NFL Draft: Scout’s Notebook

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Posted Sept. 18, 2010

California vs. Nevada

Nevada
10 Colin Kaepernick QB
55 Dontay Moch LB


California
34 Shane Vereen RB
97 Cameron Jordan DE


Cameron Jordan 1st – 10:22 – Strong, powerful at POA … physical

1st – 9:12 – Good job disengaging

1st – 4:45 – Physical and nice hustle

1st – 3:29 – Love his hand punch … so powerful at POA … completely jars left tackle backwards

1st – 1:59 – Nice hand extension

1st – 1:14 – Gets a very nice push … very powerful and strong

2nd – 9:26 – Good hand use and extension

2nd – 3:12 – Beautiful stack and shed … strong, pushes OT out of play easily and makes tackle … competitive


Shane Vereen

1st – 5:18 – Nice effort after inital hit … keeps feet moving after contact

1st – 3:17 – Shows ELITE vision on this 60 yard TD run … good speed … elusive … nice job … displays outstanding burst once he gets to 2nd level … makes safety miss … nice run

2nd – 12:45 – Completely whiffs in pass protection … poor technique and impatient … blame for sack


Dontay Moch

1st – 5:18 – Soft … poor job of taking on block and redirecting inside

2nd – 12:01 – 3-pt stance … Elite first step and blazes by TE for sack

2nd – 7:00 – Doesn’t get involved in play when run at… poor instincts here

2nd – 6:21 – Drops into zone despite Cal running ball … blown assignment … invisible, soft, doesn’t want to get involved in the game

2nd – 5:12 – Poor job of taking on block … tries to run around … dumb decision … mediocre instincts

2nd – 3:24 – Horrendous instincts on goal line … after handoff goes to sack QB instead of taking approaching RB … always a couple steps behind play mentally


Colin Kaepernick

2nd – 2:42 – AMAZING throw … arm strength, touch, velocity, accuracy, trajectory … great throw … NFL route.

2nd – 0:17 – Poor mechanics … slow release … very jerky motion

2nd – 0:09 – Has a weird, 3/4 release






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