Demario Ballard Western Oregon football highlights

[Mustyman10]

Weed...what's crackin homie?! Demarrio "Weed" Ballard was a good high school basketball player. I graduated with him at Thomson High School in 2002. I didnt even realize he played football anywhere. Someone just told me about this the other day. We are from a small town outside of Augusta GA and are a classic smalltown football city. Casper & Jasper Brinkley, and Danny Verdun are from the same town, and play/played in the NFL. I knew he didnt go to college straight out of HS in 2002 but its

[Mustyman10]

Weed...what's crackin homie?! Demarrio "Weed" Ballard was a good high school basketball player. I graduated with him at Thomson High School in 2002. I didnt even realize he played football anywhere. Someone just told me about this the other day. We are from a small town outside of Augusta GA and are a classic smalltown football city. Casper & Jasper Brinkley, and Danny Verdun are from the same town, and play/played in the NFL. I knew he didnt go to college straight out of HS in 2002 but its

[tyktykboom]

GO LIONS! I hope this guys makes the team, Megatron (Calvin Johnson), Jumbotron (Brandon Pettigrew) Recepticon (Nate Burleson) and ????

[mcsibs]

@tyktykboom Super De-Mario-Tron?... no? I tried.

[kaliiq]

anybody know his 40 time?

[bigmike82011]

@kaliiq 4.39

[246MLG]

How did major programs overlook this guy? What I like about him is that you can tell he's a football player and not just a tall guy with athleticism. I hope the Lions give him a real shot. Can you imagine this guy in the Red Zone?!

[ejp0421]

Looks like he could gain quite a bit more good weight, i wonder if he could become a mismatch tight end? Either way nice free agent pick up.

[bcresss]

Pullease Keep him Schwartz

[Bloomds]

This kid is legit. How the hell did he go undrafted? It's not like 4.5 is slow, especially when you've got a half-foot over most CBs. Definitely making the roster, this one.

[Whatthebleepitybleep]

@Bloomds He's probably an unknown because, honestly, not many people have really heard of Western Oregon.

you'd be surprised at some of the guys who went undrafted. Rod Smith, Warren Moon, John Randle. that's just how it goes sometimes in the NFL. Hope he pans out. Go LIONS!

[mrosh97]

They say he has ran as fast as a 4.45 forty yard dash.

[Ultimaschannel]

Mayhew working the UDFA pool Aaron Berry now this guy

[Spartanfan323]

I just went to the Lions practice this morning and this guy is HUGE! He's built just like Calvin and I honestly kept mistaking him for CJ the whole time

[frankc941]

cant wait to see this guy on the other side of calvin

[barbarylions]

I agree, He's a keeper. DAMN!

[kg4tyr]

Welcome to the Motor City

[eduardorobinski]

man, we gotta keep him on the roster

[magnumpi30]

We got the big fella...he has great hands and speed at that size..he we def get a lot of playing time

[rotavarp]

Welcome to Detroit!