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USA Today
25-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Minnesota Vikings end up with different defensive duo in 2013 NFL re-draft
The 2013 NFL Draft will be remembered as one of the last classes to have someone other than a quarterback be the top pick as an offensive player. The class as a whole in the first round was not very deep and had a lot of projects. While some players turned into All-Pros and can have some arguments to be in the Hall of Fame, others were out of the league very quickly. That is why when PFF got to this class in their re-draft series, we knew it was going to be interesting to see how it unfolded. The top pick was offensive tackle Eric Fisher, who went to the Kansas City Chiefs; second overall was Luke Joeckel, who the Jacksonville Jaguars drafted. After them, though, some names could have been in those spots in hindsight. In 2013, the Vikings had two first-round picks and went defensive line and cornerback with the selections of Sharrif Floyd and Xavier Rhodes. The pairing of a Florida Gator and a Florida State Seminole is funny, but for Vikings fans, it is a bit of trauma to think how they did not pan out. In this re-draft, they got two different defenders in edge rusher Ezekiel Ansah and cornerback Desmond Trufant. Trevor Sikkema, who guided this process, explains the picks writing, "Ansah didn't quite live up to his draft status as a No. 5 overall pick, but he was still a disruptive pass rusher at times. He earned a PFF pass-rush grade above 70.0 in four of his eight seasons in the league. He recorded 294 quarterback pressures in his career, with 44 sacks through his first five seasons. . .Trufant made his lone Pro Bowl in 2015 shortly after being drafted by Atlanta in the first round. From 2013 to 2019, he racked up 60 passes defensed. He was also one of the better run-defending cornerbacks in the league, notching four straight 80.0-plus PFF run-defense grades from 2014 to 2017. He would have been an upgrade over Rhodes, who was originally picked here." It is fun to think about how the Vikings could have stolen Ansah from the Lions, who originally drafted him. For Trufant, he had a great start to his career with the Falcons and would have been a fun addition to a talented Vikings secondary with Mike Zimmer. These continue to be fun alternate timelines to look at courtesy of PFF.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Snellville teen charged in shooting spree that targeted former classmates
A 19-year-old Snellville man is facing multiple felony charges after police connected him to a months-long crime spree that included shooting his former high school basketball teammate. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Jet Horne was arrested in May following a carjacking investigation that led detectives to link him to several earlier shootings dating back to December 2024. New charges were added last week. The violence began last December on Pembrook Farm Way near Snellville, where police say Horne shot 20-year-old Talal Ansah as many as eight times as he returned home from work. Ansah suffered brain damage and is still learning to speak again while undergoing rehabilitation. 'Right now he's just going through rehab and trying to basically relearn everything,' said Memuna Ansah, the victim's sister. TRENDING STORIES: Governor's office said it will start issuing special tax refund checks this week 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Dwight Eubanks diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer 'Nursing imposters': Man impersonating healthcare worker arrested, officials say The two had been teammates at South Gwinnett High School and played AAU basketball together, according to Ansah's family. 'This guy was somebody that my brother was friends with,' Ansah told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson. 'He's been over to our house multiple times.' Police say the attacks escalated three months later with drive-by shootings on Ivy Fork Drive and Hidden Ivy Lane near Loganville in March that left one other person injured and multiple homes damaged. Horne's arrest came after an armed carjacking incident on Preserve Park Drive on May 16, which investigators used to connect him to the earlier shootings. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter] Court documents show Horne faces 16 felony charges including multiple counts of aggravated assault, hijacking a motor vehicle, and weapons charges. Meanwhile, Talal Ansah still faces skull surgery ahead and months of additional rehabilitation. His family is preparing their home for his return, while not knowing when he will be able to care for himself again. The motive for the shootings remains unknown. 'It's very disappointing, just because, you know, it's not like those people did anything to him,' Memuna Ansah said.
New Straits Times
30-04-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
German sprint stars storm into KL for Merdeka test
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's top sprinters will get a rare chance to test themselves against Germany's finest at the Cahya Mata Super Series at Merdeka Stadium this weekend. The German squad, using Malaysia as a training base ahead of next month's World Athletics Relay Championships in Guangzhou, will be led by Owen Ansah, the first German to break the 10-second barrier in the 100m. Ansah clocked 9.99s at the German Championships in Braunschweig last June, and will line up in both the 100m and 4x100m relay. Joining him are fellow speedsters Lucas Ansah-Peprah (PB 10.00), Yannick Wolf (10.08) and Julian Wagner (10.11), all set to compete in both the individual sprint and relay events. It will be an ideal benchmark for local stars Khairul Hafiz Jantan, Jonathan Nyepa, Pengiran Aidil Auf Hajam, and Malaysia Games champion Danish Iftikhar Roslee, as they aim to match up against elite opposition. The German men's and women's teams have been training in Malaysia for the past three weeks as part of their final preparations for the World Relays in China on May 10-11. In the women's 100m, national record holder Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli (PB 11.49) will face a strong field, including Germany's top sprinter Sina Mayer, who holds the national record at 11.25. She will be joined by Sophia Junk, Rebekka Haase and Lisa Mayer, who are also slated to run in both the individual and relay events. Malaysia Athletics technical director John Ballard said the meet, which kicks off the local athletics season, will offer invaluable experience. "It's a great opportunity for our sprinters to line up against top-tier athletes from Germany," said Ballard. "Our runners are using this competition as part of their build-up for the Asian Championships in Gumi, South Korea from May 27-31." However, in a strategic move, the German men's sprinters will only run in the 100m semi-finals and sit out the final, in a bid to conserve energy for the World Relays. "The Germans will also field two teams each in the men's and women's 4x100m relays at this weekend's meet," added the Australian coach.
