Dan miller, the defensive enigma.
Is it possible to say a player is ready for the NSFL after only 1 year of college football? Usually this happens because of a plague of injuries, but that's not the case this time.
During Dan's time at LSU, he was studying Kinesiology in hopes of becoming a physical therapist. He was a fitness nut spending far too much time working out. During the end of his junior year, an athletic trainer named Harry Calino stumbled across him working out and begged him to come work out with the team. That work out ended up leading to a try out and then Dan easily landed a starting position at DT which LSU desperately needed help at that position.
His first game was insane. He ended up slipping through the offensive line against Mississippi State and sacking for a loss 3 times in the first half. By the third time, the crowd started chanting, "Dan, Dan, Dan the man!" Mississippi state ended up playing from behind and airing it out, this proved ineffective when Dan blocked a few passes, and then picked up 2 more sacks.
During that 1st year, he ended up being far too dominant for someone so inexperienced.
The man is an athletic freak with a good head on his shoulders. One thing that is super noticeable is he plays every snap hard. He plays hard, smart and plays to win.
He could easily be drafted as a DT since he's familiar with that, but I think he could make a serviceable DE in a pinch.
It's going to be a tough decision for teams to choose to gamble on a player that obviously has raw talent and athleticism, but lacks experience.
I only know one thing, if I was a QB, I wouldn't want this man to be hunting me down.
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Is it possible to say a player is ready for the NSFL after only 1 year of college football? Usually this happens because of a plague of injuries, but that's not the case this time.
During Dan's time at LSU, he was studying Kinesiology in hopes of becoming a physical therapist. He was a fitness nut spending far too much time working out. During the end of his junior year, an athletic trainer named Harry Calino stumbled across him working out and begged him to come work out with the team. That work out ended up leading to a try out and then Dan easily landed a starting position at DT which LSU desperately needed help at that position.
His first game was insane. He ended up slipping through the offensive line against Mississippi State and sacking for a loss 3 times in the first half. By the third time, the crowd started chanting, "Dan, Dan, Dan the man!" Mississippi state ended up playing from behind and airing it out, this proved ineffective when Dan blocked a few passes, and then picked up 2 more sacks.
During that 1st year, he ended up being far too dominant for someone so inexperienced.
The man is an athletic freak with a good head on his shoulders. One thing that is super noticeable is he plays every snap hard. He plays hard, smart and plays to win.
He could easily be drafted as a DT since he's familiar with that, but I think he could make a serviceable DE in a pinch.
It's going to be a tough decision for teams to choose to gamble on a player that obviously has raw talent and athleticism, but lacks experience.
I only know one thing, if I was a QB, I wouldn't want this man to be hunting me down.
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