Dustin Otuafi
Dustin Otuafi
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Andy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Dustin is an active backer who does well navigating through traffic and is a physical backer. He gets to top gear within strides and a player with good reactionary skills. He moves well and does a good job of disengaging from his blocks and has good pursuit.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Dustin is an active and physical backer who does well attacking and pressing forward. He does well in not getting bogged down in traffic and will pursue and chase down the ball carrier. He has good size and shows good instincts, doing well in attacking once he plants his back leg.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Otuafi as been an effective on-ball backer that has a good frame and hand fighting to disengage from his blocks. He brings good physicality and is a backer that is best when pressing forward and reacting to the ball.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Otuafi is an exciting on-ball backer who shows good instincts, has a quick burst off the line, and is a backer who can shed his blocks with ease. He is best as an attacking backer.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Otuafi climbs 51 spots and comes in as the 72nd prospect in the state. He is an active and physical backer with good instincts and a quick first step. He’s an effective on-ball backer, but he isn’t out of his element if he needs to cover a running back or linebacker. He moves well laterally and is a textbook tackler.
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Read EvaluationAndy Pham | Prep Redzone Scout
Otuafi is a physical linebacker with good instincts. He shows good footwork and diagnoses plays quickly. Otuafi shows excellent pass rush skills and has good closing speed and a quick first step off the line with a good hip bend to get around the edge. He sheds blockers well and has good tackling form and showcases his strong play in this aspect. Otuafi can drop back and cover his zone without getting lost in space and does a good job of switching off when a receiver leaves his space coverage and doesn’t leave his area uncovered. He is best as an on-ball backer and would be good at a hybrid LEO role where he can roam around and rush the quarterback. He’s a fun player that should get regionally recruited.
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Read EvaluationLawrence Sanft | Prep Redzone Scout
Otuafi is an athletic prospect that plays the outside linebacker position in the Charger’s defense. Shows agility, body control, hips and coordination to play the position. Plays with initial quickness to read and react. Ability to move through traffic to find ball carriers in the run game.Strength to take on blocks. Lateral quickness to move across the LOS. Shows burst as a blitz rusher. A sure tackler at the LOS and the open field.Otuafi has the size and athleticism to play the WILL linebacker position in a 4-3 defensive type scheme.
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