2018 UDFA signings

[BlackAndGold]

990359611134894080

Good pick up


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C15O4ghr-Eg

[stillers4me]

I knew Tomlin couldn't last the whole weekend without getting a kick returner. :lol:

[stillers4me]

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[Dwinsgames]

was posting these in the draft thread until I seen this one ....

DT Greg Gilmore LSU is one of our Priority free agents signings
Toledo defensive end Ola Adeniyi will be a linebacker in a 3-4
TCU C Patrick Morris
Quadree Henderson of Pitt also signed

[hawaiiansteeler]

was posting these in the draft thread until I seen this one ....

DT Greg Gilmore LSU is one of our Priority free agents signings


I had Gilmore in the 7th round of my mock draft, the Steelers reportedly showed a lot of interest in and really liked him...

[Dwinsgames]

Parker Cothren
DT
Penn State


Jarvion Franklin
RB
Western Michigan


Greg Gilmore
DE
LSU


Quadree Henderson
WR
Pittsburgh


Trey Johnson
CB
Villanova


Pharoah McKever
TE
North Carolina State


Patrick Morris
C
TCU


Ikenna Nwokeji
OL
Elon


Olasunkanmi Adeniyi
LB
Toledo


Chris Schleuger
G
UAB


Jamar Summers
CB
UCONN


Matthew Thomas
LB
Florida State


Kendal Vickers
DE
Tennessee

[BlackAndGold]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA4FdJoCAhM

another "HIGHLIGHT" video with no music.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg_dtGE890Q

[hawaiiansteeler]

Matthew Thomas has great measurables, I think he has a very good shot at making this team at ILB...

[BlackAndGold]

Trey ran a 4.38 forty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTSQ_SmQw2A

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Matthew Thomas has great measurables, I think he has a very good shot at making this team at ILB...

Yeah I'm intrigued by him. Has the look of a mack LB

[Shoes]

Wow, Thomas had a 41.5 on the vertical at the combine.

[BlackAndGold]

Looks like a solid UDFA class.

[Dwinsgames]

Jarvion Franklin

Rushing
Receiving
Scrimmage


Year
School
Conf
Class
Pos
G
Att
Yds
Avg
TD
Rec
Yds
Avg
TD
Plays
Yds
Avg
TD


*2014 (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2014.html)
Western Michigan (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/western-michigan/2014.html)
MAC (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/mac/2014.html)
FR
RB
13
306
1551
5.1
24
14
163
11.6
1
320
1714
5.4
25


*2015 (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2015.html)
Western Michigan (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/western-michigan/2015.html)
MAC (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/mac/2015.html)
SO
RB
13
153
735
4.8
5
17
184
10.8
0
170
919
5.4
5


*2016 (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2016.html)
Western Michigan (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/western-michigan/2016.html)
MAC (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/mac/2016.html)
JR
RB
14
248
1353
5.5
12
25
288
11.5
2
273
1641
6.0
14


2017 (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2017.html)
Western Michigan (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/western-michigan/2017.html)
MAC (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/mac/2017.html)
SR
RB
12
235
1228
5.2
11
5
35
7.0
1
240
1263
5.3
12


Career
Western Michigan (https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/western-michigan/)




942
4867
5.2
52
61
670
11.0
4
1003
5537
5.5
56



















see ya Frenchy

[Shoes]

Looks like a solid UDFA class.

Agreed!

[Dwinsgames]

Matthew Thomas has great measurables, I think he has a very good shot at making this team at ILB...

had him in my mock here for round 7 ... think he will make an impact early on and make the team with solid ST play and develop into an eventual starter

[BlackAndGold]

Agreed!

Past two years they've been underwhelming if I remember correctly

[Dwinsgames]

good power , not very elusive a north and south runner a 1 speed back but I like him seems to have enough speed but isnt gonna break many 40-50 yard runs but also does not go down without a fight


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8a0Llp172Q

[Shoes]

good power , not very elusive a north and south runner a 1 speed back but I like him seems to have enough speed but isnt gonna break many 40-50 yard runs but also does not go down without a fight


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8a0Llp172Q


Should be a fun & exciting TC

[hawaiiansteeler]

had him in my mock here for round 7 ... think he will make an impact early on and make the team with solid ST play and develop into an eventual starter

good call, is it character issues with him?

[86WARD]

Just a quick nugget about umdrafted players:

QBs drafted in 2003: Carson Palmer, Byron Leftwich, Kyle Boller, Rex Grossman, Dave Ragone, Chris Simms, Seneca Wallace, Brian St. Pierre, Drew Henson, Brooks Bollinger, Kliff Kingsbury, Gibran Hamdan, Ken Dorsey.
QB undrafted in 2003: Tony Romo.

You never know what you are going to find in that UDFA pile...

[Dwinsgames]

good call, is it character issues with him?

only red flag I could find was a shoulder injury his freshman year but that should be behind him ...

he is an athletic freak , very explosive but his tape does not match his workout numbers .... he is developmental for sure but should be a beast on ST during that process where his athleticism should shine ...

[Mojouw]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA4FdJoCAhM

Hell yeah. This dude will make the roster.

[BlackAndGold]

Hell yeah. This dude will make the roster.

Want to see some regular game tape. Just posted the video since it came up when trying to get some info on him.

Really like this UDFA class.

[Mojouw]

Want to see some regular game tape. Just posted the video since it came up when trying to get some info on him.

Really like this UDFA class.

Small school guy. Violent hitter. Suplexed a RB. Hits the QB and chops the ball. Now if he could just wear 92 and run with his ankles and body parallel to the ground, he might remind you of a certain someone.

[pczach]

Small school guy. Violent hitter. Suplexed a RB. Hits the QB and chops the ball. Now if he could just wear 92 and run with his ankles and body parallel to the ground, he might remind you of a certain someone.



Yeah, this kid has some juice.

If he put tape like that up wearing a different uniform, he probably goes in the 4th round.

This UDFA class has some players.

There are always some very impressive players that don't get drafted and frankly, they look much better than many big-school players that get drafted and eventually wash out of the NFL.

[Mojouw]

Yeah, this kid has some juice.

If he put tape like that up wearing a different uniform, he probably goes in the 4th round.

This UDFA class has some players.

There are always some very impressive players that don't get drafted and frankly, they look much better than many big-school players that get drafted and eventually wash out of the NFL.

Certainly. I think the level of competition thing is a bit over-rated. If a kid is dominating a lower level but displays good fundamentals and techniques as well as a solid set of recognition skills, what's the big deal?

I mean if this was basketball and there was some really tall dude dominating some garbage league and all he did was dunk, then okay sure, write it off. But if the dude is got a smooth shot and good ball handling...

The analogy begins to break down, but I think it broadly works. OR I coud've just said "Javon Hargrave".

[Dwinsgames]

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[Shoes]

990616206976700416

Nice

[BlackAndGold]

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He is going to have a good chace of making the roster IMO

Brown
JuJu
Washinton
Rogers(I believe he'll be back)
DHB
Henderson/Tucker/Hunter

[stillers4me]

And he's cheap!

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[86WARD]

The backkground music on the video is pretty terrible...lol.

[BlackAndGold]

Another potential gem?
990704009983021057

Measurables below
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/patrick-morris

[Shoes]

Another potential gem?
990704009983021057

Measurables below
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/patrick-morris


Wow, could be!

[BlackAndGold]

MT "highlight"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpk7Q5-YsPc

FYI: I'd mute the audio unless you like hearing Meek Mill yelling.

[teegre]

Another potential gem?
990704009983021057

Measurables below
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/patrick-morris

That pizza spiderweb shows he lacks height & weigh, but kicks butt in every other category. Kelvin Beachum-esque.

[Texasteel]

This is one of the better UDFA I've seen. 6 or 7 of these gays should have been drafted. Even if they probably were hoping not to be after we got into the last round.

[86WARD]

I don’t understand why these highlights need to have awful rap music behind them. It’s not even tolerable music...lol.

[Dwinsgames]

I don’t understand why these highlights need to have awful rap music behind them. It’s not even tolerable music...lol.


I click play / mute as close to simultaneously as humanly possible ...

[teegre]

I don’t understand why these highlights need to have awful rap music behind them. It’s not even tolerable music...lol.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COCY3UVoTGA&app=desktop

[Mojouw]

MT "highlight"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpk7Q5-YsPc

FYI: I'd mute the audio unless you like hearing Meek Mill yelling.

I'm not going to really ever blast a UDFA signing, I mean it basically carries no risk. But every report on this kid finds a different, yet polite, way of calling him stupid.

"Lacks Instincts"
"Academically ineligible"
"lost in a fog"
"chases ghosts"

And so on...should be fun to watch!

[BlackAndGold]

I'm not going to really ever blast a UDFA signing, I mean it basically carries no risk. But every report on this kid finds a different, yet polite, way of calling him stupid.

"Lacks Instincts"
"Academically ineligible"
"lost in a fog"
"chases ghosts"

And so on...should be fun to watch!

Yeah but he's a Steelers now, so he's going to become the next Derrick Brooks :thumbsup:

[tube517]

Yeah but he's a Steelers now, so he's going to become the next Derrick Brooks :thumbsup:

Or Hall of Famer, John Kuhn. :tt02: :chuckle:

[Psycho Ward 86]

for what its worth, this website had Thomas projected into the middle of the 1st round before his final season at FSU: https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/2017/05/09/bengals-select-fsu-lb-matthew-thomas-in-early-2018-mock-draft/

For all the draftniks out there, how high would you project Thomas to be drafted if not for injury/character concerns?

[Dwinsgames]

for what its worth, this website had Thomas projected into the middle of the 1st round before his final season at FSU: https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/2017/05/09/bengals-select-fsu-lb-matthew-thomas-in-early-2018-mock-draft/

For all the draftniks out there, how high would you project Thomas to be drafted if not for injury/character concerns?

its a tough question for me ....

the kid is a athletic freak and tests really well but those test numbers do not ( for the most part ) show up on tape ... he is slow to diagnose and unsure , lacks instincts .... if his mental game ever could catch his physical ability he is a first round pick all day every day .... but at this point that is just not the case


that said he was one of my 7th round selections in the mock contest

[ALLD]

990359611134894080

Good pick up


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C15O4ghr-Eg


Pitt's STs actually look more competent than the Steelers' unit, especially with their blocking and avoiding fouls.

[Mojouw]

I wish Quadree Henderson all the best, but I'm not sure where he fits. He had more rushing attempts than he had receptions at Pitt. So, he certainly isn't going to compete to be a back-up slot receiver or anything. He only contributes in the pros as a return guy. Honestly, how much longer is anyone even going to be returning kicks?

Not really questioning the player so much as questioning the use of the roster spot. Who do you let go to carry a returner?

[Dwinsgames]

I wish Quadree Henderson all the best, but I'm not sure where he fits. He had more rushing attempts than he had receptions at Pitt. So, he certainly isn't going to compete to be a back-up slot receiver or anything. He only contributes in the pros as a return guy. Honestly, how much longer is anyone even going to be returning kicks?

Not really questioning the player so much as questioning the use of the roster spot. Who do you let go to carry a returner?


Maybe they see him as a Ty Montgomery kind of kid ?

IDK ( thowing mud at the wall to see what sticks )

[hawaiiansteeler]

I wish Quadree Henderson all the best, but I'm not sure where he fits. He had more rushing attempts than he had receptions at Pitt. So, he certainly isn't going to compete to be a back-up slot receiver or anything. He only contributes in the pros as a return guy. Honestly, how much longer is anyone even going to be returning kicks?

Not really questioning the player so much as questioning the use of the roster spot. Who do you let go to carry a returner?

WRs:

1) AB
2) JuJu
3) James Washington
4) Justin Hunter / Eli Rogers (we're supposedly going to re-sign him once he's healthy again)
5) Quadree (kick and punt returner, Tomlin has forever been looking for one)

[BlackAndGold]

WRs:

1) AB
2) JuJu
3) James Washington
4) Justin Hunter / Eli Rogers (we're supposedly going to re-sign him once he's healthy again)
5) Quadree (kick and punt returner, Tomlin has forever been looking for one)

I like it, but I think they keep 6 again

6) DHB (Special Teams)

[hawaiiansteeler]

I like it, but I think they keep 6 again

6) DHB (Special Teams)

distinct possibility, my point was there's definitely a roster space available for the Steelers to carry a KR/PR/WR...

[BlackAndGold]

distinct possibility, my point was there's definitely a roster space available for the Steelers to carry a KR/PR/WR...

Agreed.