Johnson stunned that Dwyer hasn’t been picked — updated
That Jonathan Dwyer has yet to be drafted stuns Paul Johnson, his former coach at Georgia Tech.
At one time projected to be a first-round pick when he announced in January he was leaving school after three seasons, Dwyer was finally selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth rounds
Twelve running backs were selected ahead of him.
“Someone is going to get a heck of a football player,” Johnson said after Saturday’s T-Day game at Bobby Dodd Stadium. “If there are 90 guys better than him I haven’t seen them.
“It’s unbelievable.”
After rushing for 1,395 yards as a sophomore to earn ACC player of the year honors, he rushed for 1,395 more as a junior last season in helping the Yellow Jackets win the ACC.
When he announced he was turning pro, draft analysts questioned Dwyer’s weight, ability to catch the ball, blocking and pass-catching skills. He played at around 240 pounds in Tech’s spread-option, where he wasn’t asked to pass-block or catch, though he did snag a few passes, notably against FSU and against Iowa in the Orange Bowl
A toe injury sustained in the bowl game hampered his training and conditioning in the weeks leading up to the NFL Combine. As a result, he ran a relatively slow 40 time and weighed 229 pounds, four more than his target weight. But the toe healed and a slimmer Dwyer (225 pounds) bounced back at Tech’s pro day a month later to run a 4.52, seven-thousandths faster than his time at the Combine and within the top-10 times posted in Indianapolis.
Analysts also wondered whether Dwyer could transition from lining up close to the line of scrimmage, as he did in Tech’s spread-option, to the deeper start required in a pro-style offense. Dwyer pointed out after Tech’s pro day that he was used in that formation during his freshman season at Tech when Chan Gailey was coach.
Dwyer is the fourth Yellow Jacket taken in this year’s draft, following defensive end Derrick Morgan to Tennessee with the 16th pick, wide receiver Demaryius Thomas to Denver with the 22nd pick, and safety Morgan Burnett to Green Bay in the third round (71st overall) on Friday.
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chris o bomb
April 24th, 2010
1:32 pm
unbelievable!
hope t.d. makes a trade and grabs him. he’s a beast, and will be a heck of a player on any team.
is it because of the failed drug test? i thought he was cleared of that, and there shouldnt be any upcoming suspensions.
BuzzButt
April 24th, 2010
1:33 pm
STAY IN SCHOOL BOYS!!!!!!
chris o bomb
April 24th, 2010
1:33 pm
and first!!! haha
any stats on t day?
KnightInATL
April 24th, 2010
1:36 pm
It is, in fact, stunning. Dwyer’s stock has dropped immensely over the past few months…and it certainly doesn’t have everything to do with this drug test fiasco. It’s possible that Shanahan may try to move up into the 6th round to grab him
KnightInATL
April 24th, 2010
1:39 pm
He didn’t exactly impress at the Combine. Check out these stats.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/player/combine/_/id/25712/jonathan-dwyer
beauvighn
April 24th, 2010
1:39 pm
Hopefully JD learned a lesson…he should have stayed in school and won another player of the year award while leading Tech to yet another ACC championship….
Cornelius Washington
April 24th, 2010
1:42 pm
He will be a productive NFL back one day.
Karma
April 24th, 2010
1:42 pm
Is this the same bumb that ran for 30 yards against UGA????? LOL! Karma is a B!$#@ huh Tech??
BrokeBackJacket
April 24th, 2010
1:45 pm
WOW!!!!
Steer clear of man boob’s today…he may just punch someone in the mouth!
Jimmy Jamz
April 24th, 2010
1:46 pm
He is a great back, but we have so many B backs that we will be fine without him. As long as QB’s stay healthy and play well the offense will still be top-notch.
Stinger
April 24th, 2010
1:48 pm
A lot of teams will be sorry that they didn’t take Dwyer.
where's Jonathan?
April 24th, 2010
1:49 pm
and just now in the 6th round, a RB out of Ole Miss picked. I’m more amazed that AJC isn’t doing more about this story with Dwyer, the erroneous drug report did him in and you journalist have done nothing to find out what the NFL is thinking
knowonelikesKarma
April 24th, 2010
1:50 pm
hey karma what was the highest georgia player taken? just wondering
Technophobia
April 24th, 2010
1:54 pm
bumb?????? another UGA idiot.
JD keep your head up. This isn’t the first time you’ve had to prove yourself and it won’t be the last. You’ve got what it takes and you’ll wind up on top. Hang in there.
SCAM
April 24th, 2010
1:54 pm
Doug, you can write all you want about other reasons, but the truth is the drug test has made teams shy away from him and there needs to be some answers. Can’t anyone interview the NFL commisioner for God’s sake on how this doctor and this error could have happened to ruin Dwyer’s career like this. I mean, your the home newspaper that knows more than any other outlet.
Dan
April 24th, 2010
1:55 pm
Does Karma even know what karma means?
HugoStiglitz
April 24th, 2010
1:55 pm
where’s Jonathan,
That was Anthony Dixon out of Miss St who is actually a pretty good football player himself. Im surprised he lasted this long as well. Maybe its just a bad year for RB’s outside of Spiller and Mathews.
Brock
April 24th, 2010
1:56 pm
Update from the Spring game( I refuse to call it T-day or G-day or A-day or whatever all the other schools call it)
Washington ran the offense quite well.Made some really good throws also.
David Simms is also a great quarterback. Looked a lot like Nesbitt under that helmet. Made some good reads.
Luwallen needs to beef up and get tougher. Looks like another Jaybo, only taller.
Ant will be a good B back.
Stephen Hill made a nice catch for a 79 yd td.
One of the bright spots was from our punters and kickoffs from Blair and Poole. Looks like they been in the weight room. One punter(didn’t catch his name) had a 72yd punt, maybe rolling 15 of those yds.
Can’t wait til sept. Gonna be a fun season.
Coach Herb
April 24th, 2010
1:58 pm
This is unbeleivable how do you go from a potential 1st rounder to looking like you will not be drafted. He should sue the league for putting him on the failed drug test list when he was already cleared. That cost him dearly.
Paul in RDU
April 24th, 2010
1:58 pm
Dwyer not being drafted so far makes you wonder what the NFL scouts were watching the last couple of years. Perhaps they are too enamoured of work out warriors (guys with great numbers at the combine but who can’t play a lick). Dwyer is a playmaker who’ll make some team very happy.
JSS
April 24th, 2010
2:04 pm
As an amazing spectacle as I’ve ever seen and I’m not a person with a dog in this fight. As badly as the Browns, Chargers, and Bucs need a power back, there’s more to this story…
Shreveport Sam
April 24th, 2010
2:06 pm
To me, it looks pretty damning that UGA signs all these blue chippers yet you’ll note two Tech players went in the first round this NFL draft versus none for the dawgs. Coaching perhaps?
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:07 pm
Dwyer: a compact beast with William Andrews thighs and Jim Taylor’s heart.
Not Disappointed
April 24th, 2010
2:09 pm
JD just needs to be productive once he’s drafted. How was the spring game?
Keith
April 24th, 2010
2:09 pm
I heard there were only a few hundred people at your gay “T – Day.” Ha, ha. Pathetic. I have been to UGA G-Days when it was raining and they still had 20,000. This year they had 40,000. Maybe one day you losers will be a real college football team. 30-24 Nerds! UGA is on the up, again, and Tech is headed down. Gotta love it.
JMB
April 24th, 2010
2:09 pm
alright jaguars just picked up Deji Karim out of southern illinois. what on earth has happened with dwyer. i feel terrible for the guy
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:10 pm
Dwyer will be fine. RB’s are considered expendable nowadays in the NFL, hence the limited number taken early this year. The Diesel looked a bit like the Fridge,which is ok for Terrence Cody but anathema for a RB.
Keith
April 24th, 2010
2:11 pm
Hey Sam, aka moron. Do me a favor and do a Google search of UGA and Tech players drafted all time. Geee I wonder who is better? What a fool. Don’t forget your pocket protector, calculator, and bullet proof vest before you head out to your gay bar tonight.
groundfog
April 24th, 2010
2:11 pm
amazing, clearly not an endorsement for running backs coming out of this offense.
Tokyo jacket
April 24th, 2010
2:11 pm
I really hope Shanahan gets him. He got TD in the 6th round, Mike Anderson in the 6th and Olandis Gary in the 4th round. I hope he continues the trend of Denver RBs.
collegeballfan
April 24th, 2010
2:11 pm
For what it is worth Kyper just put Dwyer on his best available 10 about an hour ago. Can the NFL scouting system be this wrong? Yes, look at the number of free agents who make the Pro Bowl.
son_sir
April 24th, 2010
2:12 pm
I agree JSS, much more to this story. You don’t come out of the season as a projected 1st rounder and have your stock fall off a cliff without there being a good reason for it. Sure, he had some poor times at the combine and may have been a bit overweight, but there is still an untold reason why he went from boom to bust without so much as a snap from scrimmage. Hard to imagine the drug test being the reason as the NFL have forgiven far more even if the test was legit.
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:12 pm
Hey Techies, there’s a triple option back for you. I bet this will really help in recruiting… by the way, you shouldn’t be bragging about your top round picks… they were Chan’s guys… and you fired him, remember? Let’s see Paul Johnson win without Chan’s guys… and let’s also see him convince RB’s to come to Tech after Dwyer goes potentially undrafted… but hey, just punch the naysayers in the face, right?
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:13 pm
Keith (rhymes with “teeth” even though you only have one.) So, Kooth, glad you are so secure in your worship of the doggies that you took time to borrow your mom’s computer to cruise Tech blogs. Guess the gay bars in Athens don’t open for awhile, or maybe your mommie is just sleeping off last night’s street work.
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:14 pm
“You don’t come out of the season as a projected 1st rounder and have your stock fall off a cliff without there being a good reason for it”. Uhhhh… he’s overweight, slow, can’t block, and can’t catch. The better question would be why any NFL team would take a chance on him? I think all of these factors were exposed once they removed him from the triple option and made him actually work out for NFL teams. There’s the reason for his draft stock dropping.
Matt B.
April 24th, 2010
2:15 pm
Keith-Alabama had 94,000 at theirs, so what? I guess you run this state in spring game attendance too. Congratulations.
PMC
April 24th, 2010
2:16 pm
He’s going to light it up for someone just like the kid in Dallas. I hope he runs angry in training camp
wishful Thinking
April 24th, 2010
2:16 pm
Cow tipping must be over in Athens – look at all the doggies on this blog….
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:16 pm
Tokyo Jacket (priceless name by the way)… Shanahan doesn’t coach Denver anymore……… so that would make it hard for him to continue the Denver RB’s trend
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:16 pm
TOB (rhymes with s.o.b.) So, Tob, we don’t punch naysayers in the face, just dogpoop fans and gay barbers….whoops, guess you’re going to get a lot of punches this year. Get off of Uga 7’s back (for God’s sake, he’s dead, man) and put it back in your pants…or your momma…where it usually resides.
groundfog
April 24th, 2010
2:17 pm
The recruiting effect of Dwyer’s drop cannot be ignored. This is extremely bad.
I have tried and tried and tried to tell y'all
April 24th, 2010
2:18 pm
This fact about Dwyer confrims all of my comments about Dwyer. He IS small but he is slow.
It ALSO SENDS a terrible message to any kid that hopes to one day play big boy ball as a NFL RUNNING BACK. The WISHBONE is not big boy ball and it does not portray the needed talents for the NFL. ANY KID that is considering Tech as a back now will re evalutate. Look at Clemson where theri back was gone quickly. See? Head to head and Dwyer’s Tech team won over Clemson but who cares???
Tech is a middle school offense and Dwyer NOT BEING DRAFTED tells the whole embarrassing story.
CPJ is a laughing stock with the entire world now. The world knows that Dwyer got 33 vs A LOUSY GA D and was held to 0 vs Iowa in the first half. These stats doomed him.
AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA 30-24 and it keeps on being so laughable.
GTGreg
April 24th, 2010
2:18 pm
Wow… how’s this for a scouting report… Keith is a d-bag
Matt B.
April 24th, 2010
2:18 pm
JD dropping is the product of a lot of things at once. The questions about the offense he played in coupled with the fact that a lot of teams don’t have enough of a need in their two-deep at RB to warrant the investment. He’ll do well wherever he goes. The beauty of the NFL is that once your there, all that matters is how you perform. Look at T. Davis of UGA and Brady, 6th round to HOF, once they got a shot to play.
HugoStiglitz
April 24th, 2010
2:18 pm
UGA fans bashing Dwyer and trolling the Tech fans during the 6th round of the draft has to be one of the saddest things I have ever seen. You guys really need to get lives.
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:19 pm
WreckHorn… 8 out of the last 9. Stings doesn’t it?
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:21 pm
The bullpup fans here should know how unreliable draft selections and h.s. recruiting really are in measuring a player’s potential talent. They were, after all, the preseason No. 1 a couple of years ago, before swirling down the toilet. Of course we thought Dwyer would go higher, but he will go where he goes.
Keith
April 24th, 2010
2:21 pm
That’s right Matt, UGA does run this state. Don’t be sad. Tech will beat UGA again in another 8 years or so. It sure must suck to be a Tech fan. Everything about it. The women, the campus, the high school stadium, the CRIME everywhere, etc. What a bummer.
Keith
April 24th, 2010
2:23 pm
Regarding first round draft picks in the past 10 years, UGA has 10, which leads the SEC. Nerds.
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:24 pm
TOB: Actually, tob, you are hilarious in your pathetic appearance here so anything you attempt to say is more comical than stinging. Now, I imagine that Uga 7’s behind would sting a good bit if he was still alive while you were doing him in your sister’s bedroom (she’s such a fluffer), but as it is, Russ the Painted Mascot will have to take the butt of your little joke this year.
Matt B.
April 24th, 2010
2:24 pm
Like I said. Congratulations, Keith. I mean it sincerely. I have much more in life than being a Tech fan. I’m happy for you.
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:24 pm
Unreliable HS recruiting is? Do me a favor WreckHorn, go look at your 2007 recruiting class, then look at how each player was ranked. Who were your top rated players? Thomas, Morgan, Burnette, JN, Dwyer… all 4 stars. Yeah, those HS recruiting rankings are so unreliable…
son_sir
April 24th, 2010
2:26 pm
TOB, Oh really ? Ask D. Ellerbe about that.
Just to refresh your memory… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLwz-I2QOE
HugoStiglitz
April 24th, 2010
2:27 pm
Actually Triple Option, Thomas was a 3 star player and wasnt even part of the 2007 class. So maybe you should go look at it.
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:27 pm
Poor Kooth and Tob. That you have no sense of history is not surprising. That you found your way onto a Tech blog is not even surprising, since so many doggies would rather post here than on their own sites. That neither of your mommies is home to catch you on their computers is a little surprising, since Waffle House waitresses and crack ho’s wouldn’t seem to be the types to work on a Sat. afternoon.
mowreck
April 24th, 2010
2:29 pm
I am with BUZZBUTT … Stay in school boys! Burnette would probably have been the #1 safety next year. Dyer surely would have went in the 1st or 2nd next year.
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:29 pm
TOBy boy: For unreliable H.S. recruiting I would refer you to UGA and Richt’s stellar recruiting classes and pathetic inability to capture championships from lower-rated opponents.
son_sir
April 24th, 2010
2:29 pm
DWYER IS A STEELER !!
Matt B.
April 24th, 2010
2:30 pm
I also couldn’t be happier for all UGA fans to run this state. My bulldawg wife had enough sense to marry a Tech fan and it keps her happy that the Dawgs do well. I’m going to enjoy my time next year in my gay high school stadium watching my team run a middle school offense. Hopefully we’ll have a good season and the game with the Dawgs will be a good one. If we lose, you can all crow about running the state some more. If we win, you will let us know that you lead the seies and have won 8 of 10. Either way, yo come off looking like an idiot as you spew at Tech people about being gay, nerdy and occupying an urban area that has crime. Good thing no one ver gets robbed in Athens.
Maybe just maybe the Falcons will take Dwyer
April 24th, 2010
2:30 pm
Hey, here is a thought: Maybe the Fal Coons will take Dwyer. He could sell Beer!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:31 pm
Hugo… ok, Thomas wasn’t. How about the other guys? I got 4 out 5 right. How did Calvin the 5 star turn out? Gosh, those damn recruiting rankings are so unreliable!
Technophobia
April 24th, 2010
2:31 pm
The Steelers just picked him
groundfog
April 24th, 2010
2:31 pm
I thought the Steelers would take him here damit now i have to root again.
HugoStiglitz
April 24th, 2010
2:31 pm
Dwyer is gonna tear things up for Pittsburgh. They got a late steal.
KnightInATL
April 24th, 2010
2:31 pm
Good situation for Dwyer….he won’t get paid, but he’ll get a chance to prove himself.
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:32 pm
It will be 9 out of 10, not 8 out of 10.
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:32 pm
Sorry TOB and Kooth, but I have to go now, having a life and all that as I do. Oh, I’m sorry, all you have is UGA football and gay sex with masocts, dead or alive….that’s really a shame. I guess it does give your mothers, fathers, and sisters a rest, though. Have fun boys, you only have about four months left before you can go back and trash your own campus as usual.
APD and the blue lights and sirens
April 24th, 2010
2:32 pm
What is with all the squad cars around tech lately? Maybe the NBA’s Crittendon is lecturing on gun safety. Maybe tech ’s # 37 is out on a double date with R Houston.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA 30-24 and it will keep on keeping on
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:33 pm
“TOBy boy: For unreliable H.S. recruiting I would refer you to UGA and Richt’s stellar recruiting classes and pathetic inability to capture championships from lower-rated opponents.”
He’s won 2 SEC championships and gone 8 out of 9 against his in state rival. I’d say his recruiting classes are working out…
Rich from the Sports Buffet
April 24th, 2010
2:33 pm
Just got drafted by the Steelers.
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:34 pm
WreckHorn… you are pretty obsessed w/ gay sex and incest.
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:35 pm
Good, now Dwyer can run over Hines “Cheap-shot” Ward all summer in practice.
Hines Ward can train him
April 24th, 2010
2:35 pm
Dwyer will be in the right spot in PIttsburg with choir boy QB Ben Roth burger or whatever.
Hines Ward will teach Dwyer to be and act like a man. Ward being a UGA grad and all.
Is Dwyer a grad yet?? Hmmmmmmm?
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:35 pm
TOB: I just call’em like you do ‘em.
Matt B.
April 24th, 2010
2:36 pm
Good situation in Pitt with Mendenhall and Mewelde Moore in front of him. He’ll get Falcons-Snelling level carries until Moore is out in the next year or two. Mendenhall has some injury history, so he may ahve a chance to play more sooner.
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:37 pm
Hines Ward plays on offense… not defense…
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:37 pm
WreckHorn, I thought you had to go? Why are you still posting?
Matt B.
April 24th, 2010
2:38 pm
HE was still voted “dirtiest” player by his peers thanks to his crackback blocks.
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:39 pm
HWCTM: a little late there, boy. If taking cheap shots and being loathed (vs. being envied or respected) by most everyone in the league is being a man, I think that is a lesson Dwyer can skip. Ward showed his true color last year when he shot off his mouth about his QB rather than support him. Like most doggies, he takes cheap shots on and off the field and is a hero only to UGA grads and few beer-bellied union workers in Pittsburgh.
Rodney Dangerfield
April 24th, 2010
2:39 pm
Dwyer just got picked up by the Steelers, not a bad team to go to as a RB.
Grant Field to tower
April 24th, 2010
2:39 pm
Maybe Dwyer could join up with the 2 DEMOTED Navy flyers now pumping gas in Afghanistan, if he gets CUT by the Steelers.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Rodney Dangerfield
April 24th, 2010
2:39 pm
Congrats Jonathan Dwyer.
Hines bad mouthed the Steeler QB???
April 24th, 2010
2:41 pm
Why the Steeler QB is a wonderful NFL role model. Why would Hines bad mouth him?
Now, we KNOW why ………you moron.
Go Dogs.
WreckHorn
April 24th, 2010
2:41 pm
I know you are anxious for me to go TOB, since you have all the wit of a …a…a UGA fan…..(sorry, amoeba, that’s a dig on you). Now that my Ole Miss-grad wife is finally finished preening, I am ready to go at last. The question isn’t why am I still posting, it’s WHY ARE YOU POSTING ON A TECH BLOG IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:44 pm
Just returning the favor for all of your Tech friends who post on UGA blogs. Plus, I love the fact that there is an entire blog going about the fact that Dwyer wasn’t drafted until Round 6. I can’t resist. I just don’t like you guys. So I like to get you fired up. Oops, just gave away my game plan. And I love the fact that you are defending a QB who has been accused of rape twice. I also like that you are attempting to brag about an Ole Miss wife… who is probably ugly as sin.
Athens/CC PD
April 24th, 2010
2:44 pm
If you really knew Hines Ward, you’d know he was much worse than B.R. is now….he just didn’t get caught by the wrong cops. Take a taxi next time you are in Athens, dog fans, with some big drunk UGA athletes and wannabes. I look forward to writing all of you up for littering, parking tickets, and drunk in public next season.
gtpete
April 24th, 2010
2:47 pm
So Dwyer is too small and too slow, yet after playing 2 years in Tech’s offense, he’s projected as a first round pick…..doesn’t that suggest that the offense helped him? It looks like he couldn’t back it up at the combine and post-season workouts, but the offense seems to have boosted his stock.
Besides, if the “Tech’s offense won’t help you get to the NFL” argument were true, wouldn’t it apply even more so to wide receivers? Bebe Thomas spent all of last season blocking downfield and running fly patterns…and he’s a 1st round pick.
Athens/CC PD
April 24th, 2010
2:48 pm
Trips: I’m a Dawg fan, actually, but not a fan of the undisciplined ones tarnishing the program these days. But you are dead wrong about any girl from Ole Miss. UGA girls are hot, but Ole Miss girls have us beat….if we’re lucky. And I do know the apprehension history of Mr. Ward and most UGA players from the last 20 years. I say “apprehension” because we seldom arrest them, which you would know if you were an objective observer instead of a blind loyalist.
Keith E.
April 24th, 2010
2:51 pm
Ole Miss women “ugly as sin”? Man, you just lost all credibility with that one. Ole Miss put the “hottie” in “hotty toddy.” More Miss America’s per capita than any other university, by double. In Oxford they turn away anything less than a 9.5 and detour them on down to Starkville.
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:53 pm
So are you really trying to convince us that you are from the ACC PD? If so, how did you not know about the report that the alleged taxi cab incident only involved one UGA football player (not multiple) and that player was actually acting to help the situation?
imperialistrunningdog
April 24th, 2010
2:54 pm
triple option back: i love the dawgs, but they are, after all, called ‘dawgs’. ole miss women are the class of the SEC and best in the country. go dawgs, sic’em. go ole miss girls, suc’em.
Triple Option Back
April 24th, 2010
2:54 pm
I’ve been to Ole Miss, and I know they are good looking. But I really doubt that WreckHorn’s wife is. That is all.
imperialistrunningdawg
April 24th, 2010
2:55 pm
triple option back: i love the dawgs, but they are, after all, called ‘dawgs’. ole miss women are the class of the SEC and best in the country. go dawgs, sic’em. go ole miss girls, suc’em.
GA Tech Fan
April 24th, 2010
3:05 pm
Ahhhhhh, the typical UGA fans as usual. Not worth my time to argue. Congrats Dwyer and the rest of the guys.
Paul in RDU
April 24th, 2010
3:07 pm
Certainly a long wait for Dwyer to get drafted but he has ended up in a good spot.
Three years from now there are going to be a number of NFL teams who regret passing up Dwyer for other backs – beginning with Cleveland (Hardisty from UT???)
GA Tech Fan
April 24th, 2010
3:09 pm
Hey Keith,
It was lighting severly! I don’t think anyone in their right mind would want to be struck by lighting.
Tech87
April 24th, 2010
3:24 pm
So, according the “experts” from Athens, Dwyer’s drop is proof that CPJ’s offense will hurt recruiting RB’s, but Thomas’ 1st round selection means nothing. It was Chan’s expert recruiting. Right.
Kay
April 24th, 2010
5:41 pm
Does anyone know who the 2 fellows were who stayed with
Coach Johnson on the field during the T-Day game?
Sam
April 24th, 2010
5:46 pm
Paul Johnson isn’t exactly an authority on NFL talent.
Sam
April 24th, 2010
6:00 pm
You nailed it Tech87. What perception!
Mel Kiper
April 24th, 2010
6:02 pm
Tech lost only 4 draftable players on entire roster
Spike
April 24th, 2010
6:16 pm
We all know what dogs eat and what richt sucks, don’t we?
Texas Wreck
April 24th, 2010
7:13 pm
Lets face it- no one wanted to waste NFL draft picks on running backs this year when there were so many defensive players and linemen available. Bad year for Dwyer to come out? Maybe, but he never got into playing shape at Tech. Watch the Steelers coaches put him back up to 240 but it won’t matter because he will only play 10 snaps per game maximum. And he will still be making 20 times the average UGA grad starting salary. Nice work if you can get it.
rapin-bergers
April 24th, 2010
7:26 pm
TOB – you want to join Ben and I (Zack) in Valdosta next weekend? We can go find some “willing” girls instead of hookers like your mom!
Butts Wagner
April 25th, 2010
5:36 pm
Don’t forget your pocket protector, calculator, and bullet proof vest before you head out to your gay bar tonight.
Project much?
I can’t resist. I just don’t like you guys. So I like to get you fired up.
Wow, I bet you have a lot of friends.
If anyone wants to talk football, I was watching a college highlight reel on youtube of Mendenhall, who Dwyer will be stuck behind in Pittsburgh. Mendenhall is a big, burly, ripped dude, but he was getting caught from behind in all of the clips I saw. Conversely, when Dwyer got into open space at Tech, he didn’t get caught from behind, and Dwyer is kind of fat. Maybe this has to do with the offensive systems or the talent of teammates and opponents, but speed-wise, I don’t think Dwyer will have a problem in the NFL no matter what weight he plays at. Then you compare him to Jahvid Best, and after watching Best’s highlight reel, it seems to be that Best is not going to be able to run over anyone in the NFL or have much success with stiff-arms. Point being, of the running backs in this draft, I’m not sure how Dwyer won’t be one of the successful ones based on his all-around skill set. From the first time we saw him as a freshman backing up Choice, you could tell that he was way better than Choice, size and skill wise. And Choice has been a solid backup in the pros, which says to me that Dwyer is NFL starter quality.
Richt is a Metrosexual
April 25th, 2010
6:49 pm
Butts Wagner- Dwyer is NFL starter quality. The only problem is that the NFL scouts seem to put so much stock in a 40 time. Thus hurting Dwyer’s draft status along with the whole drug test fiasco.