It has taken me 52 years to say what I really have wanted to say about this, so I will let the venom slowly seep out. With a wide receiver class filled with slot guys, Terrace Marshall Jr. sticks out. While all this back and forth was going on in Cincinnati in the months leading up to the draft, Collinsworth didn't know he was a prospect until the Hula Bowl invited him in the preseason for the post-season all-star game. Cris Collinsworth is the game analyst for NBC's Sunday . Apply & Register TODAY for Spring 2023 Classes at Eastern Florida State College, HOT OFF THE PRESS! Collinsworths best event was the 100-yard-dash and in 1976, he won the Class 3A state championship in the event, running the race in 10 seconds flat. By 2006, he was a sports superstar and well known by the public. He finished his eight-season career with 417 receptions for 6,698 yards and 36 touchdowns in 107 games. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1991. He has no fear across the middle, while his ability to take big hits and hold onto the ball may be his best trait. . Some 30 years before Rutgers wide receiver Mohamed Sanu got pranked by a caller that said the Bengals were picking him in the first round before they really draftedhim in the third, Collinsworth got a phony call that said the New York media was poised to talk to him. Not Infante. His double-moves are frightening, given his speed, and few receivers run them more often. 8 years later he joined FOX's team. And while he is one of the least impressive catchers of the ball in this class, it appeared his confidence grew as the season went along. Good running ability after catch. Welcome to PFF draft week! He is a very comfortable catcher of the ball and has good top-of-the-route moves, similar to Keenan Allen. He makes the kind of plays that can break open a football game. They raved about both. He's the kind of player that, at least at the college level, opposing offensive coordinators had to gameplan around. player's strike of 1982 and broadcast on Monday night in the usual Monday Night Football time slot featured twelve N.F.L. Against Tennessee, he was down to a foot off the ground, regained his balance and completed the sack. In 2001, he was inducted into the Verizon Academic All-America Hall of Fame. However, as a student at the University of Florida he switched to wide receiver and made the College Football All-America Team as a senior. 5, New England Patriots trade up for Justin Fields By Cris Collinsworth Apr 29, 2021 Welcome to PFF draft week! Jan 1, 2023 . Darrisaw is a physical mauler, a legitimate tough guy, and should create real opportunities in the running game, as well. I have never seen a player quite like Rousseau, who is 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds with an 83-inch wingspan. Check Out Some Great Areas to Explore On and Off Road on a Can-Am Maverick from Route 1 Motorsports, HOT OFF THE PRESS! Quote Tweets. Anthony Cris Collinsworth[1] (born January 27, 1959) is an American sports broadcaster and former professional football player. maybe not the end for Al and Cris just yet. Ubile wrote. He comes off the ball low and powerfully in the run game and has plenty of athleticism in space. Sewell is a potential Hall of Fame talent, and the Bengals know who their best player in franchise history is Anthony Muoz. Collinsworth retired from professional football in 1989. My mock draft features one trade, as I have the. Its time to move on". In track, Collinsworth, who graduated from Astronaut in 1977, posted a state championship winning time of 10.0 seconds in the 100 as the 6-foot-5 Collinsworth out-leaned the competition at the tape. NFL World Reacts To Justin Fields' Pro Day 40 Time Bolton led the SEC in defensive stops the past two years while setting the tone for Missouri. It is also possible that Pittsburgh could draft injured Alabama center Landon Dickerson and wait for him to recover. It was reported the day after the draft that he had spent the offseason visiting the top ten receivers on campus and put them through the high jump, broad jump, made them run dashes and patterns and asked them questions. "You knew right away that you had a special player. He was an All-Pro selection from 1981-1983, and played for the 1982 and 1989 Super Bowl teams. "Because I know we took him in the second round and I know my father was in charge. So was Collinsworth's future Bengals Super Bowl teammate James Brooks. Good hands, speed, quickness. Except he was fast. Cris Collinsworth's 2021 NFL Mock Draft: Penei Sewell goes to the Cincinnati Bengals at No. Very good balance and agility.". [24] He worked on Fox's Super Bowl XXXIX telecast three years later. We wouldn't have taken him except my father consented to us taking him in the second round. There are still good edge players on the board, but defensive improvement is key this year in Cleveland. Tough pick here. He catches the ball so easily that converting to his great running skills happens very quickly. Infante told the press the Verser pick was a consensus choice and that's what the notes from that 1981 draft reveal among the scouts. Austin was also a football player and team captain for Notre Dame. He will fight and hold and jam the entire game. Cris Collinsworth: Picture of productivity. At one point in time, Cris Collinsworth could be soon on HBO hosting Inside the NFL, on the NFL Network doing color commentary, and on NBC as a studio analyst when the network got the NFL back with Sunday Night Football. Collinsworth was highly successful in the classroom as well as he was named an Academic All-American. He says he felt all the emotions as he watched the draft in his Gainesville apartment with his parents. 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. Net Worth: $25 Million. Cris Collinsworth Career Stats | NFL.com [21] He surpassed 1,000 yards receiving four times (in 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986) and was named to the Pro Bowl in 1981, 1982 and 1983. His routes and moves are what really set him apart, though. Still, football is rarely played in a phone booth anymore, so his skills should match todays NFL. Collinsworth is also the color commentator on the popular video game, Madden NFL. Click to reveal Upon retiring, Cris Collinsworth quickly dove into his next career as a broadcaster, first taking a job as a sports radio host at WLW in Cincinnati. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. Horn allowed a completion rate of only 33% on throws into his coverage in 2020. Better runner than our running backs.". He will drop his head into contact and then back off a step before pulling free from tacklers. (Complete Story), What Happened To Peter Warrick? Infante's report on Collinsworth isn't in the notes, but his visit with Verser is: "Runs deep routes well. During my entire career I watched the Bengals bring to camp these small wide receivers, all of whom ran 4.4 or less, but they were not football fast. His flaws will be as an inline blocker and any route that requires him to stop quickly and come back to the ball, but when he is moving forward, Pitts is almost unstoppable. Collinsworth was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons (1981-1988), all with the Cincinnati Bengals. Verser one, Collinsworth two. Still, Lawrences running skills will make the RPO game very difficult to stop. After all, he came up just two sacks short of tying Florida's school record for sacks in a single season, notching 11 as a junior in 2018. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a2dac10f868e873 Then Brown, 72 years young, the man who sketched the beginnings of the modern passing game as the head coach in Cleveland three decades before, bounced out of the room cocking his arm to throw an imaginary football. I could see Cullen drawing up crazy blitz schemes to take advantage of his skill set. I played with Charlie when he was a Cincinnati Bengal Phil. 4. I just remember they were both in the discussion and I remember how vehement Lindy was for Collinsworth. Wilson misses throws rolling right more than he should, but his skills are special and he could be great. Marshall is an uninterested blocker, but he has the size to do it at the next level, where there will be added motivation. His son worked as a reporter for NBC. He is Brady-like with his in-pocket movements but still has enough speed to be a factor in the running game. What a tough SOB Collinsworth was, He'd get killed over the middle and get right back up. He will run down backs trying to bounce outside, and as quarterbacks get more mobile, defenders will have to match those skills. Live picks, grades and reaction to the 2023 NFL Draft. 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. Mon-Fri : 9am to 5pm - 603-459-8358 After Hours : 603-921-6158 Collinsworth's strength coach at Florida told Wood that the kid was muscular enough to have been named to an All-American strength team. At one point, there was speculation of NBC letting him go for poor preseason performance which, they said, was a little for a lot of money he earned, "We can replace him with someone cheaper and younger and get just as much production, if not more. He ran a 4.38-second 40-yard dash at his Pro Day, showed great poise on deep balls and got his head around easily to locate the ball at Northwestern. [24], In 2006, Collinsworth could be seen on three networks during football season. At the same time, the FCS product has so little experience against top competition that this is still a very risky move. 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? ", Next to "What Do We Need To Know Further For Rating On This Prospect?" "It worked out," said the kid who was all arms, legs and brains, "just fine and dandy.". Despite his flaws, he still carries a very impressive 26% pass-rush win rate. Even the scouting combine photo of Cris Collinsworth, which turned 40 this spring, seems to reflect the audacity of that second-round pick in. 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. ginger@flasportshof.org, Mailing Address: The slow descent of record sprinter Houston McTear After Al Michaels gave a brief introduction for the upcoming game, the camera would pan out slightly and allow Collinsworth to slide himself into the picture via his broadcasting chair, after which he provided insights of his own. He did get bulled into the QB at times, though. He gave no indications that he was going into, or coming out of a cut. . Collinsworth was the host of Inside the Vault on WGN America. January 30, 2023 Space Coast Daily News Brevard Countys Best Newspaper, College Cant Wait! "(Infante) was a Florida guy Some people you just connect with. Cris Collinsworth on Twitter: "One final time with the greatest of all 7. His running skill was inherited by his daughter Ashley who won the Kentucky High School title in the 100 meters race, and ran for Harvard later where she became a team captain. All hell was breaking loose. He even lent his broadcasting talent to video games. In 1985, Collinsworth signed with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League (USFL), but the contract was voided when he failed the physical due to a bad ankle. Collinsworth on being a modern athletic rarity, a four-sport (football, basketball, baseball, track) star at Astronaut High in Titusville, the metropolis of 31,494 people adjacent to Mims: "It's.