When he came back, Infante worked him out in Gainesville and while he didn't figure it out until later when he hooked with an NFL passing champion in Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson, he realized what Infante was doing matched his cerebral game of leverage and speed. He was an All-Pro selection from 1981-1983, and played for the 1982 and 1989 Super Bowl teams. His father played in the NBA for eight years, and if Rashawn's feet are anything to go by, the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. 3 years later he worked on the Super Bowl. Your IP: Collinsworth Transcends Image Of Typical Athlete - Space Coast Daily James Lofton, Cris Collinsworth, Nolan Cromwell, Joe Cribbs, Jimmie Giles "It's not like it is today," Collinsworth says. Sewell is a potential Hall of Fame talent, and the Bengals know who their best player in franchise history is Anthony Muoz. Collinsworth was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons (1981-1988), all with the Cincinnati Bengals. NFL All-Time Team: Lance Alworth He surpassed the 1,000-yard mark four times and ended his eight-year pro career with 417 catches for 6,698 yards and 36 touchdowns, adding an additional 21 catches for 354 yards and a touchdown in three postseason games. If they want a good test for WRs, they should run 60 yards and ignore the first 20. He says he felt all the emotions as he watched the draft in his Gainesville apartment with his parents. He said he was a winner. After running a 5.0 40-yard dash, some are questioning how far Polite could now be . He was a high school quarterback whose 58 total touchdowns still rank third all-time in North Carolina state history. [4], After his retirement as an NFL player, Collinsworth began a broadcasting career as a sports radio talk show host on Cincinnati station WLW. He surpassed 1,000 yards receiving four times (in 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986) and was named to the Pro Bowl 3 times. But when I watch Alabama guards trying to pull and kick Ojulari out, they were met with force and failed to move him. Good post pattern runner because he can really run once under way Good player, good target, good deep speed.". Dan Quinn takes over as the defensive coordinator and needs a Richard Sherman to run this defense. There is the 6-4 Collinsworth, stripped to gray shorts and gangling at maybe 180 pounds, Mike Brown recalls. He is fast enough for any stunt or loop and wins quickly in one-on-one situations. Smith's lack of size will create doubt until you watch him play. He remained with the Bengals until the 1988 season, catching three passes for 40 yards in Super Bowl XXIII, the final game of his career. NFL: Everyone is sick of Cris Collinsworth praising Patrick Mahomes Collinsworth, who was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1959, has won five Emmy Awards. Collinsworth, who received his bachelors degree in accounting from Florida in 1981, earned his law degree from the University of Cincinnatis College of Law in 1991. "(Infante) was a Florida guy Some people you just connect with. Horn allowed a completion rate of only 33% on throws into his coverage in 2020. Academic All-America Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2001). He has no fear across the middle, while his ability to take big hits and hold onto the ball may be his best trait. 1982 Monday Night Football Superstars - 100 Yard Dash Final Like his father, Joe Horn, he will battle all day. Following the 2018 season, NBC SNF became the first-ever 10-time honoree for Outstanding Live Sports Series and won its 11 th honor in the category . That rover position has been used a lot in college, but the wide college hash marks that created such a need don't really exist in the NFL. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah could play slot corner or inside linebacker. The start is not relevant. NFL analyst Cris Collinsworth explains why Jachai Polite will be 'big-time steal' if taken in Round 2 . Cris Collinsworth: Picture of productivity. Accuracy is the key, and Jones is very accurate. 1 overall. He is currently a television sportscaster for NBC, Showtime, and the NFL Network, and winner of 17 Sports Emmy Awards. In 2001, he was inducted into the Verizon Academic All-America Hall of Fame. Florida Sports Hall of Fame | Cris Collinsworth . You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. He wasn't going to beat many people in a 40 yard sprint, but he got into and out of his cuts at his top speed. He is powerful and quick inside, as well. 407-575-7801 At 6-foot-5 and 257 pounds, Oweh ran a remarkable 4.3-second 40-yard dash. I would also not be surprised if Tennessee drafts Minnesota's Rashod Bateman to replace wide receiver Corey Davis, who signed with the Jets in free agency. Apply & Register TODAY for Spring 2023 Classes at Eastern Florida State College, HOT OFF THE PRESS! After college, Collinsworth was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2nd round of the 1981 NFL Draft. You are right on the money about his route running ability. Born in Ohio in 1959, Cris Collinsworth moved with his family to Florida at the age of four and later attended Astronaut High School in Titusville, where his father was the basketball coach and later the principal. No one projected that in their reports. He will fight and hold and jam the entire game. 2,579. Personal life Collinsworth currently lives in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, with his wife Holly, and their four children. The upside with Parsons is that he may end up an even better edge player than a linebacker and he is a good linebacker. This is a big swing for the fences. It might have come up (during the draft), but if it did, I don't remember. One of the biggest decisions that Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni faced in Super Bowl LVII came on a fourth-and-six from the Chiefs' 15-yard-line with the Eagles up 24-21 late in the third quarter. And he looked as though he was toying with defenses at times this past year. After his retirement in 1988, Collinsworth made the transition to the broadcast booth. During his career at Florida, Cris caught 120 passes for 1,977 yards and 14 touchdowns, while also scoring two rushing touchdowns and one on a kickoff return. He's the kind of player that, at least at the college level, opposing offensive coordinators had to gameplan around. He then became a reporter for HBO's (now Showtime's) Inside the NFL in 1989. Lawrences running skills may allow him to put up Josh Allen-type red-zone numbers in 2021, and he also possesses excellent seam-throwing skills that I thought were underutilized at Clemson this year. [5], His family, including Cris and his younger brother Greg, moved from Ohio to Melbourne, Florida, in 1963, when Cris was four years old. 5, New England Patriots trade up for Justin Fields By Cris Collinsworth Apr 29, 2021 Welcome to PFF draft week! It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. Does that mean he knows that anybody with a build that would conjure up ungainly comparisons from Don Knotts to Ichabod Crane shouldn't even think about being selected in the first round of any NFL Draft? NFL World Reacts To Sunday Night's Cris Collinsworth News He retired from the NFL following the 1988 season. Horn could easily be the best corner in this class when we look back in five years. The 6-foot-4 Paye is a freaky athlete who ran a 4.5-second 40-yard dash and a sub-6.5-second three-cone. He also has a way of gaining separation early in the route and then holding it with his size and strength. Cris Collinsworth is among Brevard Countys greatest four-sport athletes as he starred in football, basketball, track and field and baseball for Astronaut High School. "My only memory of how Cris was built is at the weigh-in at Tampa, which is where the combine was then. He also was part of NBCs broadcast team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Cris won the 100 yard dash in the 70s with his younger brother taking bets from spectators. He finished his eight-season career with 417 receptions for 6,698 yards and 36 touchdowns in 107 games. Collinsworth played wide receiver on a competitive Cincinnati Bengals team that made the Super Bowl twice during his eight-year career. Milt von Mann, the ex-Marine, filed his military-crisp report on Collinsworth on "1 Nov. 80," and circled '2,' for the round he'd take him. "This man gets open consistently Will catch underneath, runs routes hard every down.". Wilson misses throws rolling right more than he should, but his skills are special and he could be great. Andrew Livingston [3], Collinsworth was born in Dayton, Ohio,[4] the son of Abraham Lincoln "Abe" Collinsworth (who was born on Abraham Lincoln's birthday) and Donetta Browning Collinsworth. Verser one, Collinsworth two. [7], Collinsworth's combination of height and speed attracted the attention of college football programs throughout the South, and he accepted an athletic scholarship from coach Doug Dickey to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The way the story goes, which is now locked somewhere between myth and microfilm, Bengals founder Paul Brown watched offensive coordinator Lindy Infante climb off the table after his impassioned plea to take Collinsworth at No. 10 and then chose Verser when he took one last look at Collinsworth in his shorts. He catches the ball so easily that converting to his great running skills happens very quickly. He was a quick runner, at a 4.4 second 40 yard dash speed, he was a true threat to opponents. He gave no indications that he was going into, or coming out of a cut. INDIANAPOLIS _ Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin says he only compares Joe Burrow, his quarterback, to Joe Burrow, a Pro Bowler and two-time winner of the AFC North. Collinsworth book-ended his career in the Super Bowl with his 107 yards leading all receivers in Super Bowl XVI and his last career catch converting a third-and-eight on the drive the Bengals. This isn't a sexy pick, but it gives the Titans a powerful guard, if they choose to play Leatherwood inside, or a solid run-blocking tackle who will need some support in pass protection. I guess it just goes to show the draft is potluck to some degree.". In addition to these receiving yards, Collinsworth also stacked on an extra 726 yards on kickoff returns, averaging 24.2 yards per return on 30 total returns. Cris Collinsworth's 2021 NFL Mock Draft: Penei Sewell goes to the He has a habit of jump cradle catching, but he can extend if it is required. Scout Frank Ubile compared Collinsworth favorably to a current Bengal ("A Pat McInally with speed") and some of the draft's top receivers, such as Mississippi State's Mardye McDole and UNLV's Sam Greene:"More speed than Verser, much more than McDole more consistentthan Verser and Greene. He joined NBC for the first time in 1990, calling both NFL and college football games, before moving to Fox in the late 1990s after NBC lost their NFL broadcast rights to CBS. One of his runs helped us get into the Super Bowl.". Three others finished with the exact same time but the 6'5 Collinsworth outleaned his competitors at the tape to take the title. All hell was breaking loose. Please join us over on PFFs YouTube channel before, during and after the draft for a complete analysis of every pick. He is a hammer on the edge and can play in a 4-3 or 3-4. Cris spent the next several years gaining broadcasting experience on several networks including HBO and the NFL Network. Despite all of his accomplishments on the football field, Cris Collinsworth still says that the biggest thrill he ever had in sports was winning that race. The taller, longer framed receivers usually carry their pads better and not much speed is lost when their 40 time gets translated to the game field. Next to strong points von Mann jotted, "Great athletic skill. [28] Another son, Jac, also attended Notre Dame and was a features reporter for ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown before joining his father at NBC, where he is the on-site host for Football Night in America and also hosts NBC's Notre Dame football, NASCAR, and coverage for other big events such as the Indianapolis 500 and Kentucky Derby. He ran over 5-flat, which means he likely will fall and that will be a mistake for a lot of football teams," Collinsworth said. Rousseau did get cut blocked a few too many times, but when you consider he may put on another 20 pounds, you cant help but think about what he might become. But in a nice harbinger, Collinsworth does remember that night going on the radio with Bob Trumpy on the WLW show Collinsworth would inherit before the decade was out. I have never seen a player quite like Rousseau, who is 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds with an 83-inch wingspan.
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