Strengths

• Excellent hustle-and-chase tackler. Good closing speed with change of direction to corral mobile quarterbacks.
• Relentless, tenacious worker on and off the field. Plays faster than he'll time with football quickness and footwork.
• Flashes strength at the point of attack with active, violent hand use. Forceful with his upper body to defeat blocks. Strong hustle player.
• Strong tackler. Has good power in hands and can anchor, shed, and chase.
• Flashes upper-body strength to rip and has the punch to push through interior linemen on stunts and twists.
• Aggressive with good awareness to track the ball and attack. Tenacious, tough, competItIve and versatile.
• Has fluid footwork to redirect, reverse momentum and close with a burst. Regularly first off the ball with good snap anticipation.
• Average quickness and power and his bull rush will be stonewalled. Comes off the snap high, losing leverage.

Weaknesses

• Misses tackles, even when he gets his hands on the ballcarrier. Needs to improve hand placement and technique.
• Average athletically with average straight line speed and tight hips. Not a natural bender. Lacks secondary pass-rush moves.