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CB Devon Torrence (official thread)

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Rolle said he and cornerback Devon Torrence had a friendly competition yesterday over who would have a better 40 time.

It was serious, though - Rolle ran a solid 4.56 at the NFL combine, while Torrence's time of 4.60 was not impressive for a corner. Torrence improved to 4.50 yesterday.

"I told him I hoped he beat me, for his benefit," Rolle said.

Torrence then became Rolle's model in the position drills. Rolle said he had never done the defensive back drills but watched Torrence go first and then mimicked him.
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The next biggest improvement in the 40 belonged to cornerback Devon Torrence, whose 4.5-second running was .18 better than he ran in Indianapolis,
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2011 combine workout: Devon Torrence - NFL Network
 
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Ohio State CB Devon Torrence ran much better at his pro day (4.50 40) than he did at the Combine (4.68), and he looked smoother and more athletic in position drills than expected. Many thought he had killed his chances of being drafted after his Combine performance, but the athleticism he showed in Columbus should help erase some doubt. He displayed the quickness, loose hips and fluid athleticism NFL teams want, which should put him in position to be a late- round pick.
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Opinions vary on Devon Torrence's NFL Draft status
By Steve Doerschuk
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Mar 31, 2011

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Ohio State defensive back Devon Torrence intercepts a pass by Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin.The Browns had Torrence in for a person visit in preparation for the NFL Draft.

Flash back six years to the spring of 2005. Anyone who saw Devon Torrence that night half expected music from ?The Natural? to start playing.

No one who was there blamed Torrence for chasing a baseball dream. Doing so, however, has left NFL scouts wondering whether he can be a natural at cornerback in their league.

?I don?t have a feel for where he will go in the draft,? said one experienced Torrence observer, ?but from talking to coaches, I do know a lot of people feel Devon is draftable.?

The observer, Taver Johnson, was Torrence?s position coach at Ohio State. Johnson?s travels include a stop with the Cleveland Browns during a tumultuous 2004 season. The Browns? cornerbacks that year included Anthony Henry, Daylon McCutcheon, Lew Sanders and a second-year prospect named Leigh Bodden.

?Now that you mention Leigh,? Johnson said, ?that?s probably who Devon most reminds me of. Leigh is a little bigger. Otherwise ...?

Bodden, who has held an NFL job for eight years, had to prove he could handle big-time football after being a small-college cornerback at Duquesne.

Torrence must prove he can build on a late-developing run as a Buckeye corner. He must also live down a slow

40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, which he did, perhaps, at his Pro Day.

The Browns are interested, and had him in for a private visit.

Johnson said Torrence is ?fast enough.?

?He ended his career about as well as you could,? the position coach said.

?It?s hard in the first place to be a college football player, but he was doing it while he was still playing baseball.?

Torrence spent two years in the Houston Astros? minor league system, diluting his ability to build a career in each sport. Behind the scenes, men from the Astros and the Buckeyes both wished he would focus on their sport.

His Ohio State breakthrough came after he did that. He had been a freshman wide receiver in 2007 before switching to cornerback in 2008, seeing action as a backup. He started 10 games at cornerback for the 2009 team that won a Rose Bowl.

It?s an open debate whether Torrence or Chimidi Chekwa was Ohio State?s best cornerback in 2010. Chekwa had the speed to play man coverage more capably. Torrence was more disciplined and instinctive, translating to a possible NFL career for a team that plays a lot of zone coverage.

Torrence helped himself in a 31-26 Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas, during which Chekwa broke a wrist.

?The more you watch the cut-ups of that game,? Johnson said, ?the more convinced you are that was Devon?s best game.?

Torrence covered well, was strong in run support, forced a fumble and broke up a pass.

?Devon ended his career at Ohio State probably about as well as you can,? Johnson said. ?He?s a wonderful young man. His drive to be perfect is unbelievable. His work ethic is through the roof.

?Doing what he did for us after foregoing baseball, I take my hat off to him.?

THE SKINNY

Pro Football Weekly on Devon Torrence:

Strengths: ?Shows understanding of zone concepts and is football smart. Disciplined and plays with his eyes. Does not hesitate to step up in run support.?

Weaknesses: ?Has short arms and small hands. Needs to get stronger. Has man-coverage limitations.?
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Canton South grad Devon Torrence confident of NFL potential
By Steve Doerschuk
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Apr 19, 2011

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Ohio State defensive back Devon Torrence runs a drill at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis last month.

As Devon Torrence moves through his immediate existence as one of the faces in the 2011 NFL Draft crowd, he thinks ahead to becoming more than the analysts say.

He drifts back to Jan. 4, the day of his final game at Ohio State. The Buckeyes were in New Orleans to face Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl. Torrence, a cornerback, and Dane Sanzenbacher, a wide receiver, got to talking about a boy they had met.

The boy since has died after an extended illness.

Two of his final wishes were to attend an Ohio State game and be buried in a Buckeyes jersey.

Torrence wanted to do well by the lad, even moreso when Sanzenbacher told him, ?You might be one of the last people on earth he believes in.?

Torrence played the game of his life, helping Ohio State subdue the SEC opponent. He still thinks of the boy.

What if Torrence falls in the draft? What if he isn?t drafted at all?

?I know there are a lot of people dealing with things a whole lot worse,? Torrence said from Columbus on Tuesday.

Torrence is one of the better athletes to come out of Canton South High School, perhaps too good for his own good this draft season. He was good enough to join the Houston Astros organization right out of high school, good enough to have Ohio State?s blessing as he mixed diamond dreams with the demands of life as a Buckeye football player.

?I?ve been battling with that since I was 9 years old ... everybody telling me to pick one,? he says.

He was late to leave baseball, late to become a full-time starting OSU corner, late to show the markings of an NFL prospect.

This has left him, based on what he hears, likely to be a later draft pick, in the Round 4-7 range. It has left him needing to convince NFL coaches he really loves football. He was convincing enough in a conversation with The Repository on Tuesday.

Ask him if he thinks he can handle the next level.

?I?m 100 percent positive I can play in the NFL,? he says. ?There?s no doubt, no question mark, none of that even in my mind.?

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Undrafted mayhem

The first major signing blitz will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, when undrafted free agents are permitted to sign with any team, but discussions were permitted beginning at 6 p.m. Monday.

Within hours, they apparently had agreed to terms with at least one player -- Ohio State defensive back DeVon Torrence, who posted on Twitter that it "(l)ooks like I'm a Viking."
what you're bringing in the door from a health standpoint, but I think to have 90 guys on the roster, that this may be a revolving door every day of training camp on who's coming in, who is going. ... It won't end. It will be a continuous motion of circulating guys in and out of here as we go through."
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CORNERBACK: As an undrafted rookie, Devon Torrence is showing up. On Friday, he picked off Ponder on a sideline route to Stephen Burton and took it back for a touchdown. The Vikings keep throwing at him, but Torrence is almost always in position and making plays when given the chance. A 53-man spot isn?t likely, but the way he?s looking now he could be a solid practice-squad candidate
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CORNERBACK (6)

Starters: Antoine Winfield, Cedric Griffin.

Backups: Chris Cook, Marcus Sherels, Asher Allen, Brandon Burton.

On the bubble: Cord Parks, Devon Torrence, Tony Carter.

Comment: Another thin position that's weaker because Allen probably has to be kept on the roster despite a toe injury. Torrence's quad injury probably cost him a roster spot, but he's a likely practice-squad candidate.
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