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Found September 25, 2012 on The Penalty Flag: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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At 6’7’’ 271 pounds with a 4.75 forty and 38½ inch vertical leap in the 2009 NFL combine; Michael Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals was one of the biggest pass rushing prospects coming out of the combine. Johnson was a very rare talent with incredible tangibles that placed him on the radar of most scouts predicting he would be drafted in the first round in 2009. Instead of being drafted like Jason Pierre Paul of the New York Giants who also was an incredible talent without much experience, Johnson was not selected in the first round. Johnson fell all the way to the 3rd round to the Cincinnati Bengals at the 70th pick.… Read more
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