re: Meet Chris Curry

I see him more like a poor man’ Spencer Ware and a bowling ball on third and short to keep the chains moving . His other strength is that he’s so hard to bring down so I’m thinking there is a little Joe Addai ( Think Miami Bowl game) where he can wreck a guy downfield in the second level and fire up his teammates. But I don’t want this guy getting fancy and running sideways because he just doesn’t have the speed to hit the corner .

not being negative but I didn't see mch in the film to predict he'll be a great back in the SEC. every highlight was a TD run where he basically wasn't touched. I didn't notice him breaking any tackles; it looked like his blocking was so good he didn't need to. if anything, the opponents were pretty bad at run defense. he hit the hole with great speed tho.

I'm sure the coaches like him for reasons other than this highlight film.

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not being negative but I didn't see mch in the film to predict he'll be a great back in the SEC. every highlight was a TD run where he basically wasn't touched. I didn't notice him breaking any tackles;

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Breaking tackles? Here you go (look at the 2nd video from his senior season):
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Darrell Williams was VERY slow coming out of high school and he did fine this year. If nothing mattered but speed, you'd have Oregon with a few titles recently wouldn't you?

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I just hope he doesn’t leave football for the track team .

Seriously you guys do this to yourself every year . You watch tape and you turn every single player into all things . It’s not enough that he be a tough interior runner, now he’s a speedster and a chick magnet too, when he’s not sailing around the world to give Physics lectures. Just stop .

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I'm not saying he will be the next great back, but he should be very capable. He dealt with injuries his junior and senior season which hurt his performance and ranking. He still was the 15th ranked RB in the country so he's likely pretty good.

He averaged 11 ypc his junior season in 7 games and scored 13 TDs so the knock is he had too many holes to run through. His senior season he had no blocking and you see him break tackles, take 4-5 guys to bring him down and moved the pile 5 yards each time. The knock? Where are the big runs and TDs?

Classic rant.

He decides quickly where he is going with the ball, and once he decides, he is a freight train. I like him. He is an LSU kind of back.

Yea, I tried finding the guy on some Lehigh roster's on 247, had no luck. Don't know if he was older than Curry or not. But, Curry isn't slow, so that dude is really fast. Was watching Saints today and Ginn jr. had a nice end around run and it reminded me of the high school all-star game he was in and ran a kickoff back for a touchdown and Xavier Carter almost ran him down from behind. Don't know if anyone else remembers that play. Xman was fast. Still wish he'd of stayed with football.

Spencer Ware clone. Jaw breaker RB.

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He runs a 4.5 for those saying he's slow.

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No way that guy runs a 4.5. A 4.7 is more like it. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. There are plenty of guys playing RB in the NFL who run 4.7. The most important thing a RB can give you is vision and acceleration into the hole. If a back does that well he’s a keeper. If in addition, he has speed, then he’s a great one.

Russell Brown signed with western Kentucky