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Unfortunately Ogbah doesn’t always keep his shoulders square to the line of scrimmage, which make life easy for linemen to simply ride him out of the play. Oklahoma State used him on a lot of scrape-exchanges, where Ogbah would slant inside and the linebacker would replace him on the edge for outside contain. Unfortunately the redshirt junior was not quick enough to createmuch penetration inside, often getting turned and caught in the gap before he reached the backfield. This often resulted in a trip down the line of scrimmage for Ogbah, leaving a massive cutback lane for the ball carrier.
That leads us to one of the main concerns with Ogbah as a pass rusher: his lack of explosiveness off the ball. Part of the issue is inconsistent timing in his jump, as Ogbah will too often be the last defender out of his stance. The bigger problem is that Ogbah simply isn’t a very twitched-up athlete, often getting more upright than upfield off the ball. Some of this can be taught, but for the most part you simply have a pass rusher who is not going to scare offensive tackles with his first step or initial burst because Ogbah simply isn’t that type of athlete.
http://thedraftwire.usatoday.com/20...ng-report-oklahoma-state-edge-emmanuel-ogbah/
That leads us to one of the main concerns with Ogbah as a pass rusher: his lack of explosiveness off the ball. Part of the issue is inconsistent timing in his jump, as Ogbah will too often be the last defender out of his stance. The bigger problem is that Ogbah simply isn’t a very twitched-up athlete, often getting more upright than upfield off the ball. Some of this can be taught, but for the most part you simply have a pass rusher who is not going to scare offensive tackles with his first step or initial burst because Ogbah simply isn’t that type of athlete.
http://thedraftwire.usatoday.com/20...ng-report-oklahoma-state-edge-emmanuel-ogbah/
