Roneil Romain | Irvington
Roneil Romain
- Class
- 2025
- Position
- LB
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 180
- School
- Irvington
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Brendan Mankarious | Prep Redzone Scout
Projecting to be the Farmers’ lead man out of the backfield is
Roneil Romain
Roneil
Romain
6'0" | 180 lbs | LB
Irvington | 2025
State
NJ
. Last fall Romain rushed 87 times for 504 yards and 1 score while adding 4 catches for 33 yards and 9 tackles (4 solo) on defense. Romain is a power runner, plain and simple. Defenses should know better than to try to tackle him up high as they have a propensity to roll off of him. He also excels at rushing between the tackles, gaining tough yardage in key situations. His success in such situations can be partly attributed to how he keeps his feet moving. Also in his arsenal of skills is the ability to understand leverage, as he will often “give in” to the tacklers’ leverage, protect the ball, and spin out for additional yardage. Romain can, however, shift his hips just well enough to change his track and redirect without it looking like a dramatic cutback. When asked to block Romain does much more than merely give a chip. In limited clips at linebacker we see Romain read reach blocks clearly and set a hard edge. When a hole opens up the 2025 graduate will insert himself into that gap with urgency. Romain also offers the versatility to play both off the edge or inside. Should Romain seize the bell cow role in the backfield I would encourage him to work on lowering his pad level a bit. Doing so will decrease the surface defender’s have to take him down.
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