re: Tyler Taylor comparison to Kendell Beckwith

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I'm not sure how you can say a country boy like Beckwith isn't as natural as you can get. He was coached up at DE initially then gets into the LB spot and tears it up. Plus, Taylor hasn't even played a snap of next level ball. I think this is more of the excitement around new recruits that haven't proven themselves yet.

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I'm not sure you understood the intention of my post. I never said Beck wasn't a great player.

He's a better athlete than Taylor all around, but he was a DE at first and was more of an athlete playing football than anything else coming out of HS. He has developed into a great MLB and I think he'll be a very good pro if he heals well.

I'll never forget Beckwith in the UA game in HS chasing down a 5* running back from sideline to sideline from behind. I was sold then. Taylor is just more polished at the position at this point in their careers.

And I'm not sure what country boy has to do with anything.

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I'm not sure how you can say a country boy like Beckwith isn't as natural as you can get. He was coached up at DE initially then gets into the LB spot and tears it up.

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He was a QB and DE in high school. It took time for him to adapt to LB in college. That's not an insult, it's a fact. He wasn't ready to step immediately because he wasn't a natural LB coming in. He was groomed to it.