Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 6-4
Weight: 215 pounds
Hometown: Washington, TX
Strengths: Excellent size and speed combo, not a burner but fast for a receiver with his size. Great hands and uses his size well against smaller defensive backs. Knows the benefits of a subtle push off. Good work ethic and has impressed scouts with his attitude in interviews and effort coming off major wrist surgery.
Weaknesses: No injury history but wrist injury that caused him to miss most of senior season is still a question mark. Had concentration issues early in his career that resulted in too many drops. Never had a dominating season at Texas.
Projection: mid to late 1st round
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Posted April 19th, 2008 by Brian
Filed under: Draft, Football, Quick Hits
Rick Gosselin’s latest NFL mock draft (4/18) has Jamaal Charles going incredibly high at #20. Also has Limas Sweed in the first round.
Pro day, or pro timing day, is an NFL Draft prospect’s chance to show scouts what he’s got in a comfortable environment. They’re on their own campus, in their own gym, working out with their teammates and coaches. It also is a chance for the guys who weren’t invited to the NFL Combine to show their stuff. At Texas’ pro day Wednesday, sixteen players were weighed, measured, timed, and did position drills for 75 NFL personnel people.
Most of this information is cribbed from NFL.com, Orangebloods, and the Austin-American Statesman blog post on UT’s pro day. The numbers are inconsistent because they always are, everybody gets their times from a different source. Here’s how some of the Horns performed:
- Cornerback [tag]Brandon Foster[/tag] – 5-7 5/8, 185, 10-8 broadjump. Ran a blazing 4.28 time in the 40-yard dash. He also showed athleticism with a 38-inch vertical jump. His performance might offset the fact that Foster was measured at 5-7.
- Running back [tag]Jamaal Charles[/tag] – 5-11, 199 pounds. Elected not to run, allowing his 4.38 time that he posted at the combine to stand. Ran position workouts and looked good catching the football.
- Receiver [tag]Limas Sweed[/tag] – 6-4 1/8, 210, 37 vertical. Ran a 4.40, shaving nearly a tenth of a second off of the time he ran at the NFL combine last month. 4.33 short shuttle, 7.14 cone drill. Ran position drills and looked good catching the ball.
- Tight end [tag]Jermichael Finley[/tag] – 6-4 3/4, 240 pounds. Ran a 4.62, dropping his time from the combine by .24. His time is now the second fastest run by a tight end in workouts leading up to next month’s draft.
- Backup safety [tag]Drew Kelson[/tag] – 6-0 1/2, 216, 10-9 broad jump. Posted a 41.5-inch vertical jump and ran a 4.45. We’re checking to see if any other player in the country has jumped higher in draft workouts.
- Defensive tackle [tag]Derek Lokey[/tag] – 6-1 3/8, 293, 33.5 vert. Did 38 reps on the 225-pound bench press. He also worked out at fullback and deep snapper. 9-foot, 4-inch long jump, 4.37 short shuttle, 7.57 cone drill, 38 reps in the bench press, and ran position drills.
- Linebacker [tag]Scott Derry[/tag] – 6-2 1/2, 221
- Tackle [tag]Tony Hills[/tag] – 6-5, 307 lbs. 24 reps in the bench press, but could not run or do other drills due to an injury.
- Defensive tackle [tag]Frank Okam[/tag] – 6-4 7/8, 27.5 vertical. Dropped 12 pounds since his weigh-in at the combine. He is weighing 335 right now.
- Safety [tag]Marcus Griffin[/tag] – 5-10, 196, 37.5 vert. Ran a 4.5 40.
- Wide receiver [tag]Billy Pittman[/tag] – 5-11, 195. Ran a 4.56.
- Also participated: safety [tag]Erick Jackson[/tag], wide receiver [tag]Nate Jones[/tag], linebacker [tag]Robert Killebrew[/tag], defensive tackle [tag]Thomas Marshall[/tag], punter [tag]Justin Moore[/tag], and former Longhorn safety [tag]Lee Jackson[/tag].
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Posted January 14th, 2008 by Brian
Filed under: Football, Quick Hits
Derry, Marcus Griffin, Killebrew, Okam and Sweed will participate in various post-season All-Star games. First one is the Hula Bowl on January 12th.
Posted January 7th, 2008 by Brian
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Lance Zierlein’s first 2008 NFL Mock Draft. I’d love to see Limas Sweed go to the Titans. Great fit.
The Texas Longhorns held their annual football banquet Friday night (photos) where they honored team members for their accomplishments on and off the field. Though fans and recruits do attend, the event is definitely a night for the players to look back on the season and to honor the careers of the outgoing seniors.
Quarterback [tag]Colt McCoy[/tag] and running back [tag]Jamaal Charles[/tag] were deservedly named the team MVPs. McCoy didn’t have as good of a season as he did his freshman year but he definitely is the player that made this team go (when it went anywhere). Charles was also named Darrell K. Royal Most Valuable Offensive Player while the Mike Campbell Most Valuable Defensive Players were [tag]Brandon Foster[/tag] and [tag]Marcus Griffin[/tag].
In a team vote [tag]Dallas Griffin[/tag], [tag]Tony Hills[/tag], and [tag]Derek Lokey[/tag] were honored with the D. Harold Byrd Leadership Award. Also, in a shocking development quarterback McCoy was given the Outstanding Quarterback Award.
In a move that infuriated Internet Coaching and Motivational Experts [tag]Rashad Bobino[/tag], [tag]Scott Derry[/tag], and [tag]Robert Killebrew[/tag] shared the honor of being the team’s Outstanding Linebackers. I’m not sure what else you can really do though as no linebacker really deserved the honor and it would be pretty embarrassing to not hand out an award for the position.
A list of all the award winners is after the jump.
In some sad news, it looks like [tag]Limas Sweed[/tag] will undergo wrist surgery, effectively ending his season and career at Texas. After evaluating Sweed’s wrist after the game, the medical staff decided that Sweed was just in too much pain to continue playing football.
“We’ve been very fortunate to have Limas for the past four years,” Brown said. “He’s made a lot of great plays and had a record-setting career at Texas. Limas is a fine young man who has been a tremendous representative of our program on and off the field. We appreciate everything he did to try to help the team this year, but since he is in such intense pain, he cannot continue to play. He will stay involved helping us and supporting the team even though he won’t be able to play, but since he keeps re-aggravating this injury, it’s important that he gets it fixed because he has a bright future in the NFL.”
I wonder, if Texas was 6-0 and not 4-2, would the recommendation from the medical staff be a little different. I am not trying to say that Sweed’s injury is not serious, but winning sure can make things feel better.
Looks like we’re definitely headed towards another situation where the early FSN game is going to interfere with the start of the Texas vs. [tag]Rice[/tag] game. Texas Tech and Oklahoma State have decided to forego defense and play a 9-hour offensive shootout. All is not lost however, if you’re a DirecTV customer the game will start on schedule on channel 667 and you can check out FSN Southwest’s contingency plan for the telecast over on the official UT football site. Plus I’ll post frequent updates on the game here on this post. Stay tuned…
First Quarter
- Rice won the toss and will kick off.
- Good deep kick and [tag]Quan Cosby[/tag] takes a knee.
- Chris Hall starting at right tackle again. Limas Sweed is healthy enough to make the start at receiver.
- Colt McCoy misses Cosby on a 12 yard out.
- [tag]Jamaal Charles[/tag] may never touch the football again. Another damn fumble. Rice football.
- No surprises starting at linebacker. Same three veterans: Derry, Bobino, Killebrew.
- Great penetration on the blitz by [tag]Rashad Bobino[/tag] results in a loss of yards.
- [tag]Deon Beasley[/tag] got the start at cornerback over Brandon Foster.
- How is that not grounding? Rice OL forgets to block Frank Okam and he gets a free run at the QB.
- There’s a flag, they called it after all. Rice lining up for 50-yard field goal attempt.
- Rice kicker misses wide left. My former coworker and former Rice kicker Derek Crabtree would’ve made that one. Or so he’d tell me.
- Charles is still the running back. McCoy hits Jermichael Finley on a quick out for a 9 yard game.
- Charles reverses field and gets a good gain. Kid has tons of talent, hold on to the ball and I’ll be your best friend.
- Ugly option play and McCoy gets brought down hard. Guard Cedric Dockery got his ass kicked.
- Great catch on a hitch by Cosby. Colt tried to get him killed. Short of the first down and Texas has to punt.
- Texas sends out [tag]Colt McCoy[/tag] with the rest of the punting team in some sort of likely fake but we screw it up and have to blow a timeout.
- After the timeout we’ve got the regular offense out there for 4th and 2.
- Lead dive out by Charles behind FB Atwan Cobb gets the first down.
- Completion from McCoy to Nate Jones on a slant. 7 yard gain.
- McCoy fumbles the shotgun snap but he rolls to his left and finds Cosby alone for a completion and a first down.
- Terrible looking play where two Texas linemen are running laterally 3 yards deep in the backfield and Charles has to fight his way through them on the counter before he can get a couple of yards. Yikes.
- Tony Hills with an obvious hold made more obvious by the fact that he threw his hands up in the air trying to claim innocence. Costs the Horns a first and goal opportunity.
- McCoy and Cosby bail out Hills. Great pass and catch for the touchdown on 3rd and long. The inside receiver was even more open on the play.
Rice 0, Texas 7
- About 1:30 left in the Tech/OSU game and OSU just scored to go up by four on a 54 yard TD catch.
- Didn’t know Texas was using the Bill Bates air conditioned shoulder pads. Great technology.
- Great job by Aaron Lewis to string out the play, Bobino flies to the ball and blows up the blocker, and Lewis is able to make the tackle.
- The Rice receiver might have been bobbling that ball. Rice thinks so too and is running the no huddle.
- Rice’s line is getting whipped right now. They’re doubling the two defensive tackles and that allowed the end to come and make the tackle untouched.
- As I’ve said over and over again, that spread punt formation is the dumbest thing in college football. Texas gets the ball at their 33.
- Colt is holding the ball a tick too long on the deep ball. Another underthrown bomb and another incompletion. He’s got a good enough arm if he gets rid of it a little quicker he’d be a lot more successful.
- Long run by Charles on the single back counter.
- Another ill advised deep ball. Come on Colt. Be smart. Interception but there’s flag on the play.
- McCoy bailed out by the pass interference call. That could have gone either way. First down Texas.
- John Chiles in the game. McCoy motioned left and Chiles ran the zone read. Nice idea but center Dallas Griffin got his ass beat and a Rice lineman blew up the play.
- Two incompletions and Texas will have to attempt a field goal.
- Ryan Bailey’s 44-yard field goal goes right down the middle.
Rice 0, Texas 10
- If our corners are going to give 15 yard cushion they can’t miss freaking tackles. Beasley whiffs and there’s a good gain for Rice.
- Ryan Palmer shows Beasley how to do it.
- Sergio Kindle in the game. Texas defensive line is blowing up the zone read every time.
- Looked like all the young linebackers might have been out there on that series. Rice has to punt.
- Cosby fair catches a line drive punt at the 10 and Texas starts this possession with bad field position.
- Charles lined up at wideout and McCoy puts a beautiful pass in his hands and Charles drops it. Would have been an easy 6.
- Colt is leaving all these short passes up high. Doesn’t seem to have the zip on it he did last season.
- The game is on regular FSN Southwest now so I’ll be doing less play by play and make more witty comments.
Posted August 22nd, 2007 by Brian
Filed under: Football, Quick Hits
SI.com ranks the top 10 Big 12 players. Sweed, Okam, and McCoy make their list.
Senior wide receiver [tag]Limas Sweed[/tag] suffered a possibly serious wrist injury today in practice. Officially called a wrist sprain, Texas athletic trainer Kenny Boyd stated that Sweed was expected to make a full recovery.
Boyd’s comment is uncomfortably vague. It could be a simple sprain and Limas could be back by week one against Arkansas State, or it could be a broken wrist that Limas will completely recover from in 6 – 8 weeks. The wide receiver position is one of the deepest on the team but the loss to Sweed would be a serious blow to the offense. He was reportedly looking really good in practice and I was expecting a huge season out of him.
We’ll have more information on Sweed’s injury as it becomes available.
Update: Suzanne Halliburton of the AAS is reporting the Sweed will be ready by week one against Arkansas State. Unless he’s absolutely 100% than he should sit and get ready for TCU (9/16/2007)
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