Carl Moore, Like Everyone Else, Is Slower Than Percy Harvin

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Posted Mar 25th 2008 1:25PM by Brian Cook
Filed under: Florida Football, NCAA FB Recruiting

You. Why aren't you as fast as Harvin? Oh, I guess "I am not a mutant" is a pretty good answer.

You may remember Carl Moore from Urban Meyer's winter of discontent. He was the five-star JUCO wideout whose gymnast girlfriend got to know Meyer's recruiting pitch for UF real well. This is kinda sorta maybe against NCAA regulations and momentarily got Meyer in trouble before he was cleared of all wrongdoing, as per usual.

So you'd think he'd have to be awesome, right? Well, uh... no:

Florida receiver Percy Harvin, one of the most explosive playmakers in college football, can spot a speedy player. And he knows transfer receiver Carl Moore is not fast.

Although Moore, who played at Sierra (Calif.) Community College in 2007 and is listed by rivals.com as running a 4.45-second 40-yard dash, might not win any sprints the next few weeks during the Gators' spring football practices, the five-star recruit could earn a spot on Florida's first-team offense.

All this drama for a possession receiver? What, Chris Doering wasn't available?

Harvin, for his part, is using his speed on the Wii or something: he's got a heel injury that will keep him out this spring, but since his coaching largely consists of "you should run considerably faster than anyone on the field and many champion racehorses," Florida should not be unduly affected this fall.

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1. Awesome

Posted at 8:42AM on Mar 26th 2008 by Freehawk

2. First of all, we did not recruit this guy because he was gonna be the fastest guy on the field, we recruited him because we needed a possession receiver. Most of our receivers are barely 6 foot. David Nelson and Murphy are big guys, but they are not exactly over powering...they are as skinny as they are tall, both barely hitting 200 and 6-2 and 6-3, respectively. Moore is a beast at 6-4 220 and is ready to get on the field. Also, Meyer was innocent because the contact number that was given to him and every other coach in the nation was his girl friends number, so ever time he called Moore, he had to say hi to her by default. Get off Meyers case.

Posted at 8:14PM on Mar 31st 2008 by mike

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