Four-year starter who has experience at both inside and outside linebacker. Productive sideline to sideline player with good instincts. Sees, registers, and reacts. Fills the inside run quickly and aggressively. Can take on blockers but doesn’t stay blocked. Has the innate quickness to slip blocks. Comes hard downhill. Doesn’t back off. An athlete who is fluid and flexible. Quick hands and feet. Has a closing burst to the ball carrier. Can redirect quickly with good balance. Football smart. Bends his knees and explodes from the ground up. Competitive. Wants to be the first to tackle the ball carrier. Three down linebacker. Has the awareness to go for the strip. A break down wrap up type tackler who doesn’t give ground. Has experience and played well in zone and man to man coverage. Quick movement out of transition to break on the ball. Mentally and physically tough. Intense. Meets the blockers with pad under pad relationship. Good use of hands through traffic. Quickness to shuffle and make plays parallel to the line of scrimmage. For complete report see Ourlads Guide to the NFL Draft.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Quan Sturdivant, Arizona Cardinals, 171st Pick, 6th Round, 2011 NFL Draft
Sturdivant, Quan North Carolina 6014 241 4.67
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Four-year starter who has experience at both inside and outside linebacker. Productive sideline to sideline player with good instincts. Sees, registers, and reacts. Fills the inside run quickly and aggressively. Can take on blockers but doesn’t stay blocked. Has the innate quickness to slip blocks. Comes hard downhill. Doesn’t back off. An athlete who is fluid and flexible. Quick hands and feet. Has a closing burst to the ball carrier. Can redirect quickly with good balance. Football smart. Bends his knees and explodes from the ground up. Competitive. Wants to be the first to tackle the ball carrier. Three down linebacker. Has the awareness to go for the strip. A break down wrap up type tackler who doesn’t give ground. Has experience and played well in zone and man to man coverage. Quick movement out of transition to break on the ball. Mentally and physically tough. Intense. Meets the blockers with pad under pad relationship. Good use of hands through traffic. Quickness to shuffle and make plays parallel to the line of scrimmage. For complete report see Ourlads Guide to the NFL Draft.
Four-year starter who has experience at both inside and outside linebacker. Productive sideline to sideline player with good instincts. Sees, registers, and reacts. Fills the inside run quickly and aggressively. Can take on blockers but doesn’t stay blocked. Has the innate quickness to slip blocks. Comes hard downhill. Doesn’t back off. An athlete who is fluid and flexible. Quick hands and feet. Has a closing burst to the ball carrier. Can redirect quickly with good balance. Football smart. Bends his knees and explodes from the ground up. Competitive. Wants to be the first to tackle the ball carrier. Three down linebacker. Has the awareness to go for the strip. A break down wrap up type tackler who doesn’t give ground. Has experience and played well in zone and man to man coverage. Quick movement out of transition to break on the ball. Mentally and physically tough. Intense. Meets the blockers with pad under pad relationship. Good use of hands through traffic. Quickness to shuffle and make plays parallel to the line of scrimmage. For complete report see Ourlads Guide to the NFL Draft.
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