Nate’s Big Dogs of the Week: South Dakota, Week 1, Part I

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He shows off an impressive burst off his first step on his second team touchdown of the day to create separation on a go-route with a nearly wide-open lane on his path for another Huskies touchdown. He has some creative route-running ability, as his 29-yard catch around the sidelines had some next-level skillsets to making the high traffic catch and keeping his feet inbounds. His last touchdown showed some really good patience when you look at the timing of his jump. The ball was slightly underthrown from a touch perspective, and he showed some stellar patience to look the ball in, and his vertical known and brought in the 29-yard touchdown. 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Luke also showed off his bounce from inside to the outside lane with his burst on his second touchdown of the day, where he used his vision to explode thru layers of potential tacklers to take the ball the distance for 6. Using this young man off the pitch to the outside, I have a gut feeling is going to be the move this season for Luke, as he capitalized on every pitch showing that elusiveness he has in the open field and the developed game-time speed we have seen from Luke showcase after showcase in Minnesota and the Dakotas. I also liked Luke's tape on his shorter yardage on the inside run, as he created that solid tempo early with his alignment off first contact, which showed off great durability when he had to run between the tackles. 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We've gotten to see this young man a couple times at camps this summer, and you could tell in Week 1 he certainly has used the skillsets he's learned throughout the summer and put them into play early against Clark-Willow Lake. He showed off swift shedding ability to barrel into the backfield and create some physical hitting chaos in the backfield. I also love watching a defensive tackle like Robert, get outside the inside box and extend his range to make a tackle along the outside of the field. Around the 49-second mark, you start to see the pancaking success Robert had, as he used a quick first step and landed a strong punch to get to his man to the turf early in the play with his superb leverage he's gained. 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On his last clip, he showed off excellent footwork starting inside and then breaking to the outside, where he used his burst to finish the rest. 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