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I had been hearing the name Larry English pop up a lot lately. I guess projected as a mid day 1 pick. A friend of mine played at Nothern Illinois and gets every game via satellite. He was kind enough to make a DVD for me from some games this season. Needless to say, he was very high on English. He swung by my office this afternoon and dropped it off. I was able to look at tonight with a pad a pen and really focus on English alone. Here's what I saw of him based on the Tennessee game, the C. Michigan game and the Miami of Ohio game.
-Plays with outstanding pad/hip height.
-Delivers thump to chest of blocker, maintains technique, controls the outside shoulder of the blocker against the run.
-Agressive against cracks and doubles, but will get washed on jet cracks and other motion based downblocks.
-Blurry footspeed.
-Uses hands well as a rusher, keeps hands off of his breastplate.
-Favors the rip, uses it to set up other moves.
-Against C. Michigan, he takes a wide split. Beats T to the outside, back come up to assist on English's outside shoulder. English allows chip, takes momentum from chip, turns it to inside spin across the chest of the T. Sack.
-Defending run from OLB, keeps hips square to LOS, plays with excellent hands vs outside zone, wades through traffic. Impossible to run outside zone on. Cannot deny penetration against 51.
-Defends cut with tremendous form. Presses cut to turf, steps over and into gap, landing square and in hitting position.
-Concussive hitter.
-Reads the play with precision, displayed outstanding awareness on 27 counter trey vs Tenn, reads playside downblocks, crashes b gap, swims PG, 3yd TFL.
-Drops into coverage 2-4 times/half.
- Linebacker hips, quick to open into drop steps.
- Settles well, shoulders over knees, can run with TE.
-Violent player.
-Never takes a play off.
-Relentless in persuit.
-Several tackles/FF's from persuit tackles well downfield.
-Does not showboat.
-Patriot.
I'm sold on English. Sold, sold, sold, sold. Granted, he's really the only guy I have watched some games of, but the kid can flat out ball. His motor is outstanding, he has linebacker agility, he is agressive yet controlled. He is stout on attempted kickouts and wins 50lb mismatches with outstanding technique and leverage. He displays the type of vision required for Patriot players. This guy has Patriot written all over him.
-Plays with outstanding pad/hip height.
-Delivers thump to chest of blocker, maintains technique, controls the outside shoulder of the blocker against the run.
-Agressive against cracks and doubles, but will get washed on jet cracks and other motion based downblocks.
-Blurry footspeed.
-Uses hands well as a rusher, keeps hands off of his breastplate.
-Favors the rip, uses it to set up other moves.
-Against C. Michigan, he takes a wide split. Beats T to the outside, back come up to assist on English's outside shoulder. English allows chip, takes momentum from chip, turns it to inside spin across the chest of the T. Sack.
-Defending run from OLB, keeps hips square to LOS, plays with excellent hands vs outside zone, wades through traffic. Impossible to run outside zone on. Cannot deny penetration against 51.
-Defends cut with tremendous form. Presses cut to turf, steps over and into gap, landing square and in hitting position.
-Concussive hitter.
-Reads the play with precision, displayed outstanding awareness on 27 counter trey vs Tenn, reads playside downblocks, crashes b gap, swims PG, 3yd TFL.
-Drops into coverage 2-4 times/half.
- Linebacker hips, quick to open into drop steps.
- Settles well, shoulders over knees, can run with TE.
-Violent player.
-Never takes a play off.
-Relentless in persuit.
-Several tackles/FF's from persuit tackles well downfield.
-Does not showboat.
-Patriot.
I'm sold on English. Sold, sold, sold, sold. Granted, he's really the only guy I have watched some games of, but the kid can flat out ball. His motor is outstanding, he has linebacker agility, he is agressive yet controlled. He is stout on attempted kickouts and wins 50lb mismatches with outstanding technique and leverage. He displays the type of vision required for Patriot players. This guy has Patriot written all over him.
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