With the upcoming draft starting on Thursday, it is highly unlikely we hear the names of Chris Ivory or Gregg Raspberry, at least for the first two days. When the draft resumes on Saturday is the best chance one of the two names may get called, with rounds 4-7 to be drafted on that day.
Not unless your a die hard follower of D2 football would you have heard that Christopher Ivory played at Tiffin University last year. After joining the team late, and eventually working himself into the mix he had his season cut short with a knee injury, which resulted in limited time for which he could collect the valuable stat line that one would need to create the average buzz around a possible future NFL player. But Chris Ivory hopes that it wont keep him from his dreams. Ivory is 5-11, 225-pound running back, who actually came to the Dragons last August after three seasons at Division I Washington State. After injuries prevented him from having the type of career at Washington State he hoped for, the injury this past season has rose a sense of doubt on a lot of scouting websites.
Walkosky said the injury made some wonder about Ivory's durability and if he had regained his quickness that set him apart. "Well, 4.47 is unbelievably fast enough for the NFL," Walkosky said. "It's top five in the country of running backs who were at the combine. And he's bigger than all the guys, except for one guy, the kid from Fresno [Ryan Mathews]." Ivory also had a vertical jump of 35 inches.
Even with all the question marks in the air, there is still a chance that a team may go ahead and take a chance at drafting him, rather then hopes of battling other teams to sign him as a free agent. Nothing is certain in the NFL, but all signs lead to Chris Ivory wearing an NFL helmet next season.
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