Clemson’s possible Kelly replacement

By Robert Rousseau  |   Sunday, June 07, 2009  |  Comments( 1 )

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The Clemson Tigers will surely miss 6-foot-5 wide receiver Aaron Kelly, who amassed a school-record 232 receptions in his college career and is now with the Atlanta Falcons. The good thing is that it seems the Tigers have netted themselves a possible Kelly replacement, Martavis Bryant, who has both great size (6-foot-4, 190 pounds) and a terrific skill set.

The 2010 prospect from T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, S.C., has already verbally committed to the Tigers. From a height and size perspective, he's Kellyesque and needs to fill out some. That said, the four-star prospect reports 4.4-second speed in the 40-yard dash and a whopping 35-inch vertical leap.

Imagine 76 inches of human being jumping 35 inches for a ball in the end zone. Not bad, huh?

On top of it all, Bryant managed 47 receptions for 803 yards and three touchdowns as a sophomore in high school and 44 catches for 776 yards and six TDs as a junior; so, he's been productive.

The question is: Will he be productive as a Tiger? If he approaches Kelly's numbers, Bryant will have had an outstanding Clemson career.
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Robert Rousseau is a sports writer that has been published in a variety of print and online venues. He’s been writing for RealFootball365.com for almost three years now. When Rousseau isn’t writing about college football he tends to be penning mixed martial arts pieces for MMAFighting.com or ...
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