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Imani Cross Comparison

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5 months ago

I have been discussing with a TN fan who says they "passed on cross because he wasn't that good" last year.
And it got me thinking. Who do you think Cross resembles?
I kinda think of him more of a Quintin (however you spell it) Castille. But who knows right now? His ceiling may be an Eddy Lacy who I am watching play at Bama right now. He seems to have good feet for a big back. Thought about Castille first but then also thought about Cody Glenn. He is seems to run like but is smaller than a Dan Alexander.

This post was edited by DayByDay on 12/1/2012 at 4:19 PM
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glad they "passed" on him
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tooleyd said...
glad they "passed" on him

Yeah. I live in TN and all I hear is Gruden. Also they thought Toby was a lock to wear orange.
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Its not lacy, lacy spins a lot more. Similar strength though.
I can't really think of a good comparison. Michigan States rb, Bell is pretty similar i think actually but that may be the 'easy' answer. I think we will be able to answer better in time. Not a big enough sample size, but i like what i've seen thus far.
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Lacy is a heckuva lot faster.
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beardown2489 said...
Its not lacy, lacy spins a lot more. Similar strength though.
I can't really think of a good comparison. Michigan States rb, Bell is pretty similar i think actually but that may be the 'easy' answer. I think we will be able to answer better in time. Not a big enough sample size, but i like what i've seen thus far.

Yeah I guess that's true he does remind more of Bell than a Lacy.
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Imani Cross is gonna be a big time name in his own right someday. Really excited about this guy's potential. I've always been a fan of big bruising backs. Once he gets momentum he's tough to bring down. A lot like Bell, but maybe faster. Bell is bigger.
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Stevie Hicks. Former Omaha Creighton Prep kid that went on and starred at Iowa State.

This post was edited by Skerz on 12/1/2012 at 5:26 PM
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Cross is so much slower than all of those players.
He runs more like our great FB's than RB's. I would say he is more like Dan Alexander if I had to compare to a RB.
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joshwfo said...
Cross is so much slower than all of those players.
He runs more like our great FB's than RB's. I would say he is more like Dan Alexander if I had to compare to a RB.

Thats why I mentioned Alexander.. All muscle not much wiggle but enough to escape the FB spot.
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DayByDay said...
Thats why I mentioned Alexander.. All muscle not much wiggle but enough to escape the FB spot.

Alexander wasn't slow. He actually outran Ben Kelly from Colorado who was a track star at Colorado.
He just literally could not cut left or right, ran with too much forward lean, and fumbled too much because he was so muscular.
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joshwfo said...
Cross is so much slower than all of those players.
He runs more like our great FB's than RB's. I would say he is more like Dan Alexander if I had to compare to a RB.

Hence my only real comparison I could come up with in Stevie Hicks. Guy ran about a 4.6 40 back in the day (on a good day), didn't have much wiggle, but ran hard and was a big back that Iowa State used to pound with out of their I-formation under McCarney.
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