Re: Glenn 'Big Baby' Davis possible NFL Draft Pick? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Size and Speed Make Hoops Star an N.F.L. Possibility By THAYER EVANSPublished: April 27, 2007The grainy video of Glen Davis playing high school football may be surprising to those who know him only as a burly Louisiana State basketball player called Big Baby.Davis, who was 6 feet 6 inches and 345 pounds in high school, can be seen hurdling a defender on a 20-yard touchdown run, sacking quarterbacks, catching passes and blocking for a tailback. He even makes a nimble spin move to shake a defender off his ankles on a 15-yard run.?For a very large man, he?s incredibly nifty,? said Wayne Williams, who coached Davis in football during his sophomore and junior years at Louisiana State University Laboratory School, a high school in Baton Rouge, La. ?He?s very agile on his feet.?Despite declaring last month for the N.B.A. draft and not having played a down of football in four years, Davis, 21, could end up being a creative pick in the later rounds of this weekend?s N.F.L. draft.?Somebody might take a chance on the guy,? said Gil Brandt, the former vice president for player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys, who is now an analyst for nfl.com. ?I?ve heard he?s pretty good. Maybe one of those teams that?s got a compensatory pick in the last round, they could conceivably take him.?A few college basketball players have tried to make the switch to football in recent years, including Chargers tight end Antonio Gates (from Kent State) and Seahawks tight end Marcus Pollard (from Bradley), neither of whom played college football. Last season, three college basketball players pursued N.F.L. careers: George Mason forward Jai Lewis (Giants), Connecticut forward Ed Nelson (Rams) and Long Beach State forward Onye Ibekwe (49ers). All signed free-agent deals, but none made their teams.If Davis is selected, an N.F.L. team would have a year to sign him, or his rights would be lost and he would be eligible for the draft again, the league spokesman Greg Aiello said.Davis?s agent, John C. Hamilton of Performance Sports Management in Houston, said that N.F.L. personnel had inquired with several N.B.A. teams about his client, and that some had asked for video of Davis playing basketball.But Hamilton emphasized that basketball was Davis?s priority. As a junior last season, he averaged 17.7 points and led the Southeastern Conference with 10.4 rebounds, a year after being named the conference?s player of the year and helping L.S.U. reach the Final Four. He is projected as a late first-round or second-round pick in the N.B.A. draft.?He?s a basketball player, so he?s not thinking, This is great, because I want to play football,? Hamilton said in a telephone interview. ?It?s a tremendous compliment.?Asked if Davis had ruled out playing football, Hamilton said, ?I learned a long time ago, especially in this business, you never say never, but ultimately, Glen has to make that decision.? Davis did not respond to requests for an interview.L.S.U.?s football coach, Les Miles, said that Davis was a ?great prospect? for the N.F.L. He said that he talked to him about playing football for the Tigers in 2005.?If he decides to turn his attention fully to football, he could work on those things that would make him a very competent left tackle or tight end or defensive end,? Miles said. ?Physically, he has all the natural skill that any football coach wants.?In high school, Davis played fullback, tight end and defensive end, Williams said. When Davis decided before his senior year in 2003 that he would play basketball instead of football, Williams said that he tried to persuade him to reconsider.At the time, Davis was rated as the nation?s fifth-best prep offensive lineman according to one service and reportedly had football scholarship offers from L.S.U., Miami and Oklahoma State.Williams said that the former L.S.U. football assistant Jimbo Fisher, now the offensive coordinator at Florida State, once told him while Davis was in high school that ?he could start right now at left tackle for us and make more money than a lot of other players in the N.F.L. right now.??I still believe he made the wrong decision,? Williams said. ?Obviously, if an N.F.L. team is even remotely considering drafting him at this point in time, just think where he would have himself in the draft had he actually played the game.?</div>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/sports/f...amp;oref=slogin
Re: Glenn 'Big Baby' Davis possible NFL Draft Pick? Bball players have been drafted before (recently, the guy from George Mason was drafted by the Giants and that guy [Ed Nelson I think] was drafted by the Rams out of UConn.He sounds like he was good.
Re: Glenn 'Big Baby' Davis possible NFL Draft Pick? Sounds like Ed Nelson from UConn. Nelson was pretty good when it came to basketball. Every one heard he was good at football, but then all he ended up doing was playing Europa Football instead of going to the NFL like people were speculating.And Pat Riley entered the NFL Draft if I'm not mistaken.I don't know, Big Baby. It seems like you had a decent future ahead of you in basketball. Why change now?
Re: Glenn 'Big Baby' Davis possible NFL Draft Pick? Why not? We have a kid at school, Mike Gerardi. He was ranked 2nd in the entire state as a QB for our high school, but was supposedly getting scouting requests from the Florida Marlins, but chose not to play baseball. Now, no Div-1 schools want him because he didn't get to start all of last year. He screwed himself, but it's what he'd rather do.
Re: Glenn 'Big Baby' Davis possible NFL Draft Pick? It's what he'd rather do, but Ed Nelson sucked at football. You think he's happy that he sucks? I'm pretty sure he'd rather of played basketball and at least would of played for an NBA team instead of going to a European team where every one forgets about him.
