Nolan Smith 40 yard dash

He’s so tough for his size but is still undersized for an nfl rush end/ backer. I hope someone can figure out how to either hone his pass rush enough or have him lose 5-10 and play more inside. He’s good enough to stick but he’s a tweener

4.48 I believe. They had the fastest times in the group.

That’s just as impressive. He spent 4 years as a backup and only played significant playing time in 2 seasons. Our depth is elite.

We have to hear excuses from OSU fans that they lost because they didn't have Marvin for a quarter and some change.



We didn't have Nolan Smith starting in late October and we still got shite done. Nolan would have changed a lot of plays against the Buckeyes.

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We didn't have Nolan Smith starting in late October and we still got shite done. Nolan would have changed a lot of plays against the Buckeyes.

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This is an outstanding point.

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There was a noticeable drop off in the D after we lost Nolan. That said, that D was far better than most teams even without Nolan.

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Yep on both. Adam Anderson replaced with Robert Beal? Dropoff but nothing too crazy. Nolan Smith replaced by Chaz Chambliss? Enormous dropoff. Yet we still had the best D in the country.

It really is insane how finely tuned Kirby has this machine going. Compare that to the Richt era where one star going down could derail the whole season. Our 2008 season was practically over before it began when our starting LT went down in August. If that happened these days we wouldn't bat an eyelash.