Rivals.com College Football - NFL draft: Looking at the top underclassmen
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My personal favorite was the reasoning in the George Selvie part. He has a lack of lateral agility apparently, yet he should play in space at OLB? What? I could see the not holding the POA point as the reasoning, but that agility thing in there like that though. A little strange,.....no?
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I noticed that. Weird.
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5. OT Andre Smith, Alabama
THE BUZZ: The Outland Trophy winner has done an excellent job creating holes for the powerful Alabama rushing attack and protecting QB John Parker Wilson. He has struggled with speed rushers at times this season and might be best-suited to play on the right side or inside at guard. Either way, Smith is a light-footed lineman with the body control and agility to play just about anywhere on the line.
Is it just me or does that sound similar to some of the opinions on Jake Long coming out?funkdat likes this. -
^ Yes.
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Taylor, legitimately, weighed what? Maybe he started the season around 255, but I remember reading something about his struggle to keep weight on during the Saban era discussing that he routinely dropped into the high 230's during the late part of the season.
He also spent the bulk of his career being "protected" because he wasn't a great run defender. He because pretty good at it later in his career, but the guy was a mild liability for most of his career I'd argue.Aqua4Ever04 likes this. -
As far as teams taking developmental players, the good ones don't take them with a top 20 pick.