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The Cowboys selected Eastern Michigan running back Darius Jackson in the sixth round of the NFL draft on Saturday.
According to the school's website: The 6-foot-1, 221-pound running back made waves at his NFL Pro Day where he ran a 4.35 40-yard dash, jumped a 41-inch vertical, 133-inch broad jump and a 4.27-second 20-yard shuttle. The 41-inch vertical would tie for eighth-best among running backs at the Combine since 2006, while the 133-inch broad jump would tie for fifth-best over that span.
Jackson set the school’s single-season record with 16 touchdowns in 2015. Jackson finished the year with 1,089 yards on the ground. He also starred in baseball in high school.
According to Lance Zierlein's NFL draft profile, Jackson wasn't projected to get drafted. Wrote Zierlein:
STRENGTHS Showed off a rare combination of size, speed and explosiveness at his pro day. Can make variety of adjustments to secure poor throws. Has punt coverage background.
WEAKNESSES: Dancer with a lack of decisiveness as a runner. Vision is well below average.
BOTTOM LINE: The tape doesn’t come close to matching the astounding pro day numbers that Jackson posted, but his combination of size and athletic traits could very well get him drafted. Jackson doesn’t have the vision or decisiveness to be a zone runner and appears to lack the physicality needed as downhill gap-scheme back.
According to the school's website: The 6-foot-1, 221-pound running back made waves at his NFL Pro Day where he ran a 4.35 40-yard dash, jumped a 41-inch vertical, 133-inch broad jump and a 4.27-second 20-yard shuttle. The 41-inch vertical would tie for eighth-best among running backs at the Combine since 2006, while the 133-inch broad jump would tie for fifth-best over that span.
Jackson set the school’s single-season record with 16 touchdowns in 2015. Jackson finished the year with 1,089 yards on the ground. He also starred in baseball in high school.
According to Lance Zierlein's NFL draft profile, Jackson wasn't projected to get drafted. Wrote Zierlein:
STRENGTHS Showed off a rare combination of size, speed and explosiveness at his pro day. Can make variety of adjustments to secure poor throws. Has punt coverage background.
WEAKNESSES: Dancer with a lack of decisiveness as a runner. Vision is well below average.
BOTTOM LINE: The tape doesn’t come close to matching the astounding pro day numbers that Jackson posted, but his combination of size and athletic traits could very well get him drafted. Jackson doesn’t have the vision or decisiveness to be a zone runner and appears to lack the physicality needed as downhill gap-scheme back.
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The two DL's were decent picks. The Purdue CB has some skill and speed.
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Replacement for McFadden
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Darius is a baaaaaaad dude. Might be a reason not to have DMC at all. Mayock said that he was shown the tape of LSU vs Jackson and Jackson was 19 for 66 which isn't great but all of his runs were tough yards. The team had one win but he had 16 TDs that season. He just muscles forward. 4 RBs? DMC, Morris, EZe E and this guy. Forget Dunbar
Watch this :
Darius Jackson Highlights and vs LSU 03 09 2015 - YouTube
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I feel like the theme of the draft was overall toughening up. They got strong athletic defensive players who play with speed and violence. I wonder if the plan this year is to play with more ground and pound on offense and defense?
I feel like parts of this draft were apologies:
Maliek Collins was an apology for having Nick Hayden
Charles Tapper was an apology for Randy Gregory
Kevon Frazier was an apology for Jj Wilcox and Barry Church
Anthony Brown was an apology for Claiborne
Ezekial Elliot was an apology for Joseph Randle, Christine Michael, Robert Turbin and not having a plan for the loss of Murray.
Darius Jackson was an apology for short yardage and red zone
But next year we will need an apology for Prescott and Jaylon Smith in the second round.
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Big difference between last year and this year. Last year they treated the RB position as if Jerry himself could get back there and tote the rock. Now they're actually pretty deep and the best RB is now their 3rd back. They are finally going to take advantage of the OL's strength.
Well, Garrett still has to call the plays.
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there's a difference between old and over the hill. he can still play. let's wait to see him fail before replacing him with some rookie from Buttsex, Idaho.
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and fairly significant roster bonus due before season starts apparently