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RSP Boiler Room No.60: QB Chad Kelly (Ole Miss) – Free From the Taskmaster
Ole Miss passer Chad Kelly demonstrates freedom of thought on the type of play that has enslaved many a top prospect. I’ve seen many good college quarterback prospects throw blind into underneath coverage because the rhythm of the play process enslaves their senses. Quick plays where the quarterback looks to one side of the field before…
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RSP Boiler Room No.59: A Window Into QB Study and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson
10 minutes on pre- and post-snap reads, footwork, releases, and the challenges of integrating technique, athletic ability, and conceptual acumen of the game in quarterback evaluation. Evaluating quarterback play is a tough gig. I’m wrong more than I’m right. I’m not alone in this regard. There are so many important facets of competent quarterback play…
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RSP Boiler Room: No.57 – Running Back Leonard Fournette (LSU) and Pacing
When the brakes go out on the dump truck rolling down a mountainside is bearing down on you, the slightest change in movement will create a reaction. Fournette’s best fit is a gap-heavy scheme that creates a downhill exit ramp for him to do his best rendition of a runaway dump truck. And Fournette knows how to…
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RSP Boiler Room No.54: RB Leonard Fournette (LSU)
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2017 NFL Rookie Prospects and Draft Analysis
Links to all essays, analysis, Senior Bowl coverage, and scouting reports about 2017 NFL Draft prospects come from research I undertake to write the Rookie Scouting Portfolio Publication. Now in the 12th year of publication, the RSP is the best of both worlds: a summarized magazine of reports, rankings, and analysis that also shows its work at the…
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RSP Boiler Room No.50: RB Jamaal Williams, BYU
While I watch a lot of tape on each player, one play can tell you a lot. This play from the Jamaal Williams library screams NFL running back. When Jamaal Williams was an underclassman, he was a tall, skinny runner with speed, balance, and moves to spare. Combine his frame, his athletic ability, and…
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RSP Boiler Room No.48: RB D’onta Foreman (Texas) Part II, The Goods
Everything you need from a running back? Maybe… Walking off the bus, 6’1” 249 pound D’onta Foreman looks like the kind of back who can do everything on a football field. Considering that Foreman’s name was on a list of the most elusive running backs in the Big 12 after some news outlet polled folks…
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RSP Boiler Room No.47: RB D’onta Foreman (Texas)
There are a lot of good things to say about D’onta Foreman’s game. I’ll be featuring a couple of those things in the next episode. This time, we’re looking at a moment of mistaken identity on Foreman’s part. I enjoyed watching D’onta Foreman this week. The 6’1″, 249-pound running back has traits I like. He has…
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RSP Film Room No. 50 – WR Mike Williams (Clemson) w/ Matt Harmon
We kick off the 2016 RSP Film Room like the way we ended it: Matt Harmon and I studying a wide receiver. Clemson’s Mike Williams has the build of Martavis Bryant and A.J. Green. Does he have the same game? Matt Harmon and I didn’t see enough contested plays involving Williams against N.C. State and Oklahoma…