04-27-2018, 06:08 PM
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*****The Breeland Speaks Thread*****
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Overview
Speaks finished strong in his final year in Oxford, sacking the quarterback six times in the team's final six games from the defensive end position. He started all 12 games for the Rebels in 2017, posting 67 tackles, eight for loss which included seven sacks to garner second-team All-SEC by league media. The Jackson, Mississippi native and four-star recruit was a defensive tackle initially, redshirting in 2014 and then starting two of 13 games played the following year (32 tackles, 5.5 for loss, one sack, two pass breakups). Speaks played in every game again as a sophomore, starting seven, making 28 tackles, 1.5 for loss, and a sack.
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Strengths- Big man with good speed and plus athletic ability
- Has experience at a variety of spots along defensive line
- Has size and length to play in odd or even front
- Punches with good hand placement, arm extension and rolled hips when allowed to two-gap
- Has attitude and edge
- Flashes potential to become more proficient with hands as a weapon
- Able to play ahead of move blocks and disrupt into backside gaps
- Plays with plus awareness
- Responds well to flow of the play
- Offers a little more pass rush than expected as power end
- Pairs hands and feet to help free him as interior rusher along the edge
- Arm-over move has some potential
Weaknesses- Had just one season of big production
- Inconsistent at leveraging gap
- Plays top-heavy with high pad level
- Allows blockers under his pads when attacking gaps
- Hip-tightness leads to narrowing of his base
- Struggles to hold ground against down blocks and can be rolled out of the gap
- Has straight line speed, but lateral agility and foot quickness are average in tight quarters
- Goes over the edge with emotions
- Chippy hitter willing to lead with helmet when play is ending
- Ejected for targeting against Kentucky and ejected against Mississippi State for two unsportsmanlike penalties
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