Blayne Toll should be big help at tight ends in 2020

[Otis Kirk]

https://www.nwahomepage.com/sports/pig-trail-nation/blayne-toll-should-be-big-help-to-tight-ends-in-2020/

[3Scoreand10]

They say he is fast, but how fast.  Anyone know what his 40 time is?
Great to see a kid willing to do what ever is necessary to help the team.

[bennyl08]

They say he is fast, but how fast.  Anyone know what his 40 time is?
Great to see a kid willing to do what ever is necessary to help the team.

From: The Opening a full year ago
6'5, 244, 11" hands, 78" wingspan, 31.3" vert, 4.88 forty, 4.49 shuttle.

[3Scoreand10]

From: The Opening a full year ago
6'5, 244, 11" hands, 78" wingspan, 31.3" vert, 4.88 forty, 4.49 shuttle.

So this was when he was only 16.
I would think that might improve with age and training.
How does that compare with the other TEs on the team?

[UnknownNobody]

So this was when he was only 16.
I would think that might improve with age and training.
How does that compare with the other TEs on the team?

CJ posted these numbers at the NFL combine.

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/c.j.-o'grady?id=32194f47-5204-1528-4e96-c6588a4c43ad

[oldfart]

seems to be the prototype of the modern day tight end. huge hands, hope they are sticky fingered!!!

[bennyl08]

So this was when he was only 16.
I would think that might improve with age and training.
How does that compare with the other TEs on the team?

Don't know when his birthday is, but yeah, late 16 to early 17.

Which is why I made a point to emphasize that. How much it could improve though is impossible to say. Biggest trick is technique. If you haven't been practicing sprinting techniques, then you can easily shave one to two full tenths a second off your forty time. A lot of people are more busy practicing their actual football techniques rather than learning how to test. Further, how far and how well developed he is plays into it. Lastly, there is an element to the idea that you recruit speed. If you are out there running a 6.3s forty time, there is no amount of training and development in the world that's going to turn you into a 4.4 forty guy.

Where does that put him in relation to other TE's? Well, it puts him nearer the bottom of those who actually participated in drills at the combine. Around half or more invited didn't participate in the those drills. Which means they were either injured or believed they too would be nearer the bottom than the top. Those invited to the combine represent the top 10% of players.

So, if you make an assumption that many of those who skipped the tests would rank somewhere near the bottom, that would put Toll, as a 16-17 year old, right about middle of the pack of the top 10% of all college TE's. And his hand size has to be near the very top. Also, he has a positive ape factor with each of his arms being about an extra inch and a half longer than they "should" be.

[Otis Kirk]

Don't know when his birthday is, but yeah, late 16 to early 17.

Which is why I made a point to emphasize that. How much it could improve though is impossible to say. Biggest trick is technique. If you haven't been practicing sprinting techniques, then you can easily shave one to two full tenths a second off your forty time. A lot of people are more busy practicing their actual football techniques rather than learning how to test. Further, how far and how well developed he is plays into it. Lastly, there is an element to the idea that you recruit speed. If you are out there running a 6.3s forty time, there is no amount of training and development in the world that's going to turn you into a 4.4 forty guy.

Where does that put him in relation to other TE's? Well, it puts him nearer the bottom of those who actually participated in drills at the combine. Around half or more invited didn't participate in the those drills. Which means they were either injured or believed they too would be nearer the bottom than the top. Those invited to the combine represent the top 10% of players.

So, if you make an assumption that many of those who skipped the tests would rank somewhere near the bottom, that would put Toll, as a 16-17 year old, right about middle of the pack of the top 10% of all college TE's. And his hand size has to be near the very top. Also, he has a positive ape factor with each of his arms being about an extra inch and a half longer than they "should" be.

And the 4.88 40 was laser. That is like a 4.68 hand held.

[PORKULATOR]

From: The Opening a full year ago
6'5, 244, 11" hands, 78" wingspan, 31.3" vert, 4.88 forty, 4.49 shuttle.

that'll do.
I like him for some Ironman football by his sophomore year.