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September 7, 2015 at 4:01 pm #30055
znModeratorI like counting up the UDFAs. It’s obviously a vital category of talent development and the Rams are very good at it.
I go all the way back and list everyone, whether they were a Fisher/Snead find or came before.
Roster:
Westbrooks
Bates
Lynch
Roberson
McCleod
Cody DavisBenny Cunningham
Reynolds
Watts
Harkey
Marquez
Barnes
Darrell WilliamsHekker
McQuaidePractice squad:
Brown
Justice Cunningham
Hagen
Laskey
Longacre
Reed
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percentage of the 53 who are UDFAs: 28.3%
percentage of the 53 & practice squad combined: 34.9%
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September 7, 2015 at 4:01 pm #30044znModeratorfrom off the net
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Oh, okay…#50. Out west (and up north) we don’t get to see much of anything Rams. Between the Seahawks and the 49ers, its hard to find any news on the Rams, let alone broadcasts.
However, in a half hour of ‘game’ I did see, the backups were in and I was focusing on our new LB, Bryce Hager. I watched him a bit in college, and liked what I saw, so I wanted to watch him in a pre-season game. But this #50 kept flashing in front of Hager! I remember thinking, “I’ve not seen this kind of instantaneous recognition skills since I watched Ahmad Brooks at UVA.
Lynch was always the first guy moving at the snap of the ball. You cannot teach this stuff. Some guys just have it. Now, I know why he made the 53…
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Syracuse football’s Cameron Lynch named the No. 4 ‘freak’ athlete in nation
http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2014/05/cameron_lynch_freak_linebacker_athlete.html
Syracuse, N.Y. — Cameron Lynch was named the nation’s No. 4 most freakish athlete by NFL.com college football writer Mike Huguenin on Thursday. . . . While Feldman has yet to reveal his 2014 honorees, the rising senior Lynch brings a strong case as a returning starting outside linebacker.
Here’s the “buzz” that led Huguenin to place Lynch ahead of others including Mississippi State outside linebacker Benardrick McKinney, Georgia running back Todd Gurley and UCLA running back/linebacker Myles Jack, who was left off the list.
He lacks ideal size, but has been an important player since he first stepped on campus and will start for the second season in a row this fall. He is both strong and fast. He has been clocked at 4.7 seconds in the 40 and can squat 620 pounds, clean 374 pounds and bench press 435 pounds. He also can do 36 reps in the bench press at 225 pounds. He also can do a standing back flip, and his vertical jump has been measured at 36 inches.
Lynch is the next in a line of Syracuse players to thrive in the weight room, following Spruill and Pittsburgh Steelers safety Shamarko Thomas. At last year’s training camp, former SU defensive tackle Jay Bromley called Lynch “like a bowling ball of just speed.”
But Lynch may be the first of the group to bring freakish brains as well. He chose Syracuse over Harvard after graduating from Brookwood (Snellville, Ga.) High School with a 3.7 GPA and 1435 SAT score, according to Scout. At Syracuse, he is majoring in economics and was named to the athletic director’s honor roll last semester.
September 7, 2015 at 4:23 pm #30045znModerator===
OLB Cameron Lynch (5-11 | 226 | 4.75 | #38)
Another experienced linebacker with 38 appearances and 16 starts on the outside, Lynch’s instincts and toughness are impressive, but his lack of size and top-end athleticism may hamper his changes of being drafted. Athletic Director’s Honor Roll recipient (Spring 2013, Fall 2013 and Spring 2014).
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Syracuse senior LB Cameron Lynch’s “lack of size and top-end athleticism may hamper his chances of being drafted,” according to CBS Sports’ Derek Stephens.
Stephen’s notes that Lynch’s “instincts and toughness are impressive.” Although he does not possess the ideal size for the next level, Lynch has been one of the hardest workers at Syracuse, and also happens to be one of its strongest (435-pound bench press, 620-pound squat). The Syracuse prospect finished with 69 tackles (12 TFLs) and four sacks in 2013.September 7, 2015 at 4:40 pm #30046
AgamemnonParticipantHow can he be the No. 4 freak athlete and then lack, top-end athleticism?
AgamemnonSeptember 7, 2015 at 4:47 pm #30048znModeratorCameron Lynch Press Conference – 9/6
Watch rookie undrafted linebacker Cameron Lynch talk about making the St. Louis Rams 53-man roster.
September 7, 2015 at 7:15 pm #30056znModeratorSeptember 9, 2015 at 1:01 am #30120znModeratorDarrell Williams wins a spot with Rams
Nate Latsch
The St. Louis Rams kept three undrafted rookies on their initial 53-man roster. One of them fought longer odds than the others.
ST. LOUIS — Darrell Williams was having breakfast with Bryce Hager and Cody Wichmann when both of his teammates got phone calls from Rams coach Jeff Fisher telling them they’d made the team.
“They both got calls from Coach Fisher and I was just waiting and waiting,” Williams said Tuesday. “They actually did a pretty good job of keeping themselves contained once they found out the good news. My phone was called and Coach Fisher picked up and he told me to take a deep breath, that I made it, and I was elated.”
Williams, an undrafted rookie from South Florida, fought longer odds than most of his teammates to make the Rams’ 53-man roster.
The Rams used four draft picks this spring to select offensive lineman. They picked Rob Havenstein in the second round, then Jamon Brown in the third and Andrew Donnal in the fourth. Then they added Wichmann in the sixth.
Williams joined those four draft picks during the Rams’ rookie orientation practices, where he lined up as the team’s left tackle, and then organized team activities soon after.
The Rams still weren’t done adding offensive linemen at that point, however. They added another, Isaiah Battle, in the fifth round of the supplemental draft early last month.
But on Saturday, it was Williams who got the call that he was one of 10 offensive linemen on the 53-man roster, joining Havenstein, Brown, Donnal and Wichmann. Battle, who cost the team a fifth-round pick in next year’s draft, was among the players cut.
“A lot of people questioned my decision to come here because obviously they drafted four o-linemen,” Williams said. “The Rams organization was in contact with me after I came back from that NFLPA Bowl that I played in in California. The entire pre-draft process they were talking to me. Coach Bou (offensive line coach Paul Boudreau) called me on draft day and told me I’d get a fair shot here and I did and I took advantage of it and I’m still here.”
The 6-foot-5, 301-pounder, who was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States in ninth grade, started 29 of his 45 career games at South Florida. He started every game at left tackle during his junior and senior seasons after starting five as a sophomore.
Williams was one of three undrafted rookies to make the Rams’ initial 53-man roster. The others were wide receiver Bradley Marquez and linebacker Cameron Lynch.
All three beat long odds to remain with the Rams, but they also have to continue to prove themselves to keep their spots on the roster.
“Honestly I think it’s just sunken in to me that I’m actually on a roster now,” Williams said. “It’s surreal and I just have to keep working so I can stay here.”
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