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I don't know. After watching a lot of Upshaw video, I see a guy who relies heavily on his bull rush. He doesn't have an advanced reportoire of pass rushing moves, and gets blocked fairly easily. He won't be able to take advantage of his physical ability as much in the pros.
Casserly isn't too far off in my opinion.
Upshaw as a college player was a beast, don't ever doubt that. He excelled in the SEC by being versatile. The reasons I think we pass on Upshaw are because he is short and slow. He's not athletic enough to play OLB; small for DE and maybe too slow for ILB. But theoretically he can play all three positions.
Consequently if we did take Upshaw at #48, you have to think BB is sending a clear message to Cunningham and/or Spikes (If we move Upshaw to ILB) that he/they need(s) to bring their game up a notch or two, big time.