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RB Chris "Beanie" Wells (All B1G, All-American)

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Ohio State football: Why I'd draft Beanie Wells in the teens
by Doug Lesmerises
Thursday April 23, 2009

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Beanie Wells was assigned No. 31 while working out with the running backs at the NFL combine. If he lasts until pick 31 in the draft, I will be stunned.
The report from Peter King on SI.com was that "some teams" are scared off by a bone problem in one of the feet of Beanie Wells.

Not all. Some.

"Some" teams are scared off by something with plenty of highly-rated players in the draft - attitude, intelligence, toughness, adjusting to the NFL lifestyle.

I think if Beanie Wells did not have any issues with his feet - and it's silly to pretend there are no questions for a guy who played with an injured left ankle one year and an injured right foot the next - then we'd all be talking about Wells as a sure top-five pick.

But there are things to consider.


In the fall of 2007, Wells' mother, Paulette, told me her son had surgery during his freshman year of high school to remove an extra bone in his left ankle. She said then the ankle pain he was playing with limited his flexibility, and she didn't know what doctors would want to do about his left ankle down the road.

He didn't require another surgery for that. He did not require surgery after hurting his right foot last season and missing three games. He played with a broken wrist his junior season that nobody knew about until the season was over.

Of course there should be questions about his injury history. But for much of his career, Wells ran through those injuries and was one of the most dangerous offensive players in college football, a guy who was a preseason Heisman frontrunner before his foot injury.
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Ohio State football: Why I'd draft Beanie Wells in the teens - Ohio State Buckeyes Football & Basketball Blog (OSU) - cleveland.com

Beanie on NFL Network..

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80ff0bfd
 
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NFL draft: Wells' journey overwhelms his mom
She's proud to see how Beanie has grown at OSU
Saturday, April 25, 2009
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Talk about how time flies ...

It seems like only yesterday when Chris "Beanie" Wells -- not even 18 years old -- pounded his chest, challenged the defense, then delivered a first-down rip off the goal line in the 2006 Ohio State spring game. It was a sign not only of things to come, but that he belonged on the same field with the big boys.

It's the kind of rite-of-passage memory that can move a mother to tears. Paulette Wells admitted she has shed them on several occasions this week, such as when she talked with running backs coach Dick Tressel.

"I reminded him, 'When my baby came to you guys, he was 17 years old. Now, he has grown into a responsible young man,' " Paulette Wells said.

And a soon-to-be professional football player. Beanie Wells is waiting to hear his name called today in the NFL draft. He opted to forego his senior season at Ohio State in favor of pursuing his dream of playing in the NFL.

His mother knew he had such aspiration, but while raising 11 kids (six boys, five girls) in a modest house in a quiet neighborhood of Akron, there were many dreams that needed nurturing.

"To see him reach this point, I'm overwhelmed, and I've found myself just crying the last couple of days because he's no longer my baby," Paulette said. "He's going into the next phase of his life. And I am so proud of him."
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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : NFL draft: Wells' journey overwhelms his mom
 
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Congrats to Beanie for being picked by AZ, considering in the last few years AZ was in the bottom of rushing. Beanie will help this team so much and the center of attention will not be on him like it was at Ohio State.
 
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CCI;1456723; said:
Congrats to Beanie for being picked by AZ, considering in the last few years AZ was in the bottom of rushing. Beanie will help this team so much and the center of attention will not be on him like it was at Ohio State.
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I actually jumped on the AZ bandwagon last season and am very excited to see Beanie give their running game some life. With the way the Cards love to throw it, Beanie may just find himself some serious running lanes.

Best of luck to you Beanie...Cardinal red is close to scarlet right? :)
 
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buckeyes_rock;1456788; said:
+1

I actually jumped on the AZ bandwagon last season and am very excited to see Beanie give their running game some life. With the way the Cards love to throw it, Beanie may just find himself some serious running lanes.

Best of luck to you Beanie...Cardinal red is close to scarlet right? :)
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I'll jump on it with you now. Say, "Hello" to my NFC team (and quite possibly newfound overall)!
 
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Official Site of the Arizona Cardinals

Beanie's The Back For The Cards
Ohio State runner is the first-round pick as Boldin stays put
By DARREN URBAN
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The Cardinals took Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells with their first-round pick Saturday. (AP photo) ​
The day started with questions over whether the Cardinals would trade wide receiver Anquan Boldin, but Boldin wasn?t going anywhere.
Teams apparently weren?t all that interested in trading for Boldin, so the Cardinals stuck to the script: Waiting until the 31st overall pick of the first round to get a running back named ?Beanie.?
?On his (pre-draft) visit here, the last thing I said to him was, ?When we draft you, do you want us to call you Chris or Beanie,? ? Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said. ?He said, ?Beanie.? So we?re happy to announce we drafted running back Beanie Wells.?
Wells, a 6-foot-1, 235-pounder from Ohio State, will compete with incumbent Tim Hightower for the starting job, and play in the running back rotation with new third-down back Jason Wright. Veteran Edgerrin James remains on the roster. He will likely be released soon ? probably before the team?s mandatory minicamp next weekend ? although general manager Rod Graves said decisions like that won?t be made until the team evaluates the entire roster after the draft is over.
There was intrigue. Players the Cardinals liked, such as linebacker Larry English (16th to San Diego) and running back Donald Brown (27th to Indianapolis) each were plucked before the Cards had a chance to select.
But Wells slipped. With much less risk at the bottom of the first round, it seemed like the perfect marriage between player and team.
?Words can?t explain how I am feeling,? Wells said on a conference call, stumbling over some of his sentences. ?I can?t even get the words out right now.?
Graves said the Cardinals ?thought very highly? of all three running backs that went in the first round, including Knowshon Moreno, taken 12th by Denver.
The Cardinals ranked last in the NFL in rushing, and Whisenhunt said he was confident Wells will improve that ranking.
?Hopefully,? Wells said, ?we can change that around.?
Wells did battle a foot injury last season while playing for the Buckeyes, missing three games. He was limited in some others because of the foot as well as hamstring and head issues. But Graves said Wells was examined thoroughly both at the scouting combine and during Wells? visit to Tempe and the foot ?did not present itself as a major concern.?
Whisenhunt said the fact Wells played through some injuries ?to me is a sign of toughness.?
Wells rushed for 1,197 yards and a 5.8 per carry average as a junior this past season for the Buckeyes. As a sophomore, Wells rushed for 1,609 yards and 15 touchdowns when he was healthy. Whisenhunt said he thought Wells is a good between-the-tackles runner who should also give the Cardinals ?an element of a breakaway threat.?
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Cardinals nab Ohio State's Wells with 31st pick
April 25, 2009

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ? The Arizona Cardinals, looking to improve the worst ground game in pro football, selected running back Chris ?Beanie? Wells of Ohio State with the 31st pick overall in the NFL draft.

The NFC champions wanted a running back, and Wells was the last of the top three available left when the team finally made its choice on Saturday.

Knowshon Moreno of Georgia went to Denver at No. 12 and Donald Brown of Connecticut to Indianapolis at No. 27.

Wells had been projected to go somewhere in the middle of the round, if not sooner.

?If you could have told me going into this draft today that we would have had a chance to get him with our 31st pick, I would have been very excited,? Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said. ?Needless to say, we?re very pleased. He?s been a very productive running back in a very good conference.?

Wells said he was not disappointed that he wasn?t chosen sooner.

?I knew this whole process was going to be a blessing for me,? he said. ?So many kids or college players grow up wanting to play in the National Football League and I?m just blessed to have the opportunity. I?m just so excited I can?t get the words out right now.?

Concerns about durability apparently led to Wells? availability so late in the first round. A report surfaced in the days leading up to the draft that a structural problem in his foot could lead to further injuries like the one that sidelined him for three games last season.

But Arizona general manager Rod Graves said the team was confident the foot ?did not present itself as a major problem.?

?Obviously we had a chance to evaluate that at Indianapolis (combine) and we had further evaluation of him when he was here,? Graves said.
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Cardinals nab Ohio State?s Wells with 31st pick | newarkadvocate.com | The Newark Advocate
 
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Like the pick, both for the team and for Beanie. Seems like a good pick. Arizona is a team on the rise, Fitzgerald has already established himself as an offensive force, Beanie just gives them another weapon. With Kurt Warner this season, they will be a playoff caliber team. As long as they procure a replacement for Warner, this will be a team will be a contender for a few years to come.
 
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