Dudley Guice (6024/209/4.40pd) is a wide receiver/return man prospect from tiny Northwestern State. I’ve not seen film of him so I have to depend on numbers and media reports. When it comes to numbers, he’s got ’em in all the right places. He’s tall, strong and fast. He also had a 39-inch vertical, 10’5 long jump, did the short shuttle in 4.01 seconds and the three-cone in 6.61. Those are phenomenal numbers for a man of any size at any position. And he was plenty productive. Here are his college numbers:
2008: 35-606-5 receiving, 1-1-0 kick return, 2 tackles
2007: 28-430-4 receiving, 11-182-0 kick returns, 11-84-2 rushing, 1-1-48-0-0 passing, 1-(-1)-0 punt returns, 3 tackles
2006: 14-138-2 receiving, 1 tackle
2005: 1-39-0 receiving, 5 tackles, 1 assist
Total: 78-1,213-11 (15.55) receiving, 12-183-0 (15.25) kick returns, 11-84-2 rushing (7.64), 1-1-48-0-0 (48.00) passing 1-(-1)-0 (-1.00) punt return, 11 tackles and 1 assist.
While I can’t be definitive, those numbers tell me he can get open and catch, but he’s not a naturally elusive runner.
His triangle numbers mean he’ll be in someone’s camp, but his lack of total dominance in the Southland Conference makes him unlikely to be drafted.
He comes off as intelligent and candid in interviews and he has already earned his degree.
Should he end up with the Colts — which could well happen, as he fits their mold, and they are the most aggressive team when it comes to signing undrafted free agents — he’d be thrown on the pile of wide receiver/returner/special teamer prospects, and likely be stashed away on the practice squad unless he looks like Superman in camp.
Correction: Yes, I did see this kid! In the Texas vs. the Nation Bowl. He caught all five passes thrown to him for 70 yards and a touchdown. He was pretty good, and this sudden recollection does nothing ton change my opinion of him. I like him, hope he succeeds and would like to see him with a horseshoe on his hat.
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