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Sports Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Loose hips and quick twitches: Signs to watch in the NFL draft Terry Pluto makes sense of (and light of) the NFL draft by WKSU's AMANDA RABINOWITZ |
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 | | Terry Pluto shows off his draft guides that break down the stats of the players to watch in the April 26 NFL draft | In a little over a week, Browns fans will celebrate their version of the Super Bowl -- the NFL draft. It’s a weekend event that diehard fans take seriously. WKSU commentator Terry Pluto brought along four of his draft books to talk to Amanda Rabinowitz. |
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Toting draft guides Terry Pluto has four draft guides –books that highlight the players and describe who’s going to be in the draft. Each one costs as much as $32.
Terry talks tongue-in-cheek about the books that he says he has to have to be able to write about the draft for his Plain Dealer columns:
“You have to know these things…do you have tight hips or loose hips? I mean that’s a big thing if you are a defensive back.”
Exerpts from the guides Looking at one of his guides, Terry Pluto reads a couple of exerpts:
“Jarius Wright from Arkansas, 5’8”, 182 pounds, small-framed and wispy. He’s quick-twitched, he’s a slot receiver mismatched weapon who fits well into a versatile sophisticated passing attack."
Pluto says some of the books list how many kids the players have out of wedlock. Some have arrest reports and other personal details:
“Ryan Broyles…wide receiver of Oklahoma, engaged to a girlfriend of six years. That’s the first thing it says – engaged to a girlfriend of six years.”
Another part of the draft is the Wonderlic test.
Pluto says, "it's sort of IQ test; it's 12 minutes. It's kind of like an ACT...You want to be up near 30 and these tests aren't supposed to be leaked…Well Morris (Claiborne of LSU) scored a four. I talked to an NFL executive who was just insensed that this came out because Morris has a learning disability."
Browns fans should know: Terry Pluto mentions a couple names of players the Browns are looking at:
Trent Richardson, a running back from Alabama and Morris Claiborne, a defensive back from LSU.
The draft starts April 26th and continues April 27th and 28th. Pluto adds: "And you know what happens on April 30th? You start looking at the 2013 draft." |
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