Ourlads Annual Laddie Awards 2011

OURLADS’ Annual LADDIE AWARDS

***Note. This Poll was taken before the 2011 Draft.



The LADDIES have become a regular part of our Draft coverage. We
enjoy them. It’s fun. Based on our discussion with subscribers, most
enjoy them as well. These awards are the subjective result of a poll among
‘our lads’ and are for your enjoyment. And the 2011 Awards go to:

Quarterbacks

Cream of the Crop: Blaine Gabbert (Missouri)

Arm Strength: Colin Kaepernick (Nevada)
Accuracy: Scott Tolzien (Wisconsin), Pat Devlin (Delaware)
Touch: Christian Ponder (Florida State)
Mobility: Cam Newton (Auburn), Jake Locker (Washington)
Tyrod Taylor (Virginia Tech)
Underappreciated: Ricky Stanzi (Iowa)
Combine King: Tyrod Taylor (Virginia Tech)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Christian Ponder (Florida State)
Free Agent Find: Mike Hartline (Kentucky)

Running Backs

Cream of the Crop:
Mark Ingram (Alabama)
Fastest: Da’Rel Scott (Maryland)
Hands: DeMarco Murray (Oklahoma)
Blocker: Patrick DiMarco (South Carolina)
Moves: Jacquizz Rodgers (Oregon State)
Power: Allen Bradford (Southern Cal)
Toughest: Mark Ingram (Alabama)
Underappreciated: Allen Bradford (Southern Cal)
Return Man: Derrick Locke (Kentucky)
Combine King: Roy Helu (Nebraska)
Best All-Star Performance: Delone Carter (Syracuse)
Free Agent Find: Chad Spann (Northern Illinois)
Johnny White (North Carolina)

Wide Receivers

Cream of the Crop: AJ Green (Georgia)
Hands: AJ Green (Georgia)
Fastest: Edmund Gates (Abilene Christian)
Routes: Greg Salas (Hawaii)
Blocker: Julio Jones (Alabama)
Run After Catch: Julio Jones (Alabama)
Return Man: Jeremy Kerley (TCU)
Jerrel Jernigan (Troy)
Leaper: Jon Baldwin (Pittsburgh)
Underappreciated: Greg Little (North Carolina)
Combine King: Julio Jones (Alabama)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Leonard Hankerson (Miami)
Free Agent Find: Kris Durham (Georgia)

Tight Ends

Cream of the Crop:
Kyle Rudolph (Notre Dame)
Hands: DJ Williams (Arkansas)
Blocker: Lee Smith (Marshall)
Fastest: Rob Housler (Florida Atlantic)
Strongest: Luke Stocker (Tennessee)
Charlie Gantt (Michigan State)
Underappreciated: Colin Cochart (South Dakota State)
Combine King: Jordan Cameron (Southern Cal)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Julius Thomas (Portland State)
Free Agent Find: Colin Cochart (South Dakota State)

Offensive Line

Cream of the Crop: Mike Pouncey (Florida)
Feet: Tyron Smith (Southern Cal)
Pass Blocker: Nate Solder (Colorado), Tyron Smith (Southern Cal)
Run Blocker: Michael Pouncey (Florida)
Strongest: Ryan Bartholomew (Syracuse), Marcus Cannon (TCU)
Toughest: Danny Watkins (Baylor)
Underappreciated: Mike Person (Montana State)
Tim Barnes (Missouri)
Combine King: Nate Solder (Colorado)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Rodney Hudson (Florida State)
Free Agent Find: Dan Kilgore (Appalachian State)

Defensive Line

Cream of the Crop: Marcel Dareus (Alabama)
Run Stopper: Marcel Dareus (Alabama)
Pass Rusher: Ryan Kerrigan (Purdue)
Fastest: Robert Quinn (North Carolina)
Strongest: Stephen Paea (Oregon State)
Toughest: JJ Watt (Wisconsin), Adrian Clayborn (Iowa)
Marcel Dareus (Alabama), Nick Fairley (Auburn)
Underappreciated: Jeremy Beal (Oklahoma)
Combine King: JJ Watt (Wisconsin)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Martin Parker (Richmond)
Justin Trattou (Florida)
Ryan Kerrigan (Purdue)
Free Agent Find: John Graves (Virginia Tech)

Linebackers
Cream of the Crop: Von Miller (Texas A&M)
Run Defender: Greg Jones (Michigan State)
Pass Coverage: Mason Foster (Washington)
Pass Rusher: Von Miller (Texas A&M)
Fastest: Martez Wilson (Illinois)
Strongest: Justin Houston (Georgia)
Toughest: Mark Herzlich (Boston College)
Underappreciated: Casey Matthews (Oregon)
Bruce Miller (Central Florida)
Combine King: Von Miller (Texas A&M)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Von Miller (Texas A&M)
Free Agent Find: Eric Gordon (Michigan State)

Defensive Backs

Cream of the Crop: Patrick Peterson (LSU)
Coverage: Patrick Peterson (LSU)
Toughest: Quinton Carter (Oklahoma), Jermale Hines (Ohio State)
Fastest: DeMarcus Van Dyke (Miami), Patrick Peterson (LSU)
Playmaker: Patrick Peterson (LSU)
Return Man: Patrick Peterson (LSU)
Leaper: Curtis Brown (Texas)
Underappreciated: Ahmad Black (Florida)
Combine King: Patrick Peterson (LSU)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Kendric Burney (North Carolina)
Free Agent Find: Ryan Jones (NW Missouri State)
Josh Gatlin (North Dakota State)

Place Kickers
Cream of the Crop: Alex Henery (Nebraska)
Free Agent Find: Dan Bailey (Oklahoma State)

PuntersCream of the Crop: Aaron Bates (Michigan State)
Free Agent Find: Reid Forrest (Washington State)

Special Teams
Best Long Snapper: Zach Enyeart (Washington State)

Mark Ingram, 28th Pick 2011 NFL Draft

Ingram, Mark Alabama 5091 215 4.55

New Orleans Saints

Junior entry. Two-year starter. 2009 Heisman Trophy winner.
Compact build. Good vision and cutting ability. Possesses top
level running skills. Good runner after first contact. Strong
powerful legs and lower body. Can step through tackles. Presses
the hole and slices between defenders. Sweet feet. Stop and go
quickness. Legs drive on contact. Patient runner with good
instincts and awareness. Competitive runner with a low pad
level. Hit and spin move. Plays in a multiple scheme offense
that features the I-formation among other wrinkles. Takes the
direct snap in the Wildcat offense. Follows and cuts off blockers.
Good in space. Excellent contact balance with the skill to beat
the first tackler. Plays faster than timed speed. Ran an explosive
1.55 10-yard split at the Combine. Has the ability to catch all
pass routes with good eye-hand coordination. Rarely used as a
receiver, but makes plays.For complete report see
Ourlads Guide To The NFL Draft

Miami Dolphins 2011 Mock Draft

Miami
15 Mark Ingram RB Alabama
79 Marcus Gilchrist FS Clemson
111 Ricky Stanzi QB Iowa
146 Delone Carter RB Syracuse
179 Charles Clay TE Tulsa
217 Ryan Bartholomew OC Syracuse
218 Schuylar Oordt TE N. Iowa
235 Lestar Jean WR FL Atlan.

Mark Ingram and 2011 NFL Draft Running backs Notes

Runningback Nuggets for 2011 Draft...

We have ranked the players listed by
a special Ourlads’ formula we call OSR. When a prospect has an OSR rating
of 15/17, for example, he rated 15th out of the 17 athletes at his position.
Athletes are listed by position alphabetically. Each workout field is weighted
to the importance of the position – i.e.: for quarterbacks – height, the short
shuttle, 3 cone drill, and Wonderlic test are the most important. Broad jump,
vertical jump, 40-yard dash, and 20-yard dash are also important, but not as
important as the first four mentioned. The numbers recorded next to a
prospect’s name exceeded the previous year’s Combine average or Pro Bowl
players’ averages for the past five years. If there is only an OSR rating, the
athlete did not exceed any of the previous position averages.


RB – Anthony Allen (Georgia Tech) OSR: 2/36. 41.5/VJ, 4.06/SS, 6.79/3
cone. Armando Allen (Notre Dame) OSR: DNP. Medical exclusion due to
right hip, could not run or jump. Matthew Asiata (Utah) OSR: 35/36.
Damien Berry (Miami) OSR: 14/36. 4.12/SS, 7.00/3 cone. Allen Bradford
(Southern Cal) OSR: 17/36. 28/BP, 6.97/3 cone. Delone Carter (Syracuse)
OSR: 4/36. 27/BP, 37/VJ, 4.07/SS, 6.92/3 cone. John Clay (Wisconsin)
Junior. OSR: 32/36. 6004, 230. Graig Cooper (Miami) OSR: 15/36. 4.03/
SS, 6.66/3 cone. Noel Devine (West Virginia) OSR: DNP. Medical exclusion
due to right ankle and fibula injury. Shaun Draughn (North Carolina) OSR:
31/36. 6.96/3 cone. Darren Evans (Virginia Tech) Junior. OSR: 18/36.
6000, 227. 6.96/3 cone. Mario Fannin (Auburn) OSR: 3/36. 4.37/40, 37.5/
VJ, 4.21/SS, 6.99/3 cone. Alexander Green (Hawaii) OSR: 8/36. 4.45/40,
4.15/SS, 6.91/3 cone. Jamie Harper (Clemson) Junior. OSR: 23/36. 5113,
233. 36.5/VJ. Roy Helu (Nebraska) OSR: 1/36. 4.40/40, 36.5/VJ, 4.01/SS,
6.67/3 cone. Kendall Hunter (Oklahoma State) OSR: 7/36. 4.21/SS, 6.74/
3 cone. Mark Ingram (Alabama) Junior. 5091, 215. OSR: 28/36. Taiwan
Jones (Eastern Washington) Junior. OSR: DNP. Medical exclusion due to
left foot fracture, no running or jumping. 5115, 194. Mikel Leshoure
(Illinois) Junior. OSR: 16/36. 5115, 227. 38/VJ, 6.82/3 cone. Dion Lewis
(Pittsburgh) Junior. OSR: 22/36. 5065, 193. 4.18/SS, 6.90/3 cone. Derrick
Locke (Kentucky) OSR: 12/36. 4.37/40, 37.5/VJ, 4.15/SS, 6.98/3 cone.
DeMarco Murray (Oklahoma) OSR: 9/36. 4.37/40, 4.18/SS. Bilal Powell
(Louisville) OSR: DNP. Medical exclusion due to right knee and right hamstring
injury, no running or jumping. Stevan Ridley (LSU) Junior. OSR: 20/36.
5112, 225. 36/VJ, 4.21/SS, 6.78/3 cone. Jacquizz Rodgers (Oregon State)
Junior. OSR: 30/36. 5057, 196. 4.26/SS. Evan Royster (Penn State) OSR:
24/36. 4.18/SS, 7.07/3 cone. Brandon Saine (Ohio State) OSR: 10/36.
4.40/40, 4.25/SS, 6.98/3 cone. Da’Rel Scott (Maryland) OSR: 6/36. 4.31/
40, 4.20/SS. Vai Taua (Nevada) OSR: 27/36. 4.18/SS, 6.89/3 cone. Daniel
Thomas (Kansas State) OSR: DNP. No running or workout due to left
hamstring tightness. Jordan Todman (Connecticut) Junior. OSR: 5/36. 5087,
203. 25/BP, 4.40/40, 38/VJ, 4.18/SS. Shane Vereen (California) Junior.
OSR: 11/36. 5102, 210. 31/BP, 4.28/SS, 6.95/3 cone. Johnny White (North
Carolina) OSR: 26/36. 7.07/SS. Did not bench press, medical exclusion due to
broken right clavicle during the season. Ryan Williams (Virginia Tech)
Junior. OSR: 13/36. 5093, 212. 40/VJ, 4.18/SS, 6.96/3 cone

Notes on 2011 NFL Draft Prospects

Quarterback Notes:Cam Newton is a more skilled passer than Vince Young. His athletic
prowess is special. Junior Blaine Gabbert delivers the ball suddenly to his
receivers. No delay. Athletic and mobile. Stands tall in the pocket. Plays in a
spread ball control passing attack. Jake Locker has outstanding athletic
ability and a quick release. May be best in a play action offense. Ryan
Mallett’s best asset is his arm strength and size. He is skilled enough to take
advantage of coverage breakdowns. Christian Ponder has had durability
problems, but like Locker may be featured in a play action offense. A good
ball control passer who is mobile enough to buy time with his feet. Tough and
smart. Colin Kaepernick has good deep accuracy and the arm strength to
throw the deep out. Athletic and nimble-footed to get out of trouble and
make something happen. Will need technique work, but has talent.

Runningback Notes:Junior Mark Ingram has exceptional contact balance and agility in traffic.
Beats the first tackler on a regular basis. Daniel Thomas bookended his
junior year with a strong senior season. Lacks track speed, but makes the tough
three and four yard runs. Physical and athletic. DeMarco Murray should develop
into a solid NFL all-purpose type back that consistently catches the ball in his
hands. Has the speed to turn the corner and return kickoffs. Allen Bradford had
a stretch where he fumbled four times in twenty carries this fall. He appeared to
have cleaned up the ball security problem late in the year, running for over 212
yards and 2 touchdowns versus UCLA. Kendall Hunter overcame an injuryplagued
2009 by rushing for 1516 yards and 16 touchdowns. Hunter has good
running skills, vision, and cutting ability.