibly be smaller than some.

    I'll give him 5'9 200 lbs... IF the kid can play, his size won't hold him back. That's a big IF though.

    Yes the front 7 is bigger now then 20 years ago, but he won't be in the front 7. My point is that he is not a finished product and his size is not a major factor. He's been in summer camps and has played against better comp there. I don't think SR would let his son go out and get killed! He's been around football a long time, so if he feels he can play at The "U", that's good enough for me!

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  • tampa_tuck said...

    My point is that he is not a finished product and his size is not a major factor. He's been in summer camps and has played against better comp there. I don't think SR would let his son go out and get killed! He's been around football a long time, so if he feels he can play at The "U", that's good enough for me!

    I agree that he will get bigger & faster... I don't know if he will ever start a game at Miami honestly but I do feel like he will be a solid contributer on ST which is 1/3 of the game. I had no problem taking his commitment. I just don't want people trying to compare him to his father because that just isn't fair to the kid.

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  • FOR ALL OF YOU HATING ON THIS OFFER TO RL3.

    SHUT THE F UP! NONE OF YOU EVEN KNOW THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF WHETHER HE CAN PLAY OR NOT. HE WAS 2ND TEAM ALL STATE IN FLORIDA WHICH MEANS IN ITSELF, HE IS AT THE VERY LEAST ABOVE AVG. YOU GET SO WRAPPED UP IN NUMBERS AND HIS COMPETITION LEVEL TO THE POINT THAT YOU JUST SOUND LIKE A HATER/KNOW IT ALL WHEN IN FACT YOU DONT KNOW IF HE WILL OR WILL NOT SUCCEED AT MIAMI, PERIOD. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLAYERS THAT GO D-1 AND END UP BEING BUSTS AND PLENTY OF PLAYERS WHO GO UNDER THE RADAR AND BECOME STARS, EVEN D1-AA AND D-2 PLAYERS MAKE IT TO THE LEAGUE.

    THE FACT IS, YOUR NOT AG, YOUR NOT ON HIS STAFF, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN HIM PLAY BESIDES A 5 MINUTE HIGHLIGHT TAPE, YOUR NOT A COLLEGE RECRUITER, YOUR IN FACT JUST A FAN OF THE GAME. STATE YOUR OPINION WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR DONT AND BE DONE WITH IT. TO GET ON HERE AND RANT ABOUT HOW HE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO SUCK BECAUSE YOU SAY SO JUST MAKES YOU SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT. HE HAS POTENTIAL AND AT THE VERY LEAST WILL GET BIG RAY INVOLVED MORE INTO THE PROGRAM THAN HE ALREADY IS WHICH IN TURN COULD LAND YOUR COVETED 4 AND 5 STAR PLAYERS IN FUTURE YEARS THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN W/O HIM BEING AROUND AS MUCH WITHOUT THE RECRUITMENT OF RL3. IF YOUR GOING TO SUPPORT THE U, THEN DO IT. DONT TRY AND ACT LIKE THE PROGRAM IS FALLING APART OR AG DOESNT KNOW WHAT HES DOING BECAUSE WE BRING IN A LEGACY PLAYER THAT DOESNT FIT YOUR PERSONAL CRITERIA OF WHAT A MIAMI RECRUIT IS.

    AND AS FAR AS NUMBERS GO, 5'8-5'9 IS FINE FOR A DB/RB, 175-190 IS PLENTY HEAVY FOR THOSE POSITIONS AS A HS JUNIOR, AND A LASER 4.7 IS NOT BLAZING BUT STILL ABOVE AVERAGE AND STILL FAST. AND FOR HIS COMPETITION LEVEL, RELAX. YES HE PLAYS AGAINST WEAK COMPETITION BUT HE PUT OVER 2000 YRDS ON O AND 90+ TACKLES ON D. THAT IS ABOVE AVG EVEN FOR WEAK COMPETITION. IF HE PUT UP WEAK STATS AGAINST THAT SAME LEVEL OF PLAY THEN YOU COULD MAKE A POINT. WHAT DID HE NEED TO DO TO IMPRESS YOU? 5000 YARDS ON O AND 200 TACKLES WITH 20 INTS TO GET YOUR APPROVAL? THE KID IS EXCELLING ON THE FIELD NOT MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. YOU COULD TAKE SOME OF THESE 4 AND 5 STAR KIDS THAT YOU LOVE, PUT HIM IN THE SAME SPOT ON THE SAME TEAM AS RL3 AND I BET THE NUMBERS WOULD BE COMPARABLE.

    I DIDNT EVEN WANT TO RESPOND, BUT THE HATING ON THIS HS KID HAS GONE PAST 24 HRS STRAIGHT. GET A LIFE.

    MAKE YOUR COMMENT IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE OFFER AND MOVE ON. DONT BE BITTER THAT HE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU WISH YOU DID.

    SUPPORT THE U.

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    rob18x2

  • You don't have to yell... megaphone

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  • BIG RAY TALKING ABOUT RL3.

    Play

    http://www.youtube.com/v/tUEH47ZS9_o
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    rob18x2

  • 18_18_rob said...

    FOR ALL OF YOU HATING ON THIS OFFER TO RL3.

    SHUT THE F UP! NONE OF YOU EVEN KNOW THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF WHETHER HE CAN PLAY OR NOT. HE WAS 2ND TEAM ALL STATE IN FLORIDA WHICH MEANS IN ITSELF, HE IS AT THE VERY LEAST ABOVE AVG. YOU GET SO WRAPPED UP IN NUMBERS AND HIS COMPETITION LEVEL TO THE POINT THAT YOU JUST SOUND LIKE A HATER/KNOW IT ALL WHEN IN FACT YOU DONT KNOW IF HE WILL OR WILL NOT SUCCEED AT MIAMI, PERIOD. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLAYERS THAT GO D-1 AND END UP BEING BUSTS AND PLENTY OF PLAYERS WHO GO UNDER THE RADAR AND BECOME STARS, EVEN D1-AA AND D-2 PLAYERS MAKE IT TO THE LEAGUE.

    THE FACT IS, YOUR NOT AG, YOUR NOT ON HIS STAFF, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN HIM PLAY BESIDES A 5 MINUTE HIGHLIGHT TAPE, YOUR NOT A COLLEGE RECRUITER, YOUR IN FACT JUST A FAN OF THE GAME. STATE YOUR OPINION WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR DONT AND BE DONE WITH IT. TO GET ON HERE AND RANT ABOUT HOW HE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO SUCK BECAUSE YOU SAY SO JUST MAKES YOU SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT. HE HAS POTENTIAL AND AT THE VERY LEAST WILL GET BIG RAY INVOLVED MORE INTO THE PROGRAM THAN HE ALREADY IS WHICH IN TURN COULD LAND YOUR COVETED 4 AND 5 STAR PLAYERS IN FUTURE YEARS THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN W/O HIM BEING AROUND AS MUCH WITHOUT THE RECRUITMENT OF RL3. IF YOUR GOING TO SUPPORT THE U, THEN DO IT. DONT TRY AND ACT LIKE THE PROGRAM IS FALLING APART OR AG DOESNT KNOW WHAT HES DOING BECAUSE WE BRING IN A LEGACY PLAYER THAT DOESNT FIT YOUR PERSONAL CRITERIA OF WHAT A MIAMI RECRUIT IS.

    AND AS FAR AS NUMBERS GO, 5'8-5'9 IS FINE FOR A DB/RB, 175-190 IS PLENTY HEAVY FOR THOSE POSITIONS AS A HS JUNIOR, AND A LASER 4.7 IS NOT BLAZING BUT STILL ABOVE AVERAGE AND STILL FAST. AND FOR HIS COMPETITION LEVEL, RELAX. YES HE PLAYS AGAINST WEAK COMPETITION BUT HE PUT OVER 2000 YRDS ON O AND 90+ TACKLES ON D. THAT IS ABOVE AVG EVEN FOR WEAK COMPETITION. IF HE PUT UP WEAK STATS AGAINST THAT SAME LEVEL OF PLAY THEN YOU COULD MAKE A POINT. WHAT DID HE NEED TO DO TO IMPRESS YOU? 5000 YARDS ON O AND 200 TACKLES WITH 20 INTS TO GET YOUR APPROVAL? THE KID IS EXCELLING ON THE FIELD NOT MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. YOU COULD TAKE SOME OF THESE 4 AND 5 STAR KIDS THAT YOU LOVE, PUT HIM IN THE SAME SPOT ON THE SAME TEAM AS RL3 AND I BET THE NUMBERS WOULD BE COMPARABLE.

    I DIDNT EVEN WANT TO RESPOND, BUT THE HATING ON THIS HS KID HAS GONE PAST 24 HRS STRAIGHT. GET A LIFE.

    MAKE YOUR COMMENT IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE OFFER AND MOVE ON. DONT BE BITTER THAT HE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU WISH YOU DID.

    SUPPORT THE U.

    Canes R Able? Is that you? We all thought you had swine flu!

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  • All i can say is Tyrann Mathieu was smaller and about as slow his jr of HS so can we wait and see what the kid develops into please

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  • McSt[]_[]dly said...

    Canes R Able? Is that you? We all thought you had swine flu!

    no, but he must be a smart guy

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    rob18x2

  • abs_da_don said...

    Are you a real doctor?

    Yes, a professor at a medical school.

    Doctor Inferno

  • Doctor Inferno said...

    Yes, a professor at a medical school.

    So now you MD's want a reading of 110 / 70... nono

    I'll take my 140/90 and eat my bacon sammich. Nothing cool happens after 65 anyway..

    fishing

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  • Doctor Inferno said...

    Yes, a professor at a medical school.

    Where at!? I'm premed and I'm such a nerd when it comes to the human body!!! Lol far off topic from the original post but any good books you recommend!?

    scott_chritton

  • ilovelamp51 said...

    So now you MD's want a reading of 110 / 70...

    I'll take my 140/90 and eat my sammich. Nothing cool happens after 65 anyway..

    We were talking about an adolescent athletes resting blood pressure, not adults. Adolescents in general have not had the time to develop any significant narrowing of their arteries. If they are aerobically well conditioned, they will usually have resting heart rates and blood pressures on the lower end of the normal spectrum. My comment is direct that blood pressure does not correlate wtih heart size either physically or metaphorically. I think this kid may have the type of attitude that has been lacking from the canes football team. This team seems to have more talent then teams that have much better season records over the past two years, but are at the top as far as the total number of athletes invited to the NFL combine over the past two years. This team needs the spark plug that can ignite the fuel in the engine to get this team to where it needs to be.

    Doctor Inferno

  • 18_18_rob said...

    FOR ALL OF YOU HATING ON THIS OFFER TO RL3.

    SHUT THE F UP! NONE OF YOU EVEN KNOW THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF WHETHER HE CAN PLAY OR NOT. HE WAS 2ND TEAM ALL STATE IN FLORIDA WHICH MEANS IN ITSELF, HE IS AT THE VERY LEAST ABOVE AVG. YOU GET SO WRAPPED UP IN NUMBERS AND HIS COMPETITION LEVEL TO THE POINT THAT YOU JUST SOUND LIKE A HATER/KNOW IT ALL WHEN IN FACT YOU DONT KNOW IF HE WILL OR WILL NOT SUCCEED AT MIAMI, PERIOD. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLAYERS THAT GO D-1 AND END UP BEING BUSTS AND PLENTY OF PLAYERS WHO GO UNDER THE RADAR AND BECOME STARS, EVEN D1-AA AND D-2 PLAYERS MAKE IT TO THE LEAGUE.

    THE FACT IS, YOUR NOT AG, YOUR NOT ON HIS STAFF, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN HIM PLAY BESIDES A 5 MINUTE HIGHLIGHT TAPE, YOUR NOT A COLLEGE RECRUITER, YOUR IN FACT JUST A FAN OF THE GAME. STATE YOUR OPINION WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR DONT AND BE DONE WITH IT. TO GET ON HERE AND RANT ABOUT HOW HE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO SUCK BECAUSE YOU SAY SO JUST MAKES YOU SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT. HE HAS POTENTIAL AND AT THE VERY LEAST WILL GET BIG RAY INVOLVED MORE INTO THE PROGRAM THAN HE ALREADY IS WHICH IN TURN COULD LAND YOUR COVETED 4 AND 5 STAR PLAYERS IN FUTURE YEARS THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN W/O HIM BEING AROUND AS MUCH WITHOUT THE RECRUITMENT OF RL3. IF YOUR GOING TO SUPPORT THE U, THEN DO IT. DONT TRY AND ACT LIKE THE PROGRAM IS FALLING APART OR AG DOESNT KNOW WHAT HES DOING BECAUSE WE BRING IN A LEGACY PLAYER THAT DOESNT FIT YOUR PERSONAL CRITERIA OF WHAT A MIAMI RECRUIT IS.

    AND AS FAR AS NUMBERS GO, 5'8-5'9 IS FINE FOR A DB/RB, 175-190 IS PLENTY HEAVY FOR THOSE POSITIONS AS A HS JUNIOR, AND A LASER 4.7 IS NOT BLAZING BUT STILL ABOVE AVERAGE AND STILL FAST. AND FOR HIS COMPETITION LEVEL, RELAX. YES HE PLAYS AGAINST WEAK COMPETITION BUT HE PUT OVER 2000 YRDS ON O AND 90+ TACKLES ON D. THAT IS ABOVE AVG EVEN FOR WEAK COMPETITION. IF HE PUT UP WEAK STATS AGAINST THAT SAME LEVEL OF PLAY THEN YOU COULD MAKE A POINT. WHAT DID HE NEED TO DO TO IMPRESS YOU? 5000 YARDS ON O AND 200 TACKLES WITH 20 INTS TO GET YOUR APPROVAL? THE KID IS EXCELLING ON THE FIELD NOT MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. YOU COULD TAKE SOME OF THESE 4 AND 5 STAR KIDS THAT YOU LOVE, PUT HIM IN THE SAME SPOT ON THE SAME TEAM AS RL3 AND I BET THE NUMBERS WOULD BE COMPARABLE.

    I DIDNT EVEN WANT TO RESPOND, BUT THE HATING ON THIS HS KID HAS GONE PAST 24 HRS STRAIGHT. GET A LIFE.

    MAKE YOUR COMMENT IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE OFFER AND MOVE ON. DONT BE BITTER THAT HE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU WISH YOU DID.

    SUPPORT THE U.

    I can tell by your use of ALL CAPS, you really know what your talking about....

    biggrin

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