Playing a lot of centerfield safety for the Indians was the 5’11” 165lb Motley. Motley’s discipline shined to me, as he did a great job of keying in on his reads, burning a hole through them as he played defense. Whether it was Cover 2 or Cover 3, his buy-in allowed him to correctly pass off receivers to fellow defenders who were seeing the same thing, thus eliminating all windows for opposing quarterbacks to throw to. As mentioned before, this mid-season form pass defense led to numerous coverage sacks. Further, Motley reacts appropriately to when the ball is in flight and seemingly explodes to play the ball the moment opposing quarterbacks start their motion. This led to the standout safety making many, what offenses would call, ordinary and “safe” throws into legitimate 5050 balls.

With as much talent as Weequahic has on their roster it is easy for their players to get lost in the sauce at times – especially since there is only one ball to go around. Considering this, Motley did his damndest to shine at the camp. Whether he was lined up as a back or split out wide, Motley demonstrated extremely crips, sharp cuts both when running routes and when evading a would-be tackler. This shiftiness allowed him to create space as his routes developed due to how clean his patterns were ran; and when he finally had the ball in his hands he was a routine user of the juke move.