WEBVTT - Drive Time: Ollie Gordon, Dante Trader Breakdowns and Dolphins Draft Themes 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:12.559 What is up Dolphins, and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.800 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and on today's show 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:18.360 a couple of more prospect profiles to get to. We're 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:21.439 going to break down two more players the Dolphins drafted 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:26.079 this past weekend, Dante Trader, junior from Maryland and Olie Gordon, 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:29.560 the running back from Oklahoma State. Plus UDFA news coming 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:32.680 off the wire here, hot and heavy, fast and furious. 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.480 Here on a Saturday night. As I record this podcast 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.879 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:43.400 This is the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:47.599 Somebody in the content room just asked me, like it's 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:49.239 over right, they all got to go home, Like, oh, 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:51.199 you have no idea. It is time to get on 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:53.840 the phone for all the udfas and that's what happening 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:56.720 right now for the Dolphins and the entire National Football League. 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:58.520 I'm gonna go ahead and just go over some of. 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:01.160 The reported signs we've talked to, we've heard about already 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:04.920 on social media, and it happens fast man. UCF cornerback 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:06.759 b J Adams was a guy that's on a thirty 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:08.640 visit down here in Miami. We talked about his tape 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:11.560 a little bit really good man cover skills, finds the football. 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:13.520 He is one of the reported ten names to come 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:17.000 down to Miami. Alabama long snapper Neiland Hibbert on the 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:19.400 list as well. I don't know much about his game. 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:24.000 Running Back Nate Nole, a Appalachian State and Missouri product, 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:27.920 comes up here for a UDFA to be a UDFA 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.160 for the Miami Dolphins. Not familiar with his name and 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:33.600 his game either, to be quite honest. Northwestern's Aj Henning 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:37.119 a wide receiver. Plenty of receivers on this list from Northwestern, 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.440 He's part of the group there, and they also get 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:44.039 Missouri's Theo Weez the receiver from Missouri. He was a 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.160 big target for a lot of teams in UDFA, per 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.360 Barry Jackson saying that there was a bunch of teams 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:52.640 out for him and the Dolphins won that bidding. Baylor 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:55.800 wide receiver Mona Ray bald Win another big time target there. 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:59.400 And Arkansas wide receiver Andrew Armstrong, who Kyle Krabs text 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.160 me right away, Hey, go check out Armstrong. 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:02.160 He can flat out play. 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.520 So that's the udfas as of now, and we'll update 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:07.920 this as we go on throughout the week and get 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:11.480 these signings officially confirmed. And again we'll have the great 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:14.560 Emery Hunt on the show to take us through this 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:16.000 and tell you who's going to make the team from 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:18.120 the UDFA list, like he does every single year for 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:19.959 us on the podcast. Maybe I'll come back at the 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:21.079 end of the show here and kind of update you 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:22.799 guys on the rest of the udfas if they get 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:25.240 more and more announced here ooh, and then here comes 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:26.799 one across the wire that I thought would be a 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:29.320 draft pick sometime on Day three and possibly for the 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.560 Miami Dolphins. In fact, I think I think Kyle and 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:33.760 I mocked him to the Dolphins at one point in 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:38.240 the process. Jalen Conyers, the Texas Tech tight end Simon Clancy, 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:41.800 threw up his scouting report a double transfer. Golf loving 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.400 Kanyer spent three years at Arizona State before going to 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:48.320 Oklahoma and settling in a West Texas for the Red Raiders. 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:49.680 He had some serious talent. 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.720 Naturally gifted athlete with small man movement skills, showing the 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:55.600 ability to be a demon after the catch and anything 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:58.480 Tyler Warren can do in terms of ball production. Conyers 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:01.800 is a match chunky as a runner. He plays quarterback 0:03:01.840 --> 0:03:04.520 from the wildcat position. Rushed twenty two times from ninety 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.760 two yards in a touchdown and threw for a score 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:09.560 against Baylor in twenty twenty three. Had nine point six 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:12.720 yards after the catch. Brock Bowers had eight point seven 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.440 at Georgia in twenty twenty three. Right Simon Clancy from 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.400 his draft guide here. Not necessarily a speedy vertical threat, 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:20.000 lacking some snap at the top of his stem, he 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:23.080 still manages to get open consistently against man and displays 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:26.120 soft hands, great ball skills, and short area quicks. Shows 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:30.120 enthusiasm as a pass protector or run blocker in space. So, yeah, 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:32.480 that's a tight end that I thought would get drafted, 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.640 and he's a UDFA that apparently will come down here 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.120 to Miami PI reports six foot four, two hundred and 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:39.360 sixty seven pound tight end who's played five years of 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:42.120 college football. Big fan of his game. Let's go ahead 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.200 and get into the main meat of the episode. 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:44.440 Here. 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:48.080 Dante Trader Junior, the safety out of Maryland. So on 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:52.080 the film, really good process and anticipation, which you guys 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:53.960 know is the first thing that I always watch for 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:55.640 with any player. 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:56.680 He moves all. 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.680 Over the formation, he carries guys down the scene into 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.080 helping coverage. He can peel off and go jump somebody 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:05.080 else's man. You watch him against orgon this last season, 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.880 a team that really specializes in their spacing, and then 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:11.000 once they stretched the back end, they wind up running 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.600 the ball right down your throat and just take advantage 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.360 of all that space when they do space you out. 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.800 I thought he looked really composed and in his element 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:22.600 in that game tape with regards to bouncing around, finding 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.839 landmarks and finding his assignments and going through his checklist 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.240 on a snap by snap basis. I don't think he 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:30.640 jumps off the tape from a movement standpoint. Here's what 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:34.000 Dane Brugler wrote. His long speed isn't as impressive as 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.719 his short area burst, which can lead to coverage lapses 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.480 if his reads are not on point, And that tracks 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.159 from what I've seen both on tape and the testing metrics. 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:44.279 Will get to that here in just a second. But 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:47.760 you see his aggression and his preparation aid him and 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.640 making those plays. It's like in any sport, the best 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:55.560 players are gifted and hard workers. They're both gifted and 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.680 hard workers, but a lot of guys are great at 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:02.000 one of the two, and for Trader, if he wants 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:04.320 to get there, he probably has to do it through 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:07.039 continuing to excel with his ability to process. 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:07.200 Now. 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.040 The Maryland staff praised him for being one of the 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.360 hardest workers on the team, which there you go. So 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:14.599 it sounds like, you know, desire and will won't be 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.560 a problem. And that tracks across his tape too. He 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.320 gets on his horse, he pursues plays with full effort, 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.080 even if it's probably going to end before he arrives. 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:26.880 I'm always a big fan of just putting effort on tape, 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:30.040 even if you're pretty sure it's not going to have 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:32.359 an impact, because there's gonna be one play in a 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:35.279 season where you get there and maybe the ball finds 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:36.960 you and you get to take away and you can 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.640 turn that game and turn your season around because of 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.000 that constant effort. It's always about running to the football man. 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.239 That's how you make plays, got to make things happen. 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:46.440 He does that stuff. He just looks like a pro 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:48.960 to me in the way he preps and plays. As 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.680 a result of that prep. Brugler wrote that one scout 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:53.680 told him he's already a pro. The type of dude 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.560 that has motivational quotes on post it notes on his 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.680 mirrors in his crib. Now, while he's maybe not the 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:02.400 best track star in the world, I do think that 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.039 he's very efficient with his movement in terms of not 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:07.440 having false steps and not taking himself out of the 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.680 play by poor reeds that get himself over extend. We 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:12.559 talk about false steps all the time on the show. 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:14.520 I don't see a lot of false steps in his game. 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:18.120 His clicking clothes is sharp, like he's fundamentally sound, and 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.360 he has functional range from the post. Even if I 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.960 think he does play better in the box, I think 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.520 that he plays a lot faster than he tested his 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.960 fit here in Miami. I think his ticket is going 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.440 to be through special teams right away, and I'd be 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:33.919 surprised if he doesn't excel with that relatively quickly. I 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.840 think he could be a third safety type, someone you 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:39.640 insert down in the box, ask him to run the alley, 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.479 and if he puts it all together and matures into 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:44.919 his game, he could be a signal caller on the 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:47.159 back end for you. But I think that his ability 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.160 to see the field in multiple coverage structures, perhaps as 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:53.080 a robber type there's roles within this defense that will 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:56.760 benefit a well studied player like Dante Trader Junior. Now, 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:58.920 while the desire to do it is great, you still 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.000 have to execute that a pro because I think one 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.240 of the things that we kind of fall into a 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.839 trap as fans or draft analyst or anything in between, 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.480 is like, oh, well, he's got talent and he works hard, 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:10.920 therefore he's going to work out. 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:12.840 But it's not always. That's not always how it works. 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:14.200 I mean, I'll never. 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:19.000 Forget being head over heels about John Beck because there 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:22.120 was a story about him and his wife going grocery 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.440 shopping and she had all the plays on flash cards 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:26.040 and would quiz him in test and it's like that 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.000 sounds great, but like it didn't matter because he wasn't 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:30.800 able to play the position at a high enough level. 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.200 So like, it all sounds great and it's all good, 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:34.880 and you have to have it. It's a requisite to 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.600 be in this position, but it doesn't always guarantee success. 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:39.680 That's probably one of the biggest things I've learned in 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:41.240 the whole like process, I've tried to learn how to 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.800 be a scout. Statistics and advanced metrics. He played twenty 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:49.120 two hundred and fifteen snaps over four years. Another guy 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.240 that started and finished at the same school. That's a 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:53.480 rarity these days. He played a ton of snaps on 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.240 special teams as a freshman and a lot less after 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:59.160 that after he became a starter eight hundred and thirteen 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:02.840 snaps total as a sophomore on defense seven hundred and 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.280 twenty twenty three, and then he missed some time last 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:07.720 year and played five hundred and seventy eight stats. But 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.040 he wasn't every downplayer when he was healthy. He still 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.880 played eighty six total snaps on special teams last year 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.760 and five hundred and twenty three across his college career, 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.200 and I think he'll find a calling card in that 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.040 role in the National Football League. He wasn't called upon 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.600 to blitz very much, just twenty four times over four years, 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:28.119 producing nine QB pressures. He made one hundred and fifty 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:31.680 eight total tackles, thirty nine stops. That's when you get 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:33.640 a stop that is a win for the defense, less 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:37.160 than forty percent of the yards on first down, less 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.679 than fifty percent of the yards on second down, and 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:42.240 a not a first down on third and fourth down. 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:44.920 So thirty nine stops and he held opposing receivers to 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:48.240 a fifty six percent completion rate. PFF charged him with 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.840 seven touchdowns allowed, but five career picks and twenty total 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:55.199 passes defense. His passer rating allowed was eighty one point six, 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.439 and he surrendered just six hundred and ninety four receiving 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.400 yards on twelve one hundred coverage snaps. And that's not 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.160 the same thing as the cornerback stat I gave you 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:05.760 guys on Jason Marshall the other day, but it's a 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.360 pretty good number there for him. He's five eleven one 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:12.680 ninety six thirty one inch vertical, nine to nine broad jump, 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.920 four three two shuttle, and seven to nine to three cone. 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.840 All of that is like average to below average. The 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.600 sizes is below average, the vertical is below average, the 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:23.320 shuttle and three corner right around average. 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:24.800 But he's just not a big time tester. 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.000 I do think his tape shows a better athlete than 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:30.280 his testing did, even though it's not the calling card 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:32.800 of his game background. He's a son of a football 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.520 player and track star at Wittier Winner University. I think 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:38.720 I got that right, and a football coach later on 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.920 after he played who introduced his son to the game 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.360 at a young age. His mother was a teacher who 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:47.560 inspired Trader to create backpack drives and other initiatives to 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:51.360 help kids with their education. He played football, basketball, and lacrosse. 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:54.080 In fact, he played lacrosse in college. He was a 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:57.240 freshman starter at quarterback and played wide out in dB 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.520 In high school. He played only football his freshman year 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:02.640 at Maryland, but joined the lacrosse team as a sophomore, 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:06.319 scoring five goals that year, enforcing fourteen turnovers. I don't 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.760 know what that means. Is that good lacrosse players? You 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.080 can tell me. I assume it is. He was twice 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:14.240 an academic All Big Ten member and he played at 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.720 the Senior Bowl this past February. 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:17.200 So there you go. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:20.040 That is Dante Trader, junior fifth round draft pick for 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.160 your Miami Dolphins. Let's go ahead and pause for a 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.760 quick commercial break. Come back on the other side. Going 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:26.960 to be a quicker podcast for you guys today and 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:30.480 talk about running back Ollie Gordon from Oklahoma State. That's 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.680 next Draft time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:39.680 you by Autoation. Now this one might be the one 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.160 that I'm most fired up to break down from this 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:46.120 third day beyond Jordan Phillips and it's running back Alli 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.480 Gordon from Oklahoma State. Because I think that there is 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.000 really high end potential with this player. So the film, 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.360 to me, it starts in pass protection, which you know, 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.040 if you're a running back, and that's where you start. 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:00.679 It says a lot about your game and your mindset. 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.440 I guess with how you play the football, how you play, 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:05.240 how you play the football, how you play the game. 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:07.720 It's late, man, it's been a long weekend. 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:09.640 That's where he jumps off the screen to me, and 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:12.520 it's like, there's this great you know, there's great natural 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:16.760 reps where he absorbs contact, sinks the hips into the 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:20.400 ground and puts his cleats in the turf and regenerates 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:23.560 force back into the rusher. But there are also clips 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:25.440 where I'm trying to think of the best way to 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:28.120 describe this. Have you guys seen that video where the 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.240 dude has this cat and he like puts him in 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:33.440 front of a hockey net and then like flicks balls 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:36.559 towards him and the cat like makes these these diving saves, 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.000 like full extension laying out saves. 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:41.959 That's what Allie Gordon's pass protection reminds me. 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:46.840 Of like he can dive back across the formation and 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.400 get a piece of a shoulder pad and declete a 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:51.920 rusher like it's it's kind of it's kind of crazy. 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.840 It's a highlight reel of hits where he can lay 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:57.640 them out and do it in the last second and 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.160 not have his feet underneath him and just find a 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.240 way to get the job done, or just straight up 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.720 stay in there with good technique and fundamentals as everything 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:07.640 plays out the way it's supposed to and drawn up 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.080 and just get under a guy's chinch trap and jack 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:11.960 him up that way and put him on his butt 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.559 and he runs that way too. There's a ton of wiggle. 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:16.880 There's not a ton of wiggle. I should say to 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.640 his running style, you know, like, you know what you're getting. 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.920 It's downhill business decision in the gap. Meet me their 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:24.199 Oklahoma drill style. 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:25.079 Mono E mono. 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.040 Let's see what you got, big dog, and we'll get 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:28.760 into all the stats with the yards off for contact. 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:32.080 But physical, physical nature, that's the name of his game. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:35.200 I think that he and Alexander Madison have similar play 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.960 styles and could compete for reps in what's all of 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.439 a sudden a pretty deep running back room that has 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:43.280 multiple skill sets, but man, the best part of his 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.680 game is his forward lean. I know you guys remember 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:50.880 Layah linear yardage accumulation, Mike McDaniel's phraseology for Raheem Moster. 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:52.679 That's what Alli Gordon does. 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:56.560 He can attack half the man as a runner and 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.760 find a way to basically not have to go through 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:03.160 their entire like core structure of their body, and get 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:06.640 behind a super powerful leg drive and push you backwards. 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.839 Best of all, I really like the way he makes 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:13.240 poorly blocked plays turn into something positive when we talked 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:15.920 about that in the podcast this offseason, Like Dolphins had 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:17.760 way too many negative runs last year was a big 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:19.679 reason why we thought they got behind the chains and 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:23.600 had some offensive drive stall out. But a player like this, 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.080 when it's not blocked well, and I think it'll be 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.000 blocked a lot better in twenty twenty five based upon 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:30.040 what you had on the person on the offensive line. 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.280 But when it's not blocked well, sometimes you need it 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:34.440 running back to save you. And I think that Ali 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.520 Gordon is very capable of doing that, much like Alexander 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:40.640 Madison's tape, where it's something that's essential to his game. 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.040 Essential trait to what makes him, you know, a viable 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:48.080 option with that forward lean. So I think that that's that, 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:52.280 and then also it's an essential part of like the 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.520 screen game as well. Like the thing I like most 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.960 is when he does get through that initial line with 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.800 his surge, he really gets up to to high speed 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.960 or top speed and can destroy angles from that position. 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:05.800 And when you can do that at his size and 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.960 his strength, like good luck to any dB trying to 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.000 catch him and get him to the ground. You might 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.320 catch him, but then you gotta tackle him too. And 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:15.560 I love the idea of finding a way to get 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:18.040 him on the field for short yardage. And then he 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.200 breaks one tackle and all of a sudden, it's like, oh, 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.120 this isn't just a you know, Brandon Jacobs type that's 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.480 gonna get ten yards because he sprung one, he could 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.240 go for seventy yards in a touchdown, not just a 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.400 first down, but a touchdown. As far as the fit, 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.560 I think he's versed enough as a zone runner. He's 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:34.920 patient to stretch things out and builds to speed. I 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:36.800 don't think he's gonna be the guy that finds that 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.640 deep windback laying the way like Devon eh Chan does, 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.800 But who is Devon Hchan besides Devon h Chan. But 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:45.520 he sets up his blocks, he reads them well, and 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:47.440 then makes a quick decision to get through. The twenty 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.520 twenty three tape is a lot better and I think 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.000 a better example of what he does. And there was 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:54.800 a great question his Zoom press conference about how a 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.000 scout had said not a scout a Pundit was like, 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.200 don't even watch twenty twenty four tape. He was kind 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.760 of putting some bad So if you're doing the same thing, 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.880 go back to twenty twenty three and based on that tape, 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:06.640 like you're probably talking about a Day two pick if 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.920 you're going off of that tape. So tons of potential 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:14.080 upside here. For me, I think that he's you know, 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:17.040 he's got the patience to make the good decisions, to 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:20.040 create good angles, tons of potential and upsides. It's hard 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.680 to say what he is as a receiver because he 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.320 was mostly asked to just do stuff within the screen game. 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.560 But he didn't drop a single pass last season. For 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.160 what that's worth, I would venture to guess that because 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.120 of his play style and body type, he's not likely. 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:37.120 I try to do this, you know, carefully, because like 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:40.440 you don't want a pigeonhole guy, but just persona based 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:44.040 or like you know, perception based. I don't think he's 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.400 likely to flex out and run routes like Devon h Chan, 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.520 but he can catch the ball on the flat and 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:51.720 then inflict punishment on cornerbacks around the edge. The fit 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:53.600 here he kind of already covered that. I feel like 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:55.920 he's competition for Alexander Madison in a lot of ways. 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:57.920 He's different than what we have on the roster in 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:00.680 terms of his build, his history of skis and system 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:03.120 and overall play style. But I think that's a good thing. 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:06.880 And brother, when you can pass pro like that and 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.360 you're effective in short yardage, that's a great way to 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:11.840 get yourself on the field for third downs. I also 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:13.920 think he can be a special teams contributor for a 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.000 lot of the same reasons we just talked about, namely 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.960 the effort and desire and will to play the game. 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:22.240 His stats in advanced Metrics he had six hundred and 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:25.520 fourteen yards after initial contact last year. That was twentieth 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.280 most among college backs. He had eighty six runs in 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.200 zone one on one in gap scheme, and that was 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.880 a pretty similar split across his whole college career, so 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:36.960 more man scheme than zone scheme. Twenty nine hundred twenty 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.680 rushing yards, twenty nine hundred twenty rushing yards at a 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:42.160 career average of four point five a pop. Checked that 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.280 five point four a pop dyslexic moment. There. He averaged 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:48.200 three point four to seven yards after initial contact, with 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.240 one hundred and twenty five miss tackles forced over his 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:54.480 career at Oklahoma State. Seventy three runs of ten plus 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:58.200 yards in his career, forty four runs of fifteen plus yards, 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.480 and he ran for one hundred and forty two first downs. 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.520 He also gained six hundred and seventeen yards through the 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:10.640 air and scored forty total touchdowns thirty six rushing for receiving. 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.520 He had sixty eight misstackles forced in that crazy twenty 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:17.359 three season, with one thousand and fifty six yards after 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:22.000 initial contact. My goodness, pretty impressive. His measurable six foot two, 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:24.800 two hundred and twenty five pounds. Those are ninety six 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:27.159 and ninetieth percent tile of running backs. He is a 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:30.920 large human being for six to one forty yard dash, 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.560 fifty third percent tile, thirty four and a half inch 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:36.560 vertical sixty second percent tile, and then he had a 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.520 ten flat broad jump that was seventy second percent tile. 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:41.760 So he's big and he's explosive. 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:41.960 Man. 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.920 He averaged nine this is his background. Averaged nine point 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:48.480 nine yards per carry as a senior in high school. 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:51.359 Senior high school football stats are hilarious to me. He 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.280 was the Doke Walker Winner award winner in twenty twenty 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:55.600 two as a as a. 0:17:57.280 --> 0:17:59.320 Freshman red shirt freshman. 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:01.680 Then he piled up over two thousand yards from scrimmage 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.760 as a junior in twenty twenty three and or a sophomore. 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.240 He grew up idolizing Derek Henry even though he was 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:09.520 a middle school quarterback, but he saw himself as a 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.560 Cam Newton type. He went to Trinity High School in Texas. 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:14.800 That's the same high school as Cater Kohu. I think 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:17.199 the best part is that he was a prime candidate 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.399 for the transfer portal after twenty twenty three, but returned 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:23.040 to Oklahoma State despite some changes on the coaching staff 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:25.440 and a role changed there a little bit. He also 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:27.800 finished out that season playing in the bowl game, where 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:30.600 so many players opted out from doing that. Down the stretch, 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:32.960