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WR Dane Sanzenbacher (Official Thread)

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Skill matters more than WRs' size, speed
Adam Caplan
Updated Mar 29, 2011

The NFL continues to pick on the little guy.

In fact, I?ll take it even further.

Personnel evaluators continue to discriminate against the slower wide receivers ? big or small.
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This year?s NFL draft has plenty of solid receivers who will play in the league a long time but might not light up a stopwatch with a fast 40-yard dash time.

Vincent Brown (San Diego State), Jeremy Kerley (TCU), Greg Salas (Hawaii), Ryan Whalen (Stanford), Dane Sanzenbacher (Ohio State) are examples of players who won?t blow anyone away with their speed, but they do everything well ? catch the ball, run over the middle and run good routes.

The bottom line is that size and speed really don't matter as much you think at wide receiver ? it?s all about production and projecting how that player fits in with a particular offensive scheme.
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http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-receivers-speed-matters-less-than-skill-032911
 
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Second Episode of 'Path to the Pros' Airs Thursday Night at 8:30pm ET

The Big Ten Network's newest original program, Path to the Pros, continues at 8:30 PM ET on Thursday. This will be the second in the four-episode series that is following four Big Ten football players as they prepare for the NFL Draft. A sneak preview of Thursday's show can be found here (http://bit.ly/pathpros2)

The four Big Ten players featured in the series are J.J. Watt (Wisconsin), Quentin Davie (Northwestern), Dane Sanzenbacher (Ohio State), and Stefen Wisniewski (Penn State).

In this episode, Davie feels the pressure to perform well at Northwestern Pro Day, Sanzenbacher works to shave hundredths of seconds off his 40-yard time, Watt goes under the microscope at his on-campus Pro Day in Madison and Wisniewski returns to his high school to deliver some life advice to the Central Catholic High School football teams in Pittsburgh.

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Prospect Profiles: Dane Sanzenbacher
April 9th, 2011 Jeremy Fuchs Posted in 2011 NFL Draft, Prospect Profiles

DANE SANZENBACHER, WR, OHIO STATE

Triangle Numbers: 5-11, 182, 4.59

Scouting Reports:

Sideline Scouting:

Positives: Catches everything, rarely drops the football? Tough player, likes to work the middle of the field, isn?t afraid to get hit? Dependable? Great route runner? Simply knows how to get open, finds soft spots in zone coverage and gets separation when faced with man coverage? Makes all of the tough catches? Great intangibles, does a lot of community work? 2010 Ohio State team MVP and 2010 Team Most Inspirational Player? Good fit in a west coast offense? Ideal fit as a slot receiver.

Negatives: Below average speed, is not a burner? Takes too many false steps at the line of scrimmage? A little undersized to play on the outside? Not much of a threat after he makes the catch, doesn?t have great long speed or elusiveness in the open field? Not a vertical threat, doesn?t have great leaping ability and has trouble getting behind the secondary? Plays a little too reckless and absorbs too many hits.

National Football Post:

A limited receiver in what he can offer an NFL offense. A slot guy only who struggles to slip press coverage off the line and quickly get into his routes. However, has a real savvy about his game, knows how to set up corners, find soft spots underneath and possesses the toughness to go up and make a play on the football. Works back well toward the quarterback, consistently finding a way to uncover and can routinely act like a safety blanket over the middle of the field. However, lacks the type of burst to consistently generate much separation out of his breaks. He exhibits sneaky speed down the field, but isn?t a guy who will be able to simply outpace defensive backs in the NFL.

Impression: He is what he is. Will always be a fringe roster type guy in the NFL who might be able to endear himself to an NFL coaching staff and fill out a receiving corps, but doesn?t offer much in the form of size, speed or overall quickness.

FF Toolbox:
Ohio State University wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher is an undersized, but quick slot player who may never be a team?s top receiver, but he could be a solid pro further down on the depth chart.Sanzenbacher has 52 receptions for 889 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. He has a knack for finding the seams in zones and getting separation in man-to-man coverage. Scouts love his work ethic and in the right offense, he could excel.

He has great hands, but is definitely lacking in speed. While he is quick in short areas, he lacks downfield speed; given his height, scouts may be expecting a lot more quickness.

Sanzenbacher will run about a 4.55 to 4.62 40-yard dash, which is really going to hurt his draft stock. He is willing to work between the hash marks and nobody is going to question his toughness, but his lack of NFL size and speed is a big deterrent which greatly limits any potential upside. If he?s able to bring that 40-yard dash time down close to 4.50, it?d go a long way for his draft stock.

Sanzenbacher projects as a seventh round pick or undrafted free agent in the 2011 NFL Draft.

GiantsGab Thoughts:

Dane Sanzenbacher is a late round receiver prospect. He?s gritty, catches everything, but just doesn?t have the speed or quickness to be a major impact on offense. As 5th option, he?s great. Will contribute on special teams.Hard working, he will be a favorite of the coaches. 7th round, maybe free agent, he?s the type of guy you have trouble cutting.
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http://www.giantsgab.com/2011/04/09/prospect-profiles-dane-sanzenbacher/
 
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I disagree....wrong, wrong and wrong. I think he gets drafted in the 5th round and works his way into a starting roll eventually. Route running and catching the football. How did these two things not become the most important part of being a WR who ran a 4.5......I think he does well in the NFL. This scenario reminds me of Kurt Coleman last year. This kid is a baller. Go Bucks
 
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cbrian815;1905398; said:
I disagree....wrong, wrong and wrong. I think he gets drafted in the 5th round and works his way into a starting roll eventually. Route running and catching the football. How did these two things not become the most important part of being a WR who ran a 4.5......I think he does well in the NFL. This scenario reminds me of Kurt Coleman last year. This kid is a baller. Go Bucks
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I agree with you. Undrafted Free Agent???? Are you freaking kidding me? If he becomes an undrafted free agent, then those scouts were not doing their jobs. A smart team will pick him up in the 4th or 5th round and they definitely won't regret it. Undrafted...pshhh.

Go Sanz!
 
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Hey, Tony: How can us fans get our Browns to look at Dane Sanzenbacher for the slot? I realize that he may be a late-round pick, however, after watching him play on Fridays in Toledo, on Saturdays at OSU and in the Senior Bowl, he'd be higher on my draft board. He's a guy who just seems to be in always the right place at the right time. Am I stuck in dreamland and my man crush on Dane would not hold up in the NFL because the speed and size numbers just are not there, or could he fill the slot for my Brownies? -- Martin Extejt, Temperance, Mich.

Hey, Martin: Quoting from Dane Brugler's 2011 Draft Preview: "Sanzenbacher has consistent enough hands, but his lack of size and elite athleticism will keep him from being a consistent starter in the NFL. Ideal fourth WR who could emerge as a reliable slot target because of his field savvy, toughness, and receiving instincts." Brugler sees him being drafted in the fifth or sixth round.
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http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2011/04/will_the_cleveland_browns_new.html
 
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Published: 4/27/2011
THE WAITING GAME
Draft anxious time for Sanzenbacher, ex-OSU players
BY MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

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Dane Sanzenbacher was a captain at Ohio State and had 115 catches for 1,811 yards and 18 touchdowns in his Buckeyes career. Dane Sanzenbacher was a captain at Ohio State and had 115 catches for 1,811 yards and 18 touchdowns in his Buckeyes career.
THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

COLUMBUS -- In the three or four months since his amateur career ended, Dane Sanzenbacher has been continually educated in the nuances of professional football. As he looks forward to the NFL draft over the next few days, the course is incomplete.

"From the time the Sugar Bowl was over, this all became a business," Ohio State's 2010 MVP said.

"You're part of this team, this big group of coaches and players, in everything you do over your four years, and then it all changes, just overnight. Basically, you're just a guy looking for a job in the business of professional football."

Sanzenbacher is one of 10 Buckeyes who received that baptism by fire into the unique machinations of the pro world. Some of them were poked and probed and tested at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis and then a second time at the pro workout day held at the Woody Hayes Center.

After collecting all of that data and film from four years of games and practices, the NFL's masters of smart retreated to their formally smoke-filled rooms and deliberated. When the draft starts Thursday night, the business decisions will come in rapid-fire order.

"There are all kinds of projections and mock drafts, and it seems like everybody is an expert on this, but you really don't know what to expect," Sanzenbacher said. "It is really an inexact thing."

Most of the more respected draft gurus expect Sanzenbacher to be drafted in one of the middle to later rounds, or at a minimum be invited to NFL camps as a free agent. The Central Catholic grad has elected to avoid looking at all the highly speculative advance material on the draft and instead focus on his studies and workout regimen.

"Once your career here is over, the responsibility ramps up," he said. "It's on us to take care of ourselves and our responsibilities."

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http://toledoblade.com/Ohio-State/2011/04/27/Draft-anxious-time-for-Sanzenbacher-ex-OSU-players.html

POSTED: Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2011
Examining wide receivers for the NFL draft
By RICK GOSSELIN - The Dallas Morning News

Spotlight on:

Dane Sanzenbacher, Ohio State

Sanzenbacher's college career started with a bus ride.

High school football coach Ted Ginn Sr. gathered 50 of the best football players from northern Ohio in 2007, put them on a bus and took them on a two-week tour of college campuses in the Midwest.

The bus visited a different campus every day, giving the players a chance to work out for college recruiters at Notre Dame plus schools in the Big Ten and the Mid-American Conference.

The pint-sized Sanzenbacher was not on any blue-chip recruiting lists before he boarded that bus. When he got off, he had a scholarship offer from Ohio State.

Sanzenbacher did not redshirt - and his first career catch in his very first college game went for a touchdown. He went on to become a starter as a junior and a captain, All-Big Ten choice and team MVP in his senior season. The last four years have been a whirlwind for him.

"It's been such a crazy ride," Sanzenbacher said. "I just want to keep it going in the right direction. Who knows where it goes from here."

But again, Sanzenbacher is being lightly regarded. At 5-11, 182 pounds with 4.60 speed, he won't show up in the premium rounds of this NFL draft. That's OK with Sanzenbacher - he's been there before.

"Being an underdog in most situations has made me even more confident in this situation," he said. "If you're continually put in situations where you're not expected to perform well, and you're able to overcome that ... what's the difference here? There will always be questions. My questions will be answered on the field."
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Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/201...ing-wide-receivers-for-the.html#ixzz1KiruuTPj
 
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