Today was interesting. Pretty lively stuff in the team portions.
I get the feeling Oklahoma CB Parnell Motley has really taken over as the week progressed, with his combination of athleticism and confidence. Early in the week he bit bad on a double-move in the one-on-one drills, which I think confident corners do, and so he was beat deep. But that's one play. Today during team there was a period where he was thrown on three times and he broke up all three. He was unassailable. And I've been told he was like that yesterday too.
For that matter CB Elijah Riley of Army kept making plays too.
And CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver III of FIU...had a rough day. Kept getting beat for touchdowns.
I thought DL TreShawn Wharton lit up in team, had a pair of would-be sacks in quick succession where I saw him forced to pull up and the play went on but I still saw it.
I watched a lot of the DL drills and Garrett Marino of UAB was interesting insofar as he could destroy the bags with his punches. He had the quickest, most compact, most powerful punch of anyone there. And what's good is I saw him put it to use during BOB block drills with the DL against the OL. He punched an OL so hard he knocked him to the ground. The problem as I see it is he's a short bald white guy. He looks like a thumb. But that upper body strength may avail him, who knows.
DE Alex Highsmith of Charlotte was the cream of the crop. Nobody here quicker. That said, I was pretty impressed with the quickness and overall flexibility, movement skills, of DE Kendall Coleman of Syracuse.
Clemson WR Diondre Overton showed up today after the national championship and just Moss'd everybody. Multiple times. It was impressive.
And holy cow is UCF RB Adrian Killins tiny. Listed at 5'7" & 164 lbs. He looked like they gave a shriners kid some pads.
I continue to think that Rhode Island OL Kyle Murphy is the guy on this unit that is worth a look.