Talk about empty calories. My goodness will anyone even draft him? Running backs are devalued if they actually do great in college. What's the market for a part time back?
He has elite measurables and some team will take a 6th round pick or something on him
Couldnt hold a candle to Gaskin and his meh measurables
Yep but Ahmed will show up at the Combine, weigh in a little over 200 lb and run at least a low 4.4. He'll interview well, some team will fall in love and think he's at worst a 15 carry a game back, can return kicks then draft him somewhere between the end of the third and fourth round.
That seems high. Tape don’t lie and I don’t think he’s that much faster than a lot of backs. I could be wrong.
Watch that 80something yard run he had against USC. As soon as he had a bit of daylight he was gone. The DB even had a decent angle on him and still couldn't run him down. I'd be shocked if he ran over a 4.45
Talk about empty calories. My goodness will anyone even draft him? Running backs are devalued if they actually do great in college. What's the market for a part time back?
He has elite measurables and some team will take a 6th round pick or something on him
Couldnt hold a candle to Gaskin and his meh measurables
Yep but Ahmed will show up at the Combine, weigh in a little over 200 lb and run at least a low 4.4. He'll interview well, some team will fall in love and think he's at worst a 15 carry a game back, can return kicks then draft him somewhere between the end of the third and fourth round.
That seems high. Tape don’t lie and I don’t think he’s that much faster than a lot of backs. I could be wrong.
Watch that 80something yard run he had against USC. As soon as he had a bit of daylight he was gone. The DB even had a decent angle on him and still couldn't run him down. I'd be shocked if he ran over a 4.45
One DB had a good angle and almost closed on him. He may have if the field had been 10 yards longer.
That's at the end of a 90 yard run. Ahmed would have better 10, 20, and 30 yard splits than 60-90 from what I've seen. There wasnt a player on that field that would have tackled him if they had all started side by side at the 10 yard line. He was a streak for the first half of that run. That's the part that counts the most.
Talk about empty calories. My goodness will anyone even draft him? Running backs are devalued if they actually do great in college. What's the market for a part time back?
He has elite measurables and some team will take a 6th round pick or something on him
Couldnt hold a candle to Gaskin and his meh measurables
Yep but Ahmed will show up at the Combine, weigh in a little over 200 lb and run at least a low 4.4. He'll interview well, some team will fall in love and think he's at worst a 15 carry a game back, can return kicks then draft him somewhere between the end of the third and fourth round.
That seems high. Tape don’t lie and I don’t think he’s that much faster than a lot of backs. I could be wrong.
Watch that 80something yard run he had against USC. As soon as he had a bit of daylight he was gone. The DB even had a decent angle on him and still couldn't run him down. I'd be shocked if he ran over a 4.45
One DB had a good angle and almost closed on him. He may have if the field had been 10 yards longer.
That's at the end of a 90 yard run. Ahmed would have better 10, 20, and 30 yard splits than 60-90 from what I've seen. There wasnt a player on that field that would have tackled him if they had all started side by side at the 10 yard line. He was a streak for the first half of that run. That's the part that counts the most.
Chris Steele. He flies. And yes, he had the angle and still couldn't catch Ahmed. Ahmed has everything--frame, speed, lateral quickness but he doesn't have IT.
If he can eliminate studder stepping and staring at wide open holes he might be okay. If Boobie Williams from WSU couldn't get drafted hard believe amhed will. Boonie was a GOOD back.
Talk about empty calories. My goodness will anyone even draft him? Running backs are devalued if they actually do great in college. What's the market for a part time back?
He has elite measurables and some team will take a 6th round pick or something on him
Couldnt hold a candle to Gaskin and his meh measurables
Yep but Ahmed will show up at the Combine, weigh in a little over 200 lb and run at least a low 4.4. He'll interview well, some team will fall in love and think he's at worst a 15 carry a game back, can return kicks then draft him somewhere between the end of the third and fourth round.
That seems high. Tape don’t lie and I don’t think he’s that much faster than a lot of backs. I could be wrong.
Watch that 80something yard run he had against USC. As soon as he had a bit of daylight he was gone. The DB even had a decent angle on him and still couldn't run him down. I'd be shocked if he ran over a 4.45
One DB had a good angle and almost closed on him. He may have if the field had been 10 yards longer.
That's at the end of a 90 yard run. Ahmed would have better 10, 20, and 30 yard splits than 60-90 from what I've seen. There wasnt a player on that field that would have tackled him if they had all started side by side at the 10 yard line. He was a streak for the first half of that run. That's the part that counts the most.
Chris Steele. He flies. And yes, he had the angle and still couldn't catch Ahmed. Ahmed has everything--frame, speed, lateral quickness but he doesn't have IT.
That run against USC is worth a draft pick. A lot of backs would kill for those 7 seconds.
My question with Ahmed is how we never ran a formation where he's split out and takes a jet sweep... he could have been lethal there.
Instead we banged our heads against the wall over and over again watching him go down on first contact 99% of the time he touched the ball. Hamden and Pete really had no idea how to get him the ball in space. His speed was so often wasted.
I'm very "Meh" about this as others have mentioned. Ahmed never did it for me, I found I was more frustrated with how he was being used and his inability to just let it rip most of the time. I always thought he tried to run like MMFG and it just didn't work for him.
He will always be a "what could have been" for me. Best of luck to him, if he thinks he can start making $$$ now, do it.
Talk about empty calories. My goodness will anyone even draft him? Running backs are devalued if they actually do great in college. What's the market for a part time back?
He has elite measurables and some team will take a 6th round pick or something on him
Couldnt hold a candle to Gaskin and his meh measurables
Yep but Ahmed will show up at the Combine, weigh in a little over 200 lb and run at least a low 4.4. He'll interview well, some team will fall in love and think he's at worst a 15 carry a game back, can return kicks then draft him somewhere between the end of the third and fourth round.
if he does what you mentioned and show a consistent ability to catch the ball out of the backfield, he should have a few teams salivating.
Talk about empty calories. My goodness will anyone even draft him? Running backs are devalued if they actually do great in college. What's the market for a part time back?
He has elite measurables and some team will take a 6th round pick or something on him
Couldnt hold a candle to Gaskin and his meh measurables
Yep but Ahmed will show up at the Combine, weigh in a little over 200 lb and run at least a low 4.4. He'll interview well, some team will fall in love and think he's at worst a 15 carry a game back, can return kicks then draft him somewhere between the end of the third and fourth round.
if he does what you mentioned and show a consistent ability to catch the ball out of the backfield, he should have a few teams salivating.
TBF he didnt show a great ability to catch the ball the limited times he had a chance at UW.
Ahmed is a bad traditional RB, great athlete, average football player that wasnt used to his fullest extent by the UW coaches.
I've been consistent with my view of achmed since the beginning of last season. He is not an every down back. He does not like running between the tackles and HATES big contact. How many times have you seen him run the A gap and lower his shoulder in to the linebacker?
Having said that I agree with his decision to leave. At the beginning of this year Dick Newt was clearly becoming the #1 rb and his injury is the only reason achmed had a reasonably successful season. If he were to come back next year he would be competing for the backup carries.
He is a 4th or a 5th round guy. He is going to look amazing in underwear. He could be a decent guy and should play in the league for a few years. Seems like an ideal change of pace and ko guy. Good luck to him.
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That's at the end of a 90 yard run. Ahmed would have better 10, 20, and 30 yard splits than 60-90 from what I've seen. There wasnt a player on that field that would have tackled him if they had all started side by side at the 10 yard line. He was a streak for the first half of that run. That's the part that counts the most.
Dont ask him to run between the tackles. In the NFL he is going to get demolished. He gets lit up because he stops his feet. He never attacks tacklers
He was also recruited as a DB so there's that.
Instead we banged our heads against the wall over and over again watching him go down on first contact 99% of the time he touched the ball. Hamden and Pete really had no idea how to get him the ball in space. His speed was so often wasted.
He will always be a "what could have been" for me. Best of luck to him, if he thinks he can start making $$$ now, do it.
Ahmed is a bad traditional RB, great athlete, average football player that wasnt used to his fullest extent by the UW coaches.
Having said that I agree with his decision to leave. At the beginning of this year Dick Newt was clearly becoming the #1 rb and his injury is the only reason achmed had a reasonably successful season. If he were to come back next year he would be competing for the backup carries.
We’ve just been spoiled as duck at RB the last decade and don’t realize what we had with Salvon.
He’ll be a weapon at the next level.