BuckeyeGrove.com - New York NIKE Combine: Top 10 SPARQ Ratings

April 8, 2007

SSFootball.com Staff
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Heading in to the NIKE Combine in Brooklyn (N.Y.) this past Saturday, there was little doubt who would record the days top SPARQ Rating. Fort Washington (MD) Friendly running back Josh Haden scored a 111.52 at the NIKE Camp at Penn State a year ago and was gunning for the overall SPARQ Rating record this weekend.

Despite bettering his numbers in the 40 and vertical jump, Haden came up just a bit short in his bid to break the SPARQ Rating record. He did distance himself from the rest of the athletes in New York and showed why many consider him among the top athletes and football players in the country.

Here's a look at the rest of the overall top 10 SPARQ Ratings from Saturday.

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New York NIKE Combine: Top 10 SPARQ Ratings

Name	School	ST	YR	Pos	HT	WT	40	BP	VJ	SH	SPARQ
Josh Haden	Friendly	MD	08	RB	5-8	191	4.41	34	38.4	4.37	106.42
Mike Kuhn	Immaculata	NJ	08	DB	5-11	188	4.44	18	38.5	4.28	92.09
Ronald Hobby	Gwynn Park	MD	08	WR	5-9.5	173	4.45	19	35.4	4.13	88.98
Michael Cox	Avon Old Farms	MA	08	RB	6-0	204	4.53	18	35.9	4.40	84.31
Jarren Brown	C.H. Flowers	MD	08	RB	5-8	188	4.60	17	36.2	4.47	82.20
Lonnie Liggins	Hereford	MD	08	RB	5-7.5	169	4.72	21	34.4	4.44	81.49
Ulysses Achonye	Bloomfield	NJ	08	RB	5-9	193	4.74	16	36.9	4.43	81.37
William Nugent II	Ocean City	NJ	08	LB	5-11.5	188	4.77	21	35.0	4.60	81.14
Nick Vaders	Bishop Shanahan	PA	08	RB	5-6.5	161	4.75	13	37.5	4.41	79.86
Roman Owens	Marian Catholic	CA	08	RB	5-7.5	177	4.74	21	34.0	4.55	79.27

Note: The 40-yard dash and the 20-yard shuttle at the NIKE Combine in New York were timed outdoors on field turf. Not all players chose to test and some had their marks scratched in individual events. The top SPARQ Ratings should be considered unofficial until all the data is entered later this week.