Brian Kelly Explains How Harold Perkins Has Improved In Pass Coverage

During the SEC Coaches Teleconference, Brian Kelly was asked about star linebacker Harold Perkins who continues to make big plays on defense, especially in coverage where he has three pass breakups and an interception on the season. Per SDS:

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“Because of proximity, in terms of being space, it forces him to get his hands on wide receivers,” Kelly said. “To play in a — when you’re playing in the box, if you will, if you can use that term, between the tackles, dropping becomes really a larger degree very limited. Because you’re working from the hash into the boundary to the middle of the field. Whereas when you’re working 2/3 of the field like he does, because he’s always to the field, he’s got to get out to the hash, he’s got to carry vertical routes, he’s got to get out to the flat, he’s got to get to the hook. Really forces you to be competent in a lot of different areas, he’s got to do a lot of different things. So that’s really helped him because he’s patrolling so much more field than he was when he was playing inside the tackle box.”

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