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previous item. ... Avery says the talent that made him a second-round pick and a promising rookie in 2008 is still there, and that the Colts just got themselves a playmaker. In fact, Avery claims that even after his 2010 knee injury, Avery got all the way back to full speed, to the point where he could run a 40-yard dash in 4.25 seconds.
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
"Last year after the injury, after the lockout, I did clock a 4.25," Avery told Indianapolis reporters, in comments distributed by the Colts' PR staff. "It was on grass and it was 40 yards in Houston. ... Avery, who ran a 4.49-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine in 2008, claims that slower time was due to an injured hamstring. Avery missed all of 2010 with a knee injury, then was released by the Rams and caught only three passes for the Titans in 2011, and when he signed with the Colts last week, it was viewed as a relatively insignificant free agent move. But as PFT's Michael David Smith suggests, if Avery is as fast now as he was during his rookie season with the Rams, the Colts have added a good deep threat for Andrew Luck.
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