Draft bio: Colorado cornerback Isaiah Oliver
Here’s the bio on Falcons second round pick Isaiah Oliver:
SECOND ROUND (58th overall) ISAIAH OLIVER, CB, COLORADO.
HEIGHT: 6-foot-1 WEIGHT: 190 pounds ARM LENGTH: 33½ inches HAND SIZE: 9-3/4 inches 40-YARD DASH: 4.5 seconds BENCH PRESS: (Had a dislocated finger on his right hand). He said that 12 lifts of 225 pounds was his best. VERTICAL: 36 inches BROAD JUMP: 10 feet, 8 inches at Colorado Pro Day. THREE-CONE DRILL: 6.94 seconds ■ OVERVIEW: He entered the NFL draft after his junior season. He recorded 32 pass breakups and tied for the 10th most in school history. He also had three interceptions. In his career at Colorado, he played in 37 games and made 16 starts. He has played with four defensive backs, who have made NFL rosters: Chidobe Awuzie (Cowboys), Kenneth Crawley (Saints), Tedric Thompson (Seahawks) and Ahkello Witherspoon (49ers). He earned first team all-Pac 12 from the Associated Press and the league's coaches last season. He is from Phoenix, Arizona.
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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.
