Jermaine Kelly, curb-couch-sold

Turner ran painfully slow and had a terrible vertical leap at the UW combine. Yeah, measureables aren't everything, but those and the fact Brian Clay ran with the one's all spring don't give me much hope for Turner being an instant impact guy. He only played one year of Juco football. King has been playing in the Pac 12 for two seasons and is a way better athlete.

When Lake was asked about Turner he said something to the extent of Turner being a guy that will show up once the pads come. My translation was that Turner can hit and that's about it.

King is going to factor in at CB and/or safety. With Kelly gone, it's almost a certainty that Austin Joyner will get playing time too.
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Uhh Dick Baird pointed out Zeke as an impact baller too. Has nothing to do with his VJ. Baird said "this k I d gonna play"...translation? wait till pads come on, tha t s when Zeke brings it. Give him more than 15 practices to adjust. He's basically a true sophomore that burned his shirt in a glorified high school league last year.
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Dick Baird is old, drunk, and stupid. I'm sure Turner will play some, but I don't expect much. Like you said, he played in a glorified high school league. Every juco guy is pumped up as an instant contributor who will start over player x (in this case King) who sucks.

A safety that runs a 4.8 and jumps 28" is hard to get excited about. Even if he's a hell of a football player, he's working with some limitations.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/combine/_/id/175047/ezekiel-turner

The real newcomer in the secondary to watch is Austin Joyner.
 
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