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Boiler Room: Jesse James Penn State TE
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RSP Film Room No.22: DE Shawn Oakman (Baylor)
Shawn Oakman will surely earn serious consideration on physical potential alone. See what he’ll need to address at the next level. He’s built like the ultimate professional wrestling heel and plays that positional equivalent in football. However, when does having a comic book body become an asset or liability for a player like Baylor defensive…
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WR Tony Jones: Economy of Movement
Recently, I profiled what can happen when a receiver leaves the ground too willingly. Let’s look at Northwestern’s Tony Jones, a receiver who understands economy of movement with a high target. “Eyes to the Sky, Feet on the Ground” has its own specific display on a 20-yard reception, a target not even intended for Jones on…
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Seeing Two Games In One: Projecting College Performance to the NFL
Effective personnel evaluation requires a little bit of time travel, seeing double, and a rich imagination. See below. I’m among the football writers you’ll read or listen to on a podcast explain that it’s important to know the difference between “college” accuracy and “pro” accuracy. When described, it often means tighter passing lanes against zone…
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WR Markeith Ambles: “Playing Big”
Sometimes I see plays that are more instructive of the position than they are revealing about a player’s NFL potential. You can read about Markeith Ambles in the 2015 Rookie Scouting Portfolio when it’s available for the April 1 download. Today’s post features Ambles on an excellent touchdown catch, but the reception from the…
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RSP Film Room No.20: Nebraska WR/KR Kenny Bell
There are six plays from Odell Beckham’s LSU tape that made me a fan of his game. Bell isn’t Odell Beckham, but the reasons I like his game aren’t much different on tape. I’m a fan of quick, physical, technically sound, smart, and versatile football players. Kenny Bell hits these marks. I’ve seen three games of…
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Boiler Room: KR-PR-WR Christion Jones, Alabama
I’ve never published a post about a special teams prospect. Alabma senior Christion Jones is my first. I have written two spotlights dedicated to players with special teams prowess out of the nearly 900 posts on this blog, but I never published them. The prospects were former Tulsa (now Texans) star Damaris Johnson and Georgia…
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Reads Listens Views 12/12/14
A Duo of Devantes, A Meghan Trainor Parody, An Early Anonymous Scouts Story, and A Love Supreme. What is Reads Listens Views? If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome. I post links on Fridays to pieces that I’ve found personally compelling or to content I haven’t read yet. You may not like…
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What I’ve Learned: Context and Perspective Trump Technique
A football writer called me up yesterday morning and broached a topic that I believe separates the savvier talent analysts from the less nuanced: quarterback mechanics. “How important are quarterback mechanics and what do you make of analysts that cite them as critical cause-effect issues with the development or lack of development of a passer?”…
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Trick Shot Hero: WR Ezell Ruffin
