Quote:Looking at Smoot's stats, he appears to have stepped up his game midseason. He sort of had a slow start with no sacks over his first five weeks. Then came week six at Rutgers in a game where Smoot had 4 solo tackles, 1 assist, 3 TFLs for 13 yards, 1 sack for 6 yards, 1 forced fumble and 2 QB hits. His last four sacks came in the final five weeks including two sacks in the last game of the season at Northwestern. He had a huge final game.


 

Here is Smoot at Northwestern...


 

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Be sure to also check out Carroll Phillip's sack at the 3:06 mark.

The guy talking, there, spoke about the ends being the strength of that Illinois front a couple of times. Specifically Smoot and Carroll.  And he mentioned how Hardy Nickerson told him "Nah, nah.. we don't blitz.  We rely on our ends. They're awful good. We can speed rush and get it done..."

 

Thanks for sharing too, btw.  I don't like how he keeps getting sealed for some big holes. Mostly one on one with a blocker.

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