DE Allen Bailey Miami

[Ericgoodchief]

Keep us updated when Metro sports has Pioli on. Want to hear what he says today.

should be soon.

[corandval]

He will be an inside linebacker.

[nychief]

285 lb middle linebacker?

[LOCOChief]

Originally Posted by nychief

285 lb middle linebacker?

No 4.7 40 guy, top 5 verticle jump explosive guy that happens to be a 275lb guy

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by nychief

285 lb middle linebacker?

Why not? He's fast enough.

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by nychief

285 lb middle linebacker?

Levon Kirkland was 275, but I believe Bailey will compete for the DE spot(s)

[Hammock Parties]

I want this guy to rack up about 50 tackles a year so I can scream COUUUUUUUUUUNTRY STRAAAAAAAWNG!!!!!!!!!!! after every one.

[aturnis]

From Scout.com

Bailey had a chance to rocket up draft boards this week, but that likely didn't happen. That said, he did have a solid combine, posting a 40 time in the 4.7 range and finishing among the top five defensive linemen in the vertical jump, the latter of which indicates above-average explosiveness. While Bailey likely didn't do much to convince scouts that he could be a full-time 3-4 OLB, his across the board numbers still indicate the potential for an unusual type of diversity that a creative 3-4 defensive coordinator could use to his advantage.

It's the Seventh Floor NFL Combine Review - The 7th Floor

Allen Bailey Combine review from our Hurricanes blog. Check it out

[Frankie]

My son texted me that Gruden and McShay hinted that Bailey is mentally challenged. did y'all notice anything like that?

[Renegade]

Originally Posted by Frankie

My son texted me that Gruden and McShay hinted that Bailey is mentally challenged. did y'all notice anything like that?

IMHO, all Hurricane players are mentally challenged. They don't appear to be the sharpest knives in the drawer.

[Molitoth]

[OmahaChief]

Originally Posted by Renegade

IMHO, all Hurricane players are mentally challenged. They don't appear to be the sharpest knives in the drawer.

They sure do make good pro bowler players.

As for Bailey being mentally challenged that is far from the case. He is a pretty intelligent young man. The fact that he lived on Sapelo Island and lived off the land with his family seems to mean to a lot of people that he is some type of idiot.

I follow the Canes and can tell you at times Bailey fits the bill of looks like Tarzan plays like Jan and at other times he looks like the type of guy that kills gators with a shovel. I have seen him totally dominate games and be totally shut down. He is somewhat of an enigma.

He came to Miami becuase they promised him the chance to be a linebacker. They felt he was a little too stiff and due to injuries moved him to DE then due to more injuries he was asked to play the middle. He never really got a fair shake and under the watch of Randy Shannon most of the Canes players did not get any better. Shannon and his coaching staff did not teach fundementals very well and really hurt the team.

I think if given the chance to work with the NFL guys and get a position he can stay at he will be a hell of a player. He is the type of guy that can rip the arm off a QB and beat them with is and that is what excites me about Bailey.

[Fat Elvis]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/column...uce&id=4174191

2. Allen Bailey, Miami, DT: On a wall inside the UM football offices are the team bests for each exercise by position. When you get to defensive linemen, almost all you see is one Bailey head shot after another. Some UM fans have taken to calling him "Freakzilla," thanks in part to his awesome athleticism but also to his Bunyanesque background that has created some legendary tales. Such as how he once killed an alligator with a shovel.

Bailey, who last season battled through a torn pectoral muscle while making the transition from linebacker to defensive line, had nine tackles for loss and five sacks. Now that he's healthy and more comfortable playing at defensive tackle, expectations around Coral Gables, Fla., are soaring. Some inside the program think the junior will restart Miami's streak of first-round draft picks. Lord knows he should test well at the NFL combine next year.

This spring, Bailey vertical jumped 39 inches despite weighing 288 pounds. He ran a 4.65 40 time. He power-cleaned 375. Longtime UM strength coach Andreu Swasey, who has trained the likes of Willis McGahee, Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor and others, gives Bailey perhaps the ultimate praise: "He is the freakiest of all the freaks since I've been here," Swasey says. "When he got here, he weighed 270, and I told the coaches, 'He's going to be 300, but it'll be a 300 like you've never seen before.'"

Give the man a shovel.

[salame]

at the very least he will push JAckson

[nascher]

Ron Edwards is going to play NT again and he did a good job the last years after the transition from the 4-3 were he also was a starter.

Bailey has a body like Schwarzenegger on roids many years ago.
Somewhere i saw a pic of him.