Gerrick McPhearson Jr was an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 cornerback

Cornerback

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. He is 5 foot 10 inches tall and weighs 197 pounds. He was on the New York Giants

New York Giants

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 practice squad in 2006 mostly before being activated to the active roster in the latter part of the season. He was selected in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft

2006 NFL Draft

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 out of the University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

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. McPhearson is arguable one of the fastest players in collegiate football history, Being recorded in times of (4.18),(4.19), and (4.21) in the 40 yard dash. McPhearson was expected to break the 40 yrd dash record at the NFL combine in 2006, but his time of (4.42)was much slower due to a pulled hamstring he suffered in practice of the East vs West AllStar game in San Antonio, Texas.