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Since we're 100 days from the actual start of the college football season, it's time for our annual Freaks List. We've been doing it for a decade, focusing on the top workout warriors or players who amaze their teammates and coaches with what they can do in the weight room, on the track or in some other "wow" aspect of athleticism.
Among the Freaks to make this list: Calvin Johnson, Adrian Peterson and last year's No. 1 guy: SMU's Estonian shot putter-turned-pass rushing/kick blocking terror Margus Hunt. With a big thank you to coaches, players and sports information directors around the country, here is the 2013 Freak List. As you'll notice, it's bigger than ever. (I considered any players who are already on campus and will be eligible this fall.)
2. Ra'Shede Hegeman, Minnesota, DT: The 6-6, 312-pound converted tight end vertical jumped 36 inches this offseason when the Gophers tested him. More impressively, the former basketball standout (he used to play AAU ball against first-rounder Royce White) says he can still do a 360 dunk even though he's well over three bills. "But," Hegeman adds, "it doesn't look as pretty as when I was 250."
Hegeman was a big recruit for former coach Tim Brewster. Then-Gophers hoops coach Tubby Smith once tried to get him to come out for the basketball team, Hegeman says. But the big man opted to focus solely on football, where he has blossomed into one of the Big Ten's better D-linemen. Lache Seastrunk averaged 9.1 yards per carry during Baylor's last four games in 2012. (USATSI) Lache Seastrunk averaged 9.1 yards per carry during Baylor's last four games in 2012. (USATSI)
He's certainly the most athletic. Not only does he have the 36-inch vert, but he also has bench-pressed 465 pounds and clocked an electronically timed 10-yard sprint in 1.57 seconds. For comparison sake, no DT at this year's NFL Combine jumped higher than 33 inches, and Terron Armstead, the offensive tackle who ran the blazing 4.71 40 at the combine, did a 1.64 in his 10.
Hegeman said watching the combine in February has "motivated me to be even get more serious in the weight room." His goals on the field for 2013: play with better pad level, play with more urgency off the ball and not take plays off.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...-the-20-craziest-athletes-in-college-football
Go Gophers!!
Since we're 100 days from the actual start of the college football season, it's time for our annual Freaks List. We've been doing it for a decade, focusing on the top workout warriors or players who amaze their teammates and coaches with what they can do in the weight room, on the track or in some other "wow" aspect of athleticism.
Among the Freaks to make this list: Calvin Johnson, Adrian Peterson and last year's No. 1 guy: SMU's Estonian shot putter-turned-pass rushing/kick blocking terror Margus Hunt. With a big thank you to coaches, players and sports information directors around the country, here is the 2013 Freak List. As you'll notice, it's bigger than ever. (I considered any players who are already on campus and will be eligible this fall.)
2. Ra'Shede Hegeman, Minnesota, DT: The 6-6, 312-pound converted tight end vertical jumped 36 inches this offseason when the Gophers tested him. More impressively, the former basketball standout (he used to play AAU ball against first-rounder Royce White) says he can still do a 360 dunk even though he's well over three bills. "But," Hegeman adds, "it doesn't look as pretty as when I was 250."
Hegeman was a big recruit for former coach Tim Brewster. Then-Gophers hoops coach Tubby Smith once tried to get him to come out for the basketball team, Hegeman says. But the big man opted to focus solely on football, where he has blossomed into one of the Big Ten's better D-linemen. Lache Seastrunk averaged 9.1 yards per carry during Baylor's last four games in 2012. (USATSI) Lache Seastrunk averaged 9.1 yards per carry during Baylor's last four games in 2012. (USATSI)
He's certainly the most athletic. Not only does he have the 36-inch vert, but he also has bench-pressed 465 pounds and clocked an electronically timed 10-yard sprint in 1.57 seconds. For comparison sake, no DT at this year's NFL Combine jumped higher than 33 inches, and Terron Armstead, the offensive tackle who ran the blazing 4.71 40 at the combine, did a 1.64 in his 10.
Hegeman said watching the combine in February has "motivated me to be even get more serious in the weight room." His goals on the field for 2013: play with better pad level, play with more urgency off the ball and not take plays off.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...-the-20-craziest-athletes-in-college-football
Go Gophers!!
