http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap10...nce-okoye-impresses-at-super-regional-combine
Lawrence Okoye, who competed in the discus at the Olympics, wowed some scouts with his athleticism at the Regional Combine, 6'6" and 304 but ran a 4.78 40-yard with equally impressive broad and vertical jumps . Was reported last week that some teams were looking at him as an UDFA, but now being talked about as a possibility that a team uses a pick on him. Don't see it myself, as he has no football background whatsoever (beyond being a fan), but he'd be an intriguing development project.
His speed isn't a surprise to me as, before he took up the discus, he played rugby at a fairly high level and played as a Wing, which translates roughly to a WR in football. Apart from his lack of football experience, the other thing that will likely stop him even being considered as a draft pick is whether he will remain committed to an NFL career. Here's a guy who's gone from a rugby player to a discus thrower and now wants to try the NFL...and he's still only 21. He's obviously got the athletic ability and the intelligence (he was offered a place at Oxford University), but he can't seem to settle on what he wants to do.
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I can't see him getting drafted, no football experience. He'll most likely get invited to a camp, but being big and fast are only going to get you so far- this guy has never played football. Making an NFL team will be a very tall order, I think that arena ball is more realistic.
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Bunk him with Cam Wake and let them pull twenty dollar bills off the ceiling all offseason.
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San Francisco, unsurprisingly, and New Orleans have him in for visits.
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At 6'6" 304 depending on his hands hes either a TE or DE.
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Thanks Barry (It is Barry isn't it :wink: ). That is one of the funnier things I've read lately.Bpk likes this.
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Any relation to Amobi Okoye?
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He needs a simple position to play. 3-4 DE on the right side in a one-gap scheme would be his best fit.
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Cmon now.
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Well.. Ireland has taken measurable guys in the 7th before (who was the vet school linebacker?). It just depends how picked clean his board is by that point.
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Go get Menelik Watson and this guy, the all-British team.
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John Nalbone. Monmouth.