two interesting walk-ons on the spring roster

#26
#26
Bringing in quality walk ons is very important. Guys like Vinny Sunseri and Clay Matthews started their careers as walk ons. I'm not saying that these guys will do that, but imhlad to have them on board. Hopefully they prove themselves worthy and are able to earn scholarships before it's all said and done.
 
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tarvol73 said:
Baylor is my alma mater as well. A young man with that size, if his speed is anywhere near a 4.5 will play in the SEC. A lot of kids are just bigger and/or faster than the rest of the kids that they are playing in HS. Jumper appears to be so successful because of his technique.

If he really has that kind of speed, I would bet that he eventually gets some serious PT. The kidney thing could hinder him, but if it doesn't then I would bet that he will have as much fight as anyone. Great get IMO, Go Red Raiders!
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As another Baylor alum ('90)
I have to say go red raiders also.
 
#30
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Rehashing an old thread...

I hear Jumper is making some big time noise this spring. My brother has a loose connection to the program. He said the word he's getting is the coaches are very high on him. I believe he's currently in the two-deep at LB.

Swanson, TCV, et al --- What have you guys heard on TOS?
 
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It will be interesting to see how long he stays in the 2 deep after Weatherd, Bates, and Bryant show up.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
Tom Jumper played on the1951 National Championship team. Tom owned Jumper a car dealer in the Atlanta area and my youngest son bought his first car from Tom. Tom is the great uncle who played at Tennessee.
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Found him.
 

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Jake Tate said:
becks 10.93 is a 4.37 40 avg over 100 yds, that's really impressive for a 200 lb walk on. Good info OP
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This is comparing apples to oranges. In a 40 yard dash, a runner spends about half of the distance (20 yards) accelerating to his top end speed. 20 yards is only 18.3 meters, so a runner only spends 18.3% of a 100 meter dash accelerating and runs the remaining 81% of the race run at top speed. Thanks to this discrepancy in the % of each race spent accelerating, you can't just take the average speed from a 100 meter race and assume its the same for a 40 yard dash.

For example, a champion college sprinter can typically run the 100 meter dash in 10.0 seconds. According to your logic, that should equate to a 3.66 40 time [40 yards x (.914 yards / meter) divided by (10 meters / second average speed) = 3.66 seconds]. 10.0 is very fast for 100 meters, but nobody has ever run anything close to a sub 3.7 40.
 
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#39
KBVol said:
Special teams?
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Jumper could be much better than special teams. He is big, fast, and has football blood in his veins. We are beginning to solve our problems at linebacker. The 14and 15 classes will allow us to pick only the best in the 16 class and beyond.
 
#40
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Regarding Beck, this just tells me we have a platoon of hungry RBs. That even if forced to play the back ups of back ups, we'll have a productive running game.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Name the last great walk on at UT
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Well, we have had number of starters in the last few years. Not saying they were all American, but they were the best we had. Often coaches fail to give walk-ons the same respect that they give to their recruits. The NFL is loaded with players who were not recruited by D1 teams.
 
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#49
#49
All I am suggesting is that every year some posters think that walk on's are somehow going to be the key to a great season or pay significant contributions to a teams success. It's reality..
 
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