Former Gator Joe Haden To Be Featured on ESPN's Sport Science
Thursday, April 15, 2010 | Football
Former University of Florida cornerback Joe Haden is one of 12 top potential draft picks selected to be featured on the three-time Emmy Award-winning Sport Science on ESPN. Twelve special segments will air throughout ESPN's NFL Draft coverage and will analyze the abilities of Haden, along with 11 other athletes including Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska and Maryland's Bruce Campbell.
Tests will include the use of innovative wireless technology to measure how quickly each athlete accelerates to his top gear; the use of high-speed photography and motion capture sensors to reveal how big a target a receiver gives his quarterback; infrared trajectory measurements and Eye Tracker technology to evaluate a quarterback's reaction time, accuracy, release time and ball spin rates; and the use of a crash test dummy to measure the force of impacts. Sport Science brings top-level collegiate and professional athletes together with cutting-edge technology in state-of-the-art scientific facilities to test the limits of human athletic abilities, while challenging popular assumptions about athletes and sports.
The NFL Draft will be held April 22-24. The following players are scheduled to appear in the Sport Science segments during ESPN's draft coverage:
- Tyson Alualu (DT, California)
- Jahvid Best (RB, California)
- Navarro Bowman (LB, Penn State)
- Bruce Campbell (OT, Maryland)
- Selvish Capers (OT, West Virginia)
- Mardy Gilyard (WR, Cincinnati)
- Joe Haden (DB, Florida)
- Kareem Jackson (DB, Alabama)
- Ryan Matthews (RB, Fresno State)
- Devin McCourty (DB, Rutgers)
- Jared Odrick (DT, Penn State)
- Jason Pierre-Paul (DE, South Florida)
- John Skelton (QB, Fordham)
- Jevan Snead (QB, Mississippi)
- Ndamukong Suh (DT, Nebraska)
- Damian Williams (WR, Southern California)
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