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Tourney talk: Hardwood to helmets

By Bruce Feldman

Monday, March 23, 2009

With the NCAA hoops tournament in high gear, I thought it'd be a good time to look at things through a football prism. And since there have been a few examples of basketball players who ended up as football guys, here are the 10 guys in the NCAA tourney who I'd like to see give football a try: 1. James Johnson, Wake Forest: Johnson has three things that would intrigue every NFL scout : a great frame (6-foot-9, 245 pounds), explosiveness (a 41-inch vertical) and toughness (21-0 in kickboxing com ...

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