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Videofication: Derrick Williams In The Senior Bowl

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Videofication: come for the football, stay for the girls in enormous dresses.

Derrick Williams made his very last appearance in a Penn State helmet on Saturday and probably incrementally built on the goodwill he had been working on all week long in practice.  He looked sharp, despite having to deal with some questionable quarterbacking, and lead the game in all purpose yards thank to some solid kick returns.

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Video highlights after the jump...

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The one rush he was given was a typical DWill play, a counter sweep we've seen quite a few times over the past four years.

 

 

I wouldn't say he had a tremendous day receiving, but he did what he could given the situation.  When the North quarterbacks weren't tripping over the 20 yard line or fumbling snaps, they were attempting to throw passes.  For those of you who didn't see any of the game, it didn't go very well.

So despite being open on many routes, he was mostly limited to throws of the not really acceptable variety.

 

 

Still a major upgrade from Graham Harrell passes like this one; the former Texas Tech QB really struggled to get any kind of velocity on his throws:

 

 

When he wasn't runnin' the tunnel, runnin' his routes, or runnin' from tacklers, he was runnin' over water coolers.

 

 

His best looks were probably on kick-offs, however, where he picked up most of his all-purpose yardage.

 

 

I'd say a pretty good day, all and all.  He looked sharp, fast, and obviously versatile.  He has the vision to return kicks right away, and could develop into a very reliable receiver.

Fox thinks it was a net upgrade, and we are obviously looking forward to the next round of draft projections, as terrible wrong as they sometimes can be.

And one more thing...Mocking The Draft has good things to say as well:

Derrick Williams, WR, Penn State: With the glut of junior receivers coming out, Williams had to prove himself and he did. Outside of good height, Williams displayed everything a team could look for in a receiver. He could slip into the early second round based on his performance in Mobile.

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I didn’t want to watch the Senior Bowl but I did want to see how DWill did.

by speedomike on Jan 26, 2009 10:38 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

It was a good break

from the BTN’s halftime show, which is pretty bad. Although the more I think about it, I hate all halftime shows.

BSD

by Kevin HD on Jan 26, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Tecmo Bowl

Had a great halftime show.

by speedomike on Jan 26, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Short, sweet, good commentary. No Lou Holtz.

You’re absolutely right.

Also, I love this from TNL:

Forget mutual funds, in the tough economic environment we face in 2009, there’s never been a better option than the NFL stock of Derrick Williams, move your money where it can work for you. You can thank me later when you retire at age 55.

BSD

by Kevin HD on Jan 26, 2009 10:54 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

d-will's catch (second vid)

the announcer is exactly right-that pass goes to williams’ outside shoulder, the receiver has an chance to pick up extra yardage.

however, derrick is used to horribly thrown balls on simple outs. half of his career was spent performing in such conditions.

World F#$king Champions

by psudrozz on Jan 26, 2009 11:03 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

It would have been nice if he caught more balls...

we all know (and NFL scouts too) that Williams can return very well, if he could have shown he is a force at WR he could have really improved his draft stock.

"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled"- Hunter S. Thompson

by phishead_psu on Jan 26, 2009 11:48 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

From what I hear

He did pretty good. He ran crisp routes, he did it fast and he showed good hands. If the quarterback can’t deliver the ball on time and on target you can’t blame him for it. You see in the one video above he was open but Harrell skipped it ten feet short on him.

by BSD on Jan 26, 2009 12:25 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

And he was doing that to everyone

no just Williams, and not just that time.

BSD

by Kevin HD on Jan 26, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I still can't believe Harrell didn't get the Heisman

I mean one lousy loss, and they discount the amazingness of this athlete.

By the way, I’m still waiting to hear how Texas Tech and Sam Houston State are considered “north” schools.

by The JuggerNitt on Jan 26, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

The same way that...

Jordan Norwood and Lydell Sargeant have more of a connection to Texas than to the rest of the country.

There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.

by leeharvey418 on Jan 26, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

The New Geography

Because Pat White is much faster, so they had to get him on the south team because, you know, southern speed and all.

I think it was a conspiracy to intentionally make the south win so we could keep feeding the myth that northern schools can’t play football as well as the south.

by BSD on Jan 26, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

it indeed would have been nice

but Larry Fitzgerald wouldn’t have been able to make any more catches than D-Will did (except, I guess, that Fitzgerald would be more visible of a receiver, being much larger than D-Will, and also that Fitzgerald would have been the #1 check on all routes, and that’s about as far as the QBs ever made it…if they even made it that far)

by The JuggerNitt on Jan 26, 2009 12:57 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

of course

It was played in SEC country, after all.

by Cairo on Jan 26, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

No doubt

I always knew the guy was fast, but he was flat-out flying in those videos. Especially in the kick return, watch his legs move compared to everyone else’s.

by jimbo2psu on Jan 26, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome videos.

And I always love when players from different teams play together like that. It was awesome to see Robiskie help up Williams on the first one, and the pat on the helmets from other guys. I love the class.

by GreatScawt on Jan 26, 2009 7:47 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I just love how there is a plain white helmet, with a lone blue stripe on it

and no logos, and yet everyone knows “Penn State” when they see it.

I also enjoyed after the North scored their first TD (if I recall, it was a screen to the RB or FB), and D-Will went over and was either the first to congratulate him, or at least the longest, cuz he was on camera for a while with that (longer than any play…well any play other than his like 50 yard kick return)

by The JuggerNitt on Jan 26, 2009 10:54 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Me too

I’m glad DWill kept the virgin helmet and didn’t soil it with decals from other schools.

by BSD on Jan 27, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

But

I would like to ask him what’s up with the red shoes?

by BSD on Jan 27, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Virgin helmets...

…sound hot

"They haven't played us yet."

by ReadingRambler on Jan 27, 2009 10:31 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't really understand those cross-decals, anyway

is it a form of all that OMG ESS-EEE-CEE pride that they just love their conference so much (not that the SEC was the only offender…saw plenty of Pac-10 players doing likewise, and probably other conferences, too, if I had paid attention)

by The JuggerNitt on Jan 27, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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