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The first time I studied Andrew Billings’ tape was this past summer, when I became intrigued by him shortly after learning about his ridiculous weight room achievements as a high schooler. At just 16 years old, Billings set the Texas prep state meet record by joining the 2,000-pound club (805 squat, 500 bench, 705 dead lift) and shattering a 22-year old record in the process. Re-read that just to establish that you are not hallucinating. This kid is a freak.
Of course, weight room strength doesn’t always translate into ideal play strength on the field without proper technique, so I was curious to see how Billings’ power lifting prowess looked in action. As I expected, there were reps when Billings just straight-up dominates his opponent, taking an offensive lineman for a ride into the backfield at least a couple times a game with excellent leverage, hand placement, and leg drive. For all his impressive lower body lifts, Billings’ upper half is such a weapon, as he possesses the grip strength and sheer physical dominance to rag-doll blockers to the ground and make stops.
At the same time, Billings is still raw and inconsistent in his technique, which can cause his power style to be used against him at times too. It is difficult to say that a player who squats close to a thousand pounds is top-heavy, but Billings does get off balance too easily at the point of attack against more form-savvy interior offensive linemen. The Baylor defender will get over-extended off the snap at times, simply trying to knock his opponent over with first contact rather than bringing his lower half into the blocker and driving him off the ball. Without the leg drive behind him, Billings will often get stuck battling linemen instead of detaching and finding the football, at times even ending up on the ground.
His hand placement can be high at times,
http://thedraftwire.usatoday.com/20...ft-scouting-report-baylor-dt-andrew-billings/
The first time I studied Andrew Billings’ tape was this past summer, when I became intrigued by him shortly after learning about his ridiculous weight room achievements as a high schooler. At just 16 years old, Billings set the Texas prep state meet record by joining the 2,000-pound club (805 squat, 500 bench, 705 dead lift) and shattering a 22-year old record in the process. Re-read that just to establish that you are not hallucinating. This kid is a freak.
Of course, weight room strength doesn’t always translate into ideal play strength on the field without proper technique, so I was curious to see how Billings’ power lifting prowess looked in action. As I expected, there were reps when Billings just straight-up dominates his opponent, taking an offensive lineman for a ride into the backfield at least a couple times a game with excellent leverage, hand placement, and leg drive. For all his impressive lower body lifts, Billings’ upper half is such a weapon, as he possesses the grip strength and sheer physical dominance to rag-doll blockers to the ground and make stops.
At the same time, Billings is still raw and inconsistent in his technique, which can cause his power style to be used against him at times too. It is difficult to say that a player who squats close to a thousand pounds is top-heavy, but Billings does get off balance too easily at the point of attack against more form-savvy interior offensive linemen. The Baylor defender will get over-extended off the snap at times, simply trying to knock his opponent over with first contact rather than bringing his lower half into the blocker and driving him off the ball. Without the leg drive behind him, Billings will often get stuck battling linemen instead of detaching and finding the football, at times even ending up on the ground.
His hand placement can be high at times,
http://thedraftwire.usatoday.com/20...ft-scouting-report-baylor-dt-andrew-billings/
