DJ Invited to the Senior Bowl

[sivert]

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Is there someone from UNI who looks for media to correct?

In this one, it says "Northern Illinois" in the text.
Another one from yesterday - I can't find it now - said "Northern Iowa" and has a graphic of a hawkeye!

[Trapped in California]

Re: DJ Invited to the Senior Bowl

Is there someone from UNI who looks for media to correct?

In this one, it says "Northern Illinois" in the text.
Another one from yesterday - I can't find it now - said "Northern Iowa" and has a graphic of a hawkeye!

How many full time jobs would that end up being?

[01PantherFan]

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Bump

Daily diary of DJ's experiences

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/01/senior_bowl_south_team_diary_n.html

More

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfl-draft-scout/24980468/senior-bowl-sammie-coates-steals-show-during-south-team-weigh-in

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2335439-49ers-draft-scouting-guide-for-the-2015-senior-bowl/page/2

Complements on pass blocking - unfortunately complimented by NE Cheaters writer
http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2015/...ervations.html

Some good stuff sounds like DJ and X are making the most of their time, some great PR for UNI as well !

[SteinPizza]

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Just based on what I read, X did himself some big favors draft wise. Could go anywhere from 3rd to 5th round if he does well at the combo.

[BCPanther]

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DJ was named Running Back Practice Player of the Week at the Senior Bowl. He really helped himself.

[DownGoesKansas]

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Mayock basically said he was one of the best receiving RB's he has ever seen.

[panther1]

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Only one other RB on the South roster, Artis-Payne from Auburn. The North has 4 running backs on its roster. This should result in DJ seeing a fair amount of snaps.

[Khan4Cats]

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DJ was named Running Back Practice Player of the Week at the Senior Bowl. He really helped himself.

I'm waiting for the combine lifting sessions...

[GoPanthers85]

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I'm waiting for the combine lifting sessions...

I thought I saw a tweet or something where he did 225 like 25-30 times! That's on par with most lineman!

[Mooooose96]

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Yup! Here was his tweet. "Hit 220 lbs for 30 reps on bench today! #Grinding 💪." And that was 13 days ago. After the Senior Bowl he will still have about 22 days left before the combine to get that number up to 33 or 34! Can't wait to see him wow everyone when he runs a 4.4 40 time as well!

[01PantherFan]

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Hope he lights it up tomorrow, seems like a real decent kid that deserves a shot, good role model for kids !

[BCPanther]

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Tomorrow really doesn't matter from a scoring perspective. He's done what he needed to do this week.

Should show well at the combine and pro day(s).

Hopefully puts himself solidly into day 2.

[SteinPizza]

Re: DJ Invited to the Senior Bowl

Tomorrow really doesn't matter from a scoring perspective. He's done what he needed to do this week.

Should show well at the combine and pro day(s).

Hopefully puts himself solidly into day 2.

TBD on that. He could put up some real gaudy numbers for his size at the combine. The GMs and scouting staffs who love measurables could draft him higher than deserved. That's a good problem for him, UNI, and the conference as a whole.

[sivert]

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Voted positional winner. here

But a Packer guy said he "didn't live up to expectations."

here: Perhaps the most complete back in Mobile was Northern Iowa’s David Johnson, who moved to the top of the pecking order for the South team. Johnson is a big back at 6-foot-2, 229 pounds, and he looks the part. He still showed he can make defenders miss and pick his way through traffic, and he’s got good hands coming out of the backfield.

This guy has a lot to say, including: best of the FCS rushers is clearly Northern Iowa’s David Johnson, who won the honor of Outstanding Performance Running Back award at the Reese’s Senior Bowl.

[jegbomb52]

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I don't know that David can help himself today anymore than he already has. There is one thing that could be a knock on him though. He did a great job of taking care of the football this year, but if you remember that was a problem for him in the past. Those scouts haven't let that go unnoticed. He can't put the ball on the ground today or it will cost him thousands of dollars... literally