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Maryland WR Stefon Diggs (official thread)

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jwinslow;2102013; said:
#1 Stefon Diggs - 2011 Highlights - Good Counsel High School - YouTube

Comparisons are inevitable.

I see much more Percy in his film:

Percy Harvin High School highlights - YouTube

Not Ginn or Jackson:

Ted Ginn jr. High school highlight - YouTube

Desean Jackson H.S. Highlights - YouTube

Obviously Bush will come up too, but I think he's a bit different as well:

Reggie Bush high school highlights - YouTube
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My perspective:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZtpSjDQLPk"]Chris Rainey 2011 Florida Gators Highlights - YouTube[/ame]
 
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He's more Percy than Rainey, imo... Rainey is a good player, but Diggs is in the mold of a guy that can take over a game, ala Harvin. I know people get tired of the comparisons to Harvin, but that is what he looks like.

Rainey is 5-9
Diggs is 6-0 to 6-1. He is more of a receiver that can also run the football. A good comparison to Rainey imo is Neal.
 
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I'm no expert, but Diggs has nowhere the explosiveness that Harvin and Deshaun Jackson had/have, nor the top speed that Jackson and Ted Ginn had/have. Not saying he won't be great, but he doesn't have ultra elite explosiveness (think Anthony Gonzalez) or top gear that says "gone" in a college game once those guys got daylight.

Plenty of hall-of-famers didn't have it either, so I'm not knocking Diggs at all, but I hate these comparisons to the most explosive and very fastest people in the NFL. I know it'd be less fun, but I think it'd be a lot more realistic.

Really hope we get him, though. Kid is a player, no doubt about it.
 
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enjoyingmylife;2102744; said:
I'm no expert, but Diggs has nowhere the speed that Harvin and Deshaun Jackson (and Ted Ginn) had. Not saying he won't be great, but he doesn't have that top gear that says "gone" in a college game once those guys got daylight. Plenty of hall-of-famers didn't have it either, but I hate these comparisons to the very fastest people in the NFL. Let's be more realistic please.
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A taller version of Barry Sanders?
 
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enjoyingmylife;2102744; said:
I'm no expert, but Diggs has nowhere the explosiveness that Harvin and Deshaun Jackson had/have, nor the top speed that Jackson and Ted Ginn had/have. Not saying he won't be great, but he doesn't have ultra elite explosiveness (think Anthony Gonzalez) or top gear that says "gone" in a college game once those guys got daylight.
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Did Gonzo really have ultra elite explosiveness? He had one of the best pairs of hands I've ever seen don the S&G but I don't know about explosiveness. But like you say, he's not coming here to be the next DJax or Harvin. He's here to become the first Stefon Diggs :oh:
 
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He is under 4.5 speed. That is a given, and that is fast. The thing that makes him special is his ability to cut. It's almost a straight horizontal movement, and he's going full speed. Stefon Diggs is a SPECIAL talent. He is easily on Harvin's level. Apparently every recruiting site agrees...
 
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