01-01-2015, 03:03 PM
Most of us always talk about Perryman and McKinney but you dont hear much about Kendricks on these boards. A lot of us live in the SE so we see alot of Miami games and Miss St games but dont catch many UCLA games. The ones that have seen a few of his games and have been watching him the last few years what is your opinion on him?
He won the Dick Butkus award this year (the award given to the best LB in college) and the list of players that have won it almost all of them the last 10 yrs have produced and have been the top LB's in the NFL. Outside of Aaron Curry who was considered the safest pick in the draft the list has some studs at the next level.
Here is the last Dick Butkus award winners the last 15 yrs.
2014
Eric Kendricks
UCLA
96 Solo, 40 Ast, 2.0 Sk, 3 Int
2013
C.J. Mosley*
Alabama
62 Solo, 46 Ast, 0.0 Sk
2012
Manti Te'o*
Notre Dame
55 Solo, 58 Ast, 1.5 Sk, 7 Int
2011
Luke Kuechly
Boston College
102 Solo, 89 Ast, 0.0 Sk, 3 Int
2010
Von Miller*
Texas A&M
38 Solo, 30 Ast, 10.5 Sk, 1 Int
2009
Rolando McClain*
Alabama
53 Solo, 52 Ast, 4.0 Sk, 2 Int
2008
Aaron Curry*
Wake Forest
66 Solo, 39 Ast, 2.5 Sk, 1 Int
2007
James Laurinaitis*
Ohio State
51 Solo, 70 Ast, 5.0 Sk, 2 Int
2006
Patrick Willis
Mississippi
87 Solo, 50 Ast, 3.0 Sk, 0 Int
2005
Paul Posluszny*
Penn State
64 Solo, 52 Ast, 3.0 Sk, 0 Int
2004
Derrick Johnson*
Texas
1 Int, 18 Yds, 0 TD
2003
Teddy Lehman*
Oklahoma
1 Int, 0 Yds, 0 TD
2002
E.J. Henderson*
Maryland
2 Int, 20 Yds, 0 TD
2001
Rocky Calmus*
Oklahoma
1 Int, 33 Yds, 0 TD
2000
Dan Morgan*
Miami (FL)
2 Int, 34 Yds, 0 TD
1999
Lavar Arrington*
Penn State
That said I know he looks a bit undersized as a MLB at 6'0" 230. But Luke Kuechly is 6'3" 238 . London Fletcher is 5'10" 240 So his frame is a little thicker than Kuechly but dont have the length. Im sure he will probably put on at least 5-8 lbs by the time he makes it to the pros so I dont really think his size will be a factor, he looks to play bigger than he is and looks to be a leader on defense as he was UCLA's leader on D the last 2 years. Could this be the future at the MLB position that most of us dont talk about? Thoughts? Gonna try to find some game cut ups of his
http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp...tml#page=1
http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/uclan...story.html
He won the Dick Butkus award this year (the award given to the best LB in college) and the list of players that have won it almost all of them the last 10 yrs have produced and have been the top LB's in the NFL. Outside of Aaron Curry who was considered the safest pick in the draft the list has some studs at the next level.
Here is the last Dick Butkus award winners the last 15 yrs.
2014
Eric Kendricks
UCLA
96 Solo, 40 Ast, 2.0 Sk, 3 Int
2013
C.J. Mosley*
Alabama
62 Solo, 46 Ast, 0.0 Sk
2012
Manti Te'o*
Notre Dame
55 Solo, 58 Ast, 1.5 Sk, 7 Int
2011
Luke Kuechly
Boston College
102 Solo, 89 Ast, 0.0 Sk, 3 Int
2010
Von Miller*
Texas A&M
38 Solo, 30 Ast, 10.5 Sk, 1 Int
2009
Rolando McClain*
Alabama
53 Solo, 52 Ast, 4.0 Sk, 2 Int
2008
Aaron Curry*
Wake Forest
66 Solo, 39 Ast, 2.5 Sk, 1 Int
2007
James Laurinaitis*
Ohio State
51 Solo, 70 Ast, 5.0 Sk, 2 Int
2006
Patrick Willis
Mississippi
87 Solo, 50 Ast, 3.0 Sk, 0 Int
2005
Paul Posluszny*
Penn State
64 Solo, 52 Ast, 3.0 Sk, 0 Int
2004
Derrick Johnson*
Texas
1 Int, 18 Yds, 0 TD
2003
Teddy Lehman*
Oklahoma
1 Int, 0 Yds, 0 TD
2002
E.J. Henderson*
Maryland
2 Int, 20 Yds, 0 TD
2001
Rocky Calmus*
Oklahoma
1 Int, 33 Yds, 0 TD
2000
Dan Morgan*
Miami (FL)
2 Int, 34 Yds, 0 TD
1999
Lavar Arrington*
Penn State
That said I know he looks a bit undersized as a MLB at 6'0" 230. But Luke Kuechly is 6'3" 238 . London Fletcher is 5'10" 240 So his frame is a little thicker than Kuechly but dont have the length. Im sure he will probably put on at least 5-8 lbs by the time he makes it to the pros so I dont really think his size will be a factor, he looks to play bigger than he is and looks to be a leader on defense as he was UCLA's leader on D the last 2 years. Could this be the future at the MLB position that most of us dont talk about? Thoughts? Gonna try to find some game cut ups of his
http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp...tml#page=1
http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/uclan...story.html