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[quote name="JSHoosier" post="55032" timestamp="1396026646"]He's light, but 5'9 isn't that unusual for a corner.[/quote]

It's getting more and more unusual. That's why you see these NFL teams so down on short corners.




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It's getting more and more unusual. That's why you see these NFL teams so down on short corners.




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Corners the size of Talib and Sherman (Seattle's entire secondary for that matter) are nice to have, but hard to find.  Revis is one of the top corners in the game and he's not even 6'.  Vontae Davis is less than 6'.  Grimes and Butler are both 5'10 as is Alfonzo Dennard.  That's the NFL level where players are bigger, I wouldn't consider 5'9 that unusual for a college corner and if he's got enough athleticism he could mitigate the height difference to an extent.

 

EDIT:  Our own Tim Bennett is only 5'9.  Michigan, MSU, Ohio State and Alabama all have a corner or DB on their roster listed at 5'9.  Michigan has 3 or so.

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[quote name="JSHoosier" post="55055" timestamp="1396030431"]Corners the size of Talib and Sherman (Seattle's entire secondary for that matter) are nice to have, but hard to find. Revis is one of the top corners in the game and he's not even 6'. Vontae Davis is less than 6'. Grimes and Butler are both 5'10 as is Alfonzo Dennard. That's the NFL level where players are bigger, I wouldn't consider 5'9 that unusual for a college corner and if he's got enough athleticism he could mitigate the height difference to an extent.

EDIT: Our own Tim Bennett is only 5'9. Michigan, MSU, Ohio State and Alabama all have a corner or DB on their roster listed at 5'9. Michigan has 3 or so.[/quote]

Tim Jennings, the Bears Pro Bowl corner has been at the top of the league in picks the last few seasons and he isn't much taller than 5'7. Freak athlete though.


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Nothing I said isn't true. He is in fact tiny and NFL teams are shying away from short corners more and more. I didn't say he couldn't play or wasn't a good corner. Guys like Jennings are like you said freak athletes. If you're good then the height issue isn't really an issue. It wasn't me saying he wasn't good.

On a completely different level for comparison I think 6'0 is short. To most people that's average. I'm not talking football wise I'm talking in general.


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Nothing I said isn't true. He is in fact tiny and NFL teams are shying away from short corners more and more. I didn't say he couldn't play or wasn't a good corner. Guys like Jennings are like you said freak athletes. If you're good then the height issue isn't really an issue. It wasn't me saying he wasn't good.

On a completely different level for comparison I think 6'0 is short. To most people that's average. I'm not talking football wise I'm talking in general.


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I thought 6'0 was around average statistically speaking, but everything I'm finding right now says average height for an American male is around 5'9.

 

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bodymeas.htm

 

Side note, while it shows 5'9 is average for an American male we're on average shorter than a few countries.  Germans, Italians, Dutch, etc on average are an inch or more taller.  We're also fatter on average.

 

Back on point though, yes many NFL teams would shy away from a 5'9 corner but then in the NFL players tend to be bigger than college players.  In college 5'9 isn't too unusual for corner, it's probably on the low end even for college but not that unusual.

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That means absolutely nothing to me. Lol. Like I said I personally think 6'0 is short so what statistics show doesn't matter to me. I'm 6'7 what's short to me won't be short to everyone else.

I agree it's not too bad for college which is why I mentioned pros. He'll get knocked for his size(if he even goes pro) but if he can play he'll find a home regardless.


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