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Name: Rod Smith
Position: RB
College: Ohio State
Height: 6-3
Weight: 231
Draft: Undrafted in 2015, signed by Seattle
Games Studied: 2015 preseason vs. DEN, KC, SD, OAK
Report: Right off the bat, Smith has rare height and weight for the position.
All of his runs with Seattle were out of the shotgun formation with inside handoffs. I would not say that he has great playing speed or quickness. It takes him time to get going once the ball is in his hands – it’s a long stride that lacks a burst. He doesn’t have short area foot quickness and creativity, as he stumbled on a couple of runs in the open field but managed to keep his balance to finish the run.
Smith did flash some upper and lower body power, but I was surprised he didn’t run over more tacklers on contact due to his size. He did have a nice stiff arm against the Chiefs in the open field that bought him some space.
He’s not a loose hipped runner, but he does have good vision to see the holes and make cuts when necessary. Shows patience as a runner, but it’s really due more to his lack of quickness. There was one carry where he did put the ball on the ground against San Diego where it was a physical finish – but his teammate was able to recover.
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Position: RB
College: Ohio State
Height: 6-3
Weight: 231
Draft: Undrafted in 2015, signed by Seattle
Games Studied: 2015 preseason vs. DEN, KC, SD, OAK
Report: Right off the bat, Smith has rare height and weight for the position.
All of his runs with Seattle were out of the shotgun formation with inside handoffs. I would not say that he has great playing speed or quickness. It takes him time to get going once the ball is in his hands – it’s a long stride that lacks a burst. He doesn’t have short area foot quickness and creativity, as he stumbled on a couple of runs in the open field but managed to keep his balance to finish the run.
Smith did flash some upper and lower body power, but I was surprised he didn’t run over more tacklers on contact due to his size. He did have a nice stiff arm against the Chiefs in the open field that bought him some space.
He’s not a loose hipped runner, but he does have good vision to see the holes and make cuts when necessary. Shows patience as a runner, but it’s really due more to his lack of quickness. There was one carry where he did put the ball on the ground against San Diego where it was a physical finish – but his teammate was able to recover.
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