Meet Jordan Kent, the Rams newest wide receiver

by VanRam on Nov 18, 2009 7:02 AM CST in 2009 regular season Comment 9 comments

The St. Louis Rams made Jordan Kent the latest receiver to cycle through the roster yesterday. He's a big guy at 6'4" and hasn't played football since last season.

The Seahawks released him before the start of this season because of an ankle injury. Tampa Bay and Cleveland were also interested in Kent, but the Rams made the call yesterday. He'll join the team for practice today as part of the 53-man roster, nabbing that coveted 5th receiver spot...which should come with some sort of voodoo insurance policy since being a Rams receiver is now considered a high risk job.

Interesting tidbit about Kent: he's a former high school classmate of Rams LB David Vobora. Kent didn't play football in HS though.

Here's ESPN's Mike Sando:

The Seahawks spent two seasons working with Kent, a former record-setting track athlete at Oregon who needed considerable polish as a receiver.

Here's the scouting report from SBNation:

A supreme athlete with long frame. Former track star and basketball player who brings elite speed and leaping ability to the field.

A late bloomer. Still very raw in terms of technique. Doesn't have a lot of experience producing big numbers at any level.

That kind of makes him sounds like a real diamond in the rough. We'll see about that. The great thing about a team like the Rams this season is that it's a great place for guys to buff out the rough and let the diamond show through. And, yes, a 5th wide receiver merits more than one post for the Rams. Will he see any playing time? Eventually, but remember Spagnuolo seems strangely committed to keeping just 4 receivers active on Sundays.

Don't forget to tune into Turf Show Radio tonight at 7 p.m. Central, it'll be titillating.

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Off topic here

Just read the Saints cut Chase Daniels. Don’t know about salary situations but what if we sign Daniels, move Null to #2 and cut Boller , he’s shown me nuthin’. We know we
have Bulger the rest of the year and if the Saints game is any indication of the offense
starting to get on the same page and more comfortable with each other maybe even
DON’T BE HATIN’ it’s just a thought, keep him next year. We now have two young QBs
to fight for the #2 spot next year and a vet QB (albeit Bulger) to work with them. That should take care of the QB spot without having to use a draft pick on one next year.
IMO none of them are #1s anyway. Then we can pick a stud DE/DT, CB, WR, and OL
the rest of the draft. Pick up a #2 RB in FA and everything is fixed.SUPERBOWL BABY!!!!!
OOOHHHH…………………Head rush……………………….Well?
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by johnniewarthawg on Nov 18, 2009 7:55 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm not a big fan of Daniel's potential, but in regards to this scenario...

why not?

I’d rather have Null as the backup than Boller anyway.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Nov 18, 2009 11:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Kent...

Seahawks fan here. The Hawks had the following WR’s miss significant time last season:
Burleson, Engram, Payne, Obomanu, Branch. That was basically our whole corps. Kent got on the field a bunch and was very disappointing.

He was a late round, high upside pick because of his size and speed. However, he had never been a productive football player..

Coming into his third season he still wasn’t showing much and we had a lot of D-line talent we wanted to retain (subsequently we had to let go of one of those guys due to o-line injuries) and all of our receivers healthy so we let go of Kent. Its hard to teach an old dog new tricks, and in Kent’s case, that trick is playing football. At this point I would say the odds of him learning to be a legitimate NFL receiver (not all about size and speed) are extremely thin… and he won’t be a contributor in the mean-time anyways.

The Rams, I suppose, are in a position to dream.

by michaelfox99 on Nov 18, 2009 10:15 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Though Id like to see Kent do well

Im afraid you’re right.

by dbcouver on Nov 18, 2009 10:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Call it a dream.

Call it a roll of the dice.

Okay. Call it a roll of the dice.

The Rams aren’t dreaming anything about Kent. There are no expectations or wishes upon any stars about him. They picked him up for the same reasons the Seahawks spent a draft pick on him. He’s big and has athletic ability.

If he fails, who cares. It’s not like we used a draft pick on him.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Nov 18, 2009 11:38 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

A little Bio due?

Just wondering—what was his non-production due to? Did he suffer from Klop-drop or was he not targeted? Did he over-run the QB’s arm? No separation? I don’t know anything about his mo-jo, but I sure would like to-

by Knoxfan on Nov 18, 2009 8:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

This sounds like an Al Davis type of pick. LOL

by 81 Witness on Nov 18, 2009 10:19 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Except it's not a "pick".

There’s sortof a difference….

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Nov 18, 2009 11:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he'll

start off on kick/punt returns. I know Amendola has the honor now, but maybe Kent see’s a couple of touches in the coming weeks. Personally, tho I haven’t seen him play, not too many track stars can make the leap into the NFL. So with that said, high hopes, low expectations.

by RamsFan1979 on Nov 18, 2009 2:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs