PSR Showcase Coverage: D-linemen That Caught My Eye, Part III
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Our event coverage of Coach Pennisi’s PSR Showcase continues. First we will review positional breakdowns of prospects that caught my eye at each position. These breakdowns are only from my subjective on-site observations. They do not take into consideration film, highlights, or…
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Continue ReadingOur event coverage of Coach Pennisi’s PSR Showcase continues. First we will review positional breakdowns of prospects that caught my eye at each position. These breakdowns are only from my subjective on-site observations. They do not take into consideration film, highlights, or anything else.
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Top Defensive Linemen from the PSR Big Showcase
After four years in their program, the Ironmen’s rising senior had a nice build to him. Tall, big, sturdy, and burly are requisites to play in the conference that Don Bosco does – and Horodnik checks all those boxes. However, what happened to catch my eye about Horodnik was the use of his hands. His hands were very active in a variety of ways – hand fighting, push-pull, swipes, and clubs. The move that was perhaps the most effective and refined was his rip. When Horodnik ripped, it was fast, sudden, explosive, followed through, and was – most importantly – effective to shed his block.
Rosario was another player that I have noticed a few times already during this spring’s camp circuit. Having finally gotten a close look at him, the Barron’s anchor-in-the-middle is built like a brick house. He is tough, strong, and held down the middle. What drew my attention to Rosario though was how well he moves. I did not initially catch it during agilities, but during one-on-ones he was one of the quicker, twitcher, and faster interior defensive linemen in attendance. This routinely force his matchup to recover throughout the duration of the afternoon.
If St. Joseph’s by the Sea High School football program is a ship, I think I just found that ships anvil-sized anchor. Tyndorf is MASSIVE. He was probably not the heaviest interior defensive lineman present, but he might have been the tallest. This causes him to lean out and have an outstanding FBC-caliber build and frame to play any position on either side of the line. His long arms created an immense amount of space and gave his matchup fits. He bull rushed so well and has the length to disrupt passing lanes even if he does not get a push. Given his gravitas, Tyndorf has the potential decide when he wants to be the immovable force or the unstoppable object.
Highlights
The Fighting Farmers might have their next outstanding interior linemen in Adeniran. The first prospect on today’s report to get run from the underclassmen talent pool, Adeniran put forth an outstanding effort when working agilities. He demonstrated explosiveness when going down hill, did not relinquish too much of a stride when he bent the corner, and was able to pick-up-and-put-down his feet like they were on fire. Additionally, I noticed the emergence of powerful hips. There were a few glimmers of Adeniran generating powerful and sudden torque when he was asked to flip his hips around.
As just a rising freshman, should he keep on this trajectory, humble opinion Simmons is a sure-bet blue chip FBS prospect. First thing I noticed was how agile and light on his feet he was. He changed directions like a sports car and had the light feet of a ballerina that generated as much power as a tracker trailer. Next thing Simmons excelled at was using his hands. For how young he is, he uses his hands to disengage and shed blocks better than most seniors. Finally, Simmons is awfully physical. He possesses the power to succeed against any caliber of player, but also showed that he can turn speed rushes into power rushes by simply flipping a switch.