'12 MD ATH Ronald Darby (Florida State Signee)

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That 200 is just ridiculous. He made up the staggers and then some in the first 40 meters.
 
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Darby's shadow's shadow beat the 2nd place kid in the second race. Crazy speed, no wonder he's getting K. Marshall to come for a visit, you've got to listen to someone that fast.
 
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rumor has it Darby is running to his OV for the USC game. He says if he takes a plane it would probably take him longer.
 
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WOW. that was beyond impressive.

Watching that makes me want him to play running back or something where we can put the ball in his hands and watch him run away from defenses like that.
 
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Faster than the Rocket? At least without pads possibly.
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See this is what happens when you all get excited. Rockets best time in the forty was sub 4.2, and I believe it was with pads. Darby is still young, and maybe he will grow into it; but that is still a fair amount of growing to do!
 
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So I'm a bit of a nerd, and I just broke that 200m time down to what it would equate to if it were a 40yrd time.
200m = 7800 inches, and a time of 21.37 breaks down to 364.9977 inches per second.
A 40 yard dash is 1440 inches.
1440 divided by 364.9977 = a 40 time of...
3.94532
This kid is fast enough to run out of the matrix (animatrix anyone?)
 
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PLACforever said:
So I'm a bit of a nerd, and I just broke that 200m time down to what it would equate to if it were a 40yrd time.
200m = 7800 inches, and a time of 21.37 breaks down to 364.9977 inches per second.
A 40 yard dash is 1440 inches.
1440 divided by 364.9977 = a 40 time of...
3.94532
This kid is fast enough to run out of the matrix (animatrix anyone?)
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Cool breakdown. Doesn't really mean anything as 40 yards is short, so it all depends on acceleration and a clean start.
 
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Remember thermodynamics? Most of the energy spent is in getting a resting body to move. The faster the more energy required.

I have to believe that the forty became the standard in football because football is a 5 to 10 yard game, and the forty captures how fast that acceleration occurs (which was what was missed in the calculations above). Where a forty is inefficient is for the athlete with the most incredible acceleration, and a low top end.

Who wouldn't want a player at certain positions that could be running full speed after two steps?
 
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PLACforever said:
So I'm a bit of a nerd, and I just broke that 200m time down to what it would equate to if it were a 40yrd time.
200m = 7800 inches, and a time of 21.37 breaks down to 364.9977 inches per second.
A 40 yard dash is 1440 inches.
1440 divided by 364.9977 = a 40 time of...
3.94532
This kid is fast enough to run out of the matrix (animatrix anyone?)
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I got 3.908 by not rounding.

Didn't you ever take chemistry man? 7800 only has two significant figures so you can't get an answer like 3.94532, you would have to settle with 3.9... I think. I always hated sig figs.
 
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Bogtrotter07 said:
Remember thermodynamics? Most of the energy spent is in getting a resting body to move. The faster the more energy required.

I have to believe that the forty became the standard in football because football is a 5 to 10 yard game, and the forty captures how fast that acceleration occurs (which was what was missed in the calculations above). Where a forty is inefficient is for the athlete with the most incredible acceleration, and a low top end.

Who wouldn't want a player at certain positions that could be running full speed after two steps?
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It's like a hippo that can accelerate faster than a lot of animals but probably soul have a horrible 40 time. Come to think of it I think a hippo wound be a sweet DT and that should be Nix's nickname
 
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weezy said:
WOW. that was beyond impressive.

Watching that makes me want him to play running back or something where we can put the ball in his hands and watch him run away from defenses like that.
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KR & PR
 
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TheFlyingAlamo said:
KR for sure...I'd personally want another player out for PR...just to limit the hits on Darby.
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Darby plays corner, he likes contact. He's going to fill out. Not saying it's next year, but within 2 years he is going to be a threat on every kick
 
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Watching the 9min video, i dont see 4.3. Lot of guys staying same distance and even catching ground a lil on long runs. I also c really bad conditioning, he looked like he was gonna die after every run. Ive neva really seen anything like that so consistently in highlight reels.

That will obviously be addressed in any big time program he goes to, so its not a big deal just something i noticed. I c more str8 line speed then shifty quickness. CB seems like an ideal spot and KR/PR is perfect for this kid.

Once he gets into a real strength and conditioning program, could be something special playing DB behind the D prospects of this year.
 
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cLaRk_JoNeS said:
Watching the 9min video, i dont see 4.3. Lot of guys staying same distance and even catching ground a lil on long runs. I also c really bad conditioning, he looked like he was gonna die after every run. Ive neva really seen anything like that so consistently in highlight reels.

That will obviously be addressed in any big time program he goes to, so its not a big deal just something i noticed. I c more str8 line speed then shifty quickness. CB seems like an ideal spot and KR/PR is perfect for this kid.

Once he gets into a real strength and conditioning program, could be something special playing DB behind the D prospects of this year.
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Wow
 
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