re: 2017 RMD: In The Books!

In round 16, Team FibonacciSquared will select Marquise Blair, Outside Linebacker - Utah.



Originally a 4* Safety signee for Syracuse (their highest rated recruit) in the class of 2015, but the NCAA did some shady nonsense and waited until a few weeks before enrolling in classes to disallow his transcripts. LINK Coaching staff and Marquise were understandably not happy.

Flash forward, and he goes on to Dodge City CC to convert to an outside backer and he's fantastic. Roughly 100 tackles this past season, 60+ were solo and 23 were TFL. 3 Sacks, 4 Forced Fumbles, 3 Fumble Recoveries, and 4 INTs... One of those "nose for the football" kids in every way. Not used as much as a pass rusher due to strong coverage skills, you can see in his highlights that he shines both ways though. At 6'3" but only 190-195, he's obviously a little undersized for the NFL at this time, but he's also a converted safety and playing on the WC, the size may be less of a problem. Right now at Utah, He'd probably be at least the 2nd or 3rd best OLB they have even at his current weight. If he can put on some more muscle and push say at least 210, he's going to flourish with little competition for playing time.
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