4th Round

[WhoDey93285]

EDIT: Mel Kiper said this was a really good pick, so I foundsome information on him.

Eric Ghiaciuc

Position: Center

College: Central Michigan

Height: 6-4

Weight: 302

Hometown: Oxford, Mich.

Analysis | Injury Report | Agility | High School | Personal

OVERVIEW

Ghiaciuc is an unheralded athlete whose athletic ability, size and mobility forced pro scouts to take notice of him during his senior year. The three-year letter-winner started the final 35 games of his career. The industrial education major provided stellar blocking for a 1,000-yard rusher all three years as a starter with the Chippewas.

Ghiaciuc redshirted in 2000 at Central Michigan. He saw limited action in 2002 then took over the center duties in 2002. He went on to start the next 37 games for the Chippewas, with the offense generating 105 touchdowns during his three years in the lineup.

ANALYSIS

Positives: Has broad shoulders, thick arms, good upper-body muscle development, good chest thickness, wide hips, thick thighs and calves with a frame that can carry additional bulk … Easily handles the mental part of the game and makes all the right line calls … Has good playing speed and developing athletic ability for the position … Uses quickness rather than power to come off the ball, but has the ability to drive defenders … Makes good reads and shows awareness to adjust to stunts and blitzes … Has the ability to get to the second level and make good adjustments on the move … Shows the ability to come off double teams and get to his blocks and sustain … Will deliver adequate pop and explosion coming off the snap … Shows decent lateral movement and kick slide in his pass set … Uses his long arms effectively to wall off and sustain … Has the acceleration to get out and locate linebackers in the second level, showing good awareness to adjust to the moving target.

Negatives: Gets a good burst coming off the snap to get into his man, but needs to add more bulk and lower-body strength … Shows good hand placement and some hand punch, but does more catching than punching in pass protection … Even with his acceleration, he's more of a waist-bender and looks a bit tight in the hips … Will get out quickly on screens and pulls, but his knees will buckle, causing him to lose proper sustaining position and lose explosion … For all of his speed, he struggles to stay on his feet when asked to pull. His in-line quickness allows him to block down, scope and reach block, but he needs to deliver his hand punch with more force … Struggles with a good anchor on contact from stunts … Can sustain blocks on the move, but needs more strength to be effective doing this at the next level … Will revert to bending at the waist rather than his hips. He has a good pass set and quick hands to get on the defenders with proper hand placement, but will catch rather than punch most of the time. He does display good slide ability and recovery ability … Will come off stunts and help the guards, but also needs help himself vs. the more powerful bull rushers (can be walked back) … Needs to add more lower-body strength to combine with his great quickness … Even though he knows his assignments, he can easily be drawn offside and his balance problems resulted in a high amount of false-start penalties in 2004 (see Kent State and Buffalo games).

INJURY REPORT

No injuries reported.

AGILITY

CAMPUS: 4.98 in the 40-yard dash … 420-pound bench press … 630-pound squat … 345-pound hang clean … Right-handed.

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Oxford (Mich.) High School, playing football for coach Bud Rowely … Three-sport standout, earning all-state honors in football while winning the state heavyweight wrestling title … Earned three letters each in football, track, and wrestling … In football, he was all-league, all-county, all-metro and ranked No. 43 by the Detroit Free Press and No. 37 by the Detroit News.

PERSONAL

Industrial Education major … Nicknamed "Chuck" … Had a 3.63 grade-point average in the spring to raise his cumulative GPA to 3.29 … Son of Tony Ghiaciuc and Cathy Griffith … Born May 28, 1981 … Resides in Oxford, Mich.

[EdwardG]

Mel Kiper apparently likes him, so great.

[EdwardG]

http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/2005/ghiaciuc_eric

OVERVIEW

Ghiaciuc is an unheralded athlete whose athletic ability, size and mobility forced pro scouts to take notice of him during his senior year. The three-year letter-winner started the final 35 games of his career. The industrial education major provided stellar blocking for a 1,000-yard rusher all three years as a starter with the Chippewas.

Ghiaciuc redshirted in 2000 at Central Michigan. He saw limited action in 2002 then took over the center duties in 2002. He went on to start the next 37 games for the Chippewas, with the offense generating 105 touchdowns during his three years in the lineup.

ANALYSIS

Positives: Has broad shoulders, thick arms, good upper-body muscle development, good chest thickness, wide hips, thick thighs and calves with a frame that can carry additional bulk … Easily handles the mental part of the game and makes all the right line calls … Has good playing speed and developing athletic ability for the position … Uses quickness rather than power to come off the ball, but has the ability to drive defenders … Makes good reads and shows awareness to adjust to stunts and blitzes … Has the ability to get to the second level and make good adjustments on the move … Shows the ability to come off double teams and get to his blocks and sustain … Will deliver adequate pop and explosion coming off the snap … Shows decent lateral movement and kick slide in his pass set … Uses his long arms effectively to wall off and sustain … Has the acceleration to get out and locate linebackers in the second level, showing good awareness to adjust to the moving target.

Negatives: Gets a good burst coming off the snap to get into his man, but needs to add more bulk and lower-body strength … Shows good hand placement and some hand punch, but does more catching than punching in pass protection … Even with his acceleration, he's more of a waist-bender and looks a bit tight in the hips … Will get out quickly on screens and pulls, but his knees will buckle, causing him to lose proper sustaining position and lose explosion … For all of his speed, he struggles to stay on his feet when asked to pull. His in-line quickness allows him to block down, scope and reach block, but he needs to deliver his hand punch with more force … Struggles with a good anchor on contact from stunts … Can sustain blocks on the move, but needs more strength to be effective doing this at the next level … Will revert to bending at the waist rather than his hips. He has a good pass set and quick hands to get on the defenders with proper hand placement, but will catch rather than punch most of the time. He does display good slide ability and recovery ability … Will come off stunts and help the guards, but also needs help himself vs. the more powerful bull rushers (can be walked back) … Needs to add more lower-body strength to combine with his great quickness … Even though he knows his assignments, he can easily be drawn offside and his balance problems resulted in a high amount of false-start penalties in 2004 (see Kent State and Buffalo games).

INJURY REPORT

No injuries reported.

AGILITY

CAMPUS: 4.98 in the 40-yard dash … 420-pound bench press … 630-pound squat … 345-pound hang clean … Right-handed.

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Oxford (Mich.) High School, playing football for coach Bud Rowely … Three-sport standout, earning all-state honors in football while winning the state heavyweight wrestling title … Earned three letters each in football, track, and wrestling … In football, he was all-league, all-county, all-metro and ranked No. 43 by the Detroit Free Press and No. 37 by the Detroit News.

PERSONAL

Industrial Education major … Nicknamed "Chuck" … Had a 3.63 grade-point average in the spring to raise his cumulative GPA to 3.29 … Son of Tony Ghiaciuc and Cathy Griffith … Born May 28, 1981 … Resides in Oxford, Mich.

[bengalsfan33]

Mel Kiper knows his stuff when it comes to the later round, and he says this was a solid pick, so I'm okay with it.

[Bourgeois_Rage]

Kiper was touting him on day 3.

[Bourgeois_Rage]

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