yayarea_raider
04-26-2009, 09:02 PM
here are two undrafted guys that have experience playing nose tackle:
Antonio Dixon, Miami '09 NFL Prospect Head-to-Head: Week 6
Chris Steuber
http://profootball.scout.com/2/797047.html
Antonio Dixon is a big, athletic interior lineman who, when healthy, can create a lot of problems in the trenches. He has a quick first step, plays with outstanding pad level and gets penetration through the middle. He plays with a solid motor, is forceful up field and fights off double teams.
Miami has one of the top run defenses in the country, allowing just 65 YPG, and senior Antonio Dixon has been a huge reason. At 6-foot-3, 324 pounds, Dixon is a load in the middle and fills a gap nicely. He may not have high production numbers (7 tackles), but what he does in the trenches, by occupying two blockers at once, allows others around him to make plays.
another:
Antonio Dixon is a squat, wide bodied interior lineman who can be used on the nose. Displaying terrific first step quickness he plays with a good agree of explosion and fires through gaps up the field. More of a straight-line defender Dixon struggles changing direction and must develop more moves with his hands as he is easily slowed by blocks. A space eater who should be highly coveted on draft day, Dixon is not known as a high motor player which will hurt his stock at the next level.
Marlon Favorite, LSU (4 sacks, 11.5 TFL)
2009 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report:
person
Marlon Favorite, DT, LSU
Favorite is not quite as massive as some of the other NFL-esque LSU linemen, but he has good size at 6'1 and 302 pounds. The defensive tackle either needs to get bigger or quicker in order to make a serious impact at the next level. He has run under 5.2 in the 40-yard-dash and has decent lateral movement along the line, but he needs to improve in both areas to become a consistent force. Consistency has not been Favorite's forte in Baton Rouge, in part because he has never been a full-time starter. He started four of 13 games as a sophomore in 2006, six of 11 as a junior, and four of eight so far this season. Favorite has never racked up incredible stats due to the somewhat limited playing time. Through eight games in 2008 he has 19 tackles - one for loss - and one sack. He will bring plenty of experience to the NFL table, however, despite the relative lack of starting experience. Favorite redshirted in 2004 and has seen significant on-field action in each of his four playing seasons as a Tiger. He figures to be a backup at least for a while on Sundays, but he should be ready right away to step in should a starter go down or need some relief in the middle of the defensive line. Favorite is also a standout in the classroom (already graduated) and in the community, so he enters the NFL with none of those all-too-usual off-the-field concerns.
GO GET ONE OF THEM!
Antonio Dixon, Miami '09 NFL Prospect Head-to-Head: Week 6
Chris Steuber
http://profootball.scout.com/2/797047.html
Antonio Dixon is a big, athletic interior lineman who, when healthy, can create a lot of problems in the trenches. He has a quick first step, plays with outstanding pad level and gets penetration through the middle. He plays with a solid motor, is forceful up field and fights off double teams.
Miami has one of the top run defenses in the country, allowing just 65 YPG, and senior Antonio Dixon has been a huge reason. At 6-foot-3, 324 pounds, Dixon is a load in the middle and fills a gap nicely. He may not have high production numbers (7 tackles), but what he does in the trenches, by occupying two blockers at once, allows others around him to make plays.
another:
Antonio Dixon is a squat, wide bodied interior lineman who can be used on the nose. Displaying terrific first step quickness he plays with a good agree of explosion and fires through gaps up the field. More of a straight-line defender Dixon struggles changing direction and must develop more moves with his hands as he is easily slowed by blocks. A space eater who should be highly coveted on draft day, Dixon is not known as a high motor player which will hurt his stock at the next level.
Marlon Favorite, LSU (4 sacks, 11.5 TFL)
2009 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report:
person
Marlon Favorite, DT, LSU
Favorite is not quite as massive as some of the other NFL-esque LSU linemen, but he has good size at 6'1 and 302 pounds. The defensive tackle either needs to get bigger or quicker in order to make a serious impact at the next level. He has run under 5.2 in the 40-yard-dash and has decent lateral movement along the line, but he needs to improve in both areas to become a consistent force. Consistency has not been Favorite's forte in Baton Rouge, in part because he has never been a full-time starter. He started four of 13 games as a sophomore in 2006, six of 11 as a junior, and four of eight so far this season. Favorite has never racked up incredible stats due to the somewhat limited playing time. Through eight games in 2008 he has 19 tackles - one for loss - and one sack. He will bring plenty of experience to the NFL table, however, despite the relative lack of starting experience. Favorite redshirted in 2004 and has seen significant on-field action in each of his four playing seasons as a Tiger. He figures to be a backup at least for a while on Sundays, but he should be ready right away to step in should a starter go down or need some relief in the middle of the defensive line. Favorite is also a standout in the classroom (already graduated) and in the community, so he enters the NFL with none of those all-too-usual off-the-field concerns.
GO GET ONE OF THEM!