Mantei's having a pretty depressing couple of months. First he discovered his girlfriend died. Then he discovered that she wasn't even real, and was played by at least three people including at least one guy. Then he was afraid to tell anyone he was duped after such a big deal was made about her death.
NOW he's performing poorly at the NFL combine. He finished 20th of 26 linebackers running the forty-yard dash yesterday with a disappointing time of 4.82 seconds. Scouts are looking for a sub 3.75. The winner was 4.47.
Scouts know that numbers don't tell the WHOLE story, but speed is one of the things that linebackers absolutely need to compete with receivers in the NFL. It doesn't matter how good your instincts are if you can't get to where you know the ball is going fast enough to stop the play from happening.
Te'o's (I BELIEVE this is the way to type this, though it looks strange) stock dropped dramatically yesterday. Originally he was projected to be a top five pick in the draft. Now he's looking more like a second or third round pick. Unless some team still takes a chance on him early, he just lost several million dollars in contract money yesterday with that one simple sprint.
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