Reeves/Bauer

[88clone]

Here's something I just found that happened over the weekend. Sorry if it was already posted. Really liked Reeves at ISU and have been following Jeff Bauer's career in pro football and he's really climbed the ladder with the Jets.

6. Sleeper with speed: It was overshadowed by the Jackson news and the Sanchez signing, but the Jets picked up an interesting player Friday -- cornerback Jeremy Reeves. After a four-year career at Iowa State, where he intercepted five passes (two returned for touchdowns), Reeves was eligible for the 2013 draft. But he tore a pectoral muscle, missed his pro day, wasn't drafted and wasn't signed by anyone. After working out on his own for a year, he participated in Iowa State's pro day last week and burned the 40 in 4.29 seconds, according to school officials.

He's only 5-7, 167 pounds (picture Darren Sproles at corner), but that kind of speed -- even if not totally accurate -- turns heads. The Jets have a good feel for Reeves because Jeff Bauer, the director of college scouting, is an Iowa State alum, plugged into the Iowa scene.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york-jets/category/_/name/rex-ryan

 

[temperflare]

That's an unbelievable 40 time! Geez!

 

[mramseyISU]

4.29 40 time?? I think Harry Doyle said it best. He must have a rocket up his @$$.

 

[ISUFAN80]

4.29 40 time?? I think Harry Doyle said it best. He must have a rocket up his @$$.

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That got me laughing this morning lol thanks.

 

[nj829]

He really might have a rocket, didn't he clear 43 inches in the vertical jump?

 

[CyBelieve]

He really might have a rocket, didn't he clear 43 inches in the vertical jump?

Jeremy had a really good day! Very happy for him - best of luck!

 

[benjay]

He's was a lockdown corner for us. Best we've had in a long time, and yet another player who took a lot of idiotic criticism on this board.

 

[Rhoadhoused]

He's was a lockdown corner for us. Best we've had in a long time, and yet another player who took a lot of idiotic criticism on this board.

I don't remember anyone ever criticizing him at all. He was always a stud and a bit of an underdog story with his size.

 

[WhatchaGonnaDo]

He's was a lockdown corner for us. Best we've had in a long time, and yet another player who took a lot of idiotic criticism on this board.

Leonard Johnson was better than Jeremy Reeves

 

[Rabbuk]

Leonard Johnson was better than Jeremy Reeves

This. I wish he was a little bit taller, but he was a baller.

 

[benjay]

Leonard Johnson was better than Jeremy Reeves

To be honest I was thinking he was a safety for some reason, my bad. I would agree LJ was better, but not by a mile. We really had a good secondary with those two.

 

[benjay]

I don't remember anyone ever criticizing him at all. He was always a stud and a bit of an underdog story with his size.

It was mostly people bemoaning our "midget" secondary. The quest for measurables blinded some to the raw talent we had back there.

 

[Cyhart]

I just remember when K State played in Ames in 2012 (if memory serves), and towards the end of the game they went at Reeves twice in a row in the end zone with the very same play with a much bigger receiver, and twice Reeves went go-go gadget vertical and deflected both passes. Thats the precise moment I knew he was big time.

 

[Cyrok]

I just remember when K State played in Ames in 2012 (if memory serves), and towards the end of the game they went at Reeves twice in a row in the end zone with the very same play with a much bigger receiver, and twice Reeves went go-go gadget vertical and deflected both passes. Thats the precise moment I knew he was big time.

I remember the sequence of plays you are talking about and I'm almost certain it was at K State. Really impressive. Hope he gets a shot in the pros.

 

[LindenCy]

Leonard Johnson was better than Jeremy Reeves

Leonard Johnson is also starting in the NFL.

 

[bosco]

Leonard Johnson was better than Jeremy Reeves

Jordan was better than Pippen.

 

[cyadict]

Wasn't it Reeves that defended Mohamed Sanu at the Pinstripe Bowl?

 

[DesertClone1]

People gotta realize this too if he was 3-4 inches taller, he wouldn't have even been at ISU

 

[MaccloNe]

Jeff Bauer from Ankeny?

 

[88clone]

Jeff Bauer from Ankeny?

Yes. He was a safety for ISU in the late '80's.

http://www.newyorkjets.com/ms/media-guide/2013/html/Bauer,-Jeff.html