You can't judge a book by it's cover. You must read a book from the first sentence in Chapter one, to the final sentence in the last chapter. I had the opportunity to attend a pro day and watch a player write the last chapter of his college career before the 2012 NFL draft. This particular player was trying to improve on the 4.76 40 yard dash time that he ran at the NFL combine a month prior to this audition. There were eight NFL teams in attendance on this day. The player stepped up to the line twice, going through a 10 minute pre-race routine as if he were running for an Olympic gold medal in the 100. The player looked stiff as a board and slow as ice water, and never broke the 4.7 barrier on this day. Positions drills started and this guy seemed to have two left feet. He dropped ball after ball after ball and stumbled all over the turf. I actually felt embarrassed for the kid on this day. I returned home and gave the footage of the workout to my 12 year old son, who made a video of the workout and said, "Dad this guy is terrible". I made a phone call to the founder of Draftnasty.com, Corey Chavous, to ask his take on the player. Corey said the guy was a solid hard nosed football player. I responded by saying, "After what I saw today, there's no way this guy can play on Sundays". I failed to read Chapter one, two, three, and four of this player's book and Alfred Morris went on to rush for over 1,000 yards as a rookie for the Washington Redskins.
Tim Martin
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