photo courtesy of hawkeyesports.comBradley Fletcher: Measuring in at 6'0, 196 pounds, this corner probably had the best combine of all the Hawkeyes. He was a top performer in the vertical jump at 38.5", 5th best among corners. He also benched 225 pounds 20 times and ran a 4.52 40-yard dash, solid for one of the bigger corner in the drafts. Fletcher may be moved to safety in the NFL, a la Charles Godfrey with the Carolina Panthers.
Fletcher was a vastly underrated member of the vaunted 2008 defense. He formed the best corner combo in the Ferentz era with Amari Spievey. Fletch also kept a very talented Jordan Bernstine firmly on the bench. He earned honorable mention All-Big Ten with 60 tackles, three interceptions and 10 passes broken up.
I'm guessing he goes somewhere in the 5th or 6th round.
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Bradley Fletcher was a vastly underrated player during his Hawkeye career and if he were two inches taller, NFL scouts would be drooling over him. Everything I have heard from teammates is that Fletcher is an athletic freak with outstanding make-up speed and ball skills. It will be interesting to see if he gets drafted and subsequently moved to safety next season.
ReplyDeleteI was also impressed, but not shocked with Fletcher's Combine numbers. I have always heard that he is very athletically talented (as was Godfrey). With the success Godfrey was able to have in moving over to safety, I wouldn't mind seeing Fletch do the same. Hopefully his Combine moved him up a round or so.
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