Nate Fakahafua
Today known as Nate Orchard, the 3 star WR finished his college career by dominating OT Andrus Peat (Stanford) for 2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and national defensive player of the week honors.
CBS Sports' Dane Brugler wrote that Utah redshirt senior edge rusher Nate Orchard "forced evaluators to take a second look" with his performance at the Senior Bowl.
The Utes prospect recorded 84 tackles in 2014, including 21.5 TFL and 18.5 sacks. "Despite a record-setting senior season at Utah, Orchard wasn't considered a first-round pick entering the week and was far from being a top-100 lock," Brugler wrote. "But he forced evaluators to take a second look after he routinely flashed during practices, winning with edge speed, long arms and active energy. Orchard has his limitations, but he also uses his bag of tricks to be effective, reinforcing that at times the end result is more important than the process." An NFL GM told NFL Media in December that Orchard was a Day 3 prospect despite his consistent 2014 dominance, while an NFC scout told the website in November that Orchard "could be a dynamic pass rusher as a pro." All involved parties agree that Orchard improved his stock at the Senior Bowl. "He showed well in all three areas you want to see from a 3-4 outside linebacker: He converted speed to power as a pa Jan 27 - 7:27 PM
Source: CBS Sports
People get caught up in weight, positions, etc etc etc. Just get the athletes on campus and let their roles sort themselves out over time. Zero people could have predicted that this 3 star, 5.7, 195lb, WR would break records as a pass rusher at Utah -- you just never know. Rivals doesn't know, the coaches don't know, you can only handicap their ability and their work ethic and from there, bring in the best athletes, the hardest workers, the leaders ... and let them play the game.
More than anything, just a reminder to keep your opinions on players open and a nice bit of draft day trivia for your fellow know-it-all buddies. This kid is one bad Faka.
Today known as Nate Orchard, the 3 star WR finished his college career by dominating OT Andrus Peat (Stanford) for 2 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and national defensive player of the week honors.
CBS Sports' Dane Brugler wrote that Utah redshirt senior edge rusher Nate Orchard "forced evaluators to take a second look" with his performance at the Senior Bowl.
The Utes prospect recorded 84 tackles in 2014, including 21.5 TFL and 18.5 sacks. "Despite a record-setting senior season at Utah, Orchard wasn't considered a first-round pick entering the week and was far from being a top-100 lock," Brugler wrote. "But he forced evaluators to take a second look after he routinely flashed during practices, winning with edge speed, long arms and active energy. Orchard has his limitations, but he also uses his bag of tricks to be effective, reinforcing that at times the end result is more important than the process." An NFL GM told NFL Media in December that Orchard was a Day 3 prospect despite his consistent 2014 dominance, while an NFC scout told the website in November that Orchard "could be a dynamic pass rusher as a pro." All involved parties agree that Orchard improved his stock at the Senior Bowl. "He showed well in all three areas you want to see from a 3-4 outside linebacker: He converted speed to power as a pa Jan 27 - 7:27 PM
Source: CBS Sports
People get caught up in weight, positions, etc etc etc. Just get the athletes on campus and let their roles sort themselves out over time. Zero people could have predicted that this 3 star, 5.7, 195lb, WR would break records as a pass rusher at Utah -- you just never know. Rivals doesn't know, the coaches don't know, you can only handicap their ability and their work ethic and from there, bring in the best athletes, the hardest workers, the leaders ... and let them play the game.
More than anything, just a reminder to keep your opinions on players open and a nice bit of draft day trivia for your fellow know-it-all buddies. This kid is one bad Faka.
