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2015 NFL Draft Profile: Frank Clark, DE, Michigan
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Bob Sturm Follow @sportssturm Email sturm1310@me.com
Published: March 28, 2015 9:30 pm
Frank Clark, DE, Michigan - 6’3, 271 – Junior - 4.79 40
There are players in every draft that are stories that can often take on a life of their own. That is because they are stories that involve things that have nothing to do with football and often times the legal problems that have taken over the lives of some of these prospects. As I have said a number of times, I have no desire to marginalize these offenses and the type of human beings some of these prospects are, but that is not really what this study is all about. I am not able to investigate their stories thoroughly and a google search is not the basis for quality reporting, anyway. All we can do here is study their on-field abilities and how they could help their team as football player. What kind of man they are and whether or not you would like them to be part of their organization is the type of investigative work any team needs to do when there are that many red flags around somebody like Frank Clark. If you wish to catch up on what I am talking about, you should read this story from last fall when he was dismissed from the Michigan team for a domestic violence arrest situation.
That said, we know he fits the player profile for Dallas and many other organizations, so we attempted to size up his work by looking at the Northwestern, Notre Dame, and UConn (2013) games.
What I liked: He is a high energy edge rusher who has caused a lot of havoc in the offensive backfield over the years and has a real interesting combination of skills. On one hand, he has one of the best bull rushes for a man in his weight class that you will see. He really doesn’t have many pass moves, but you see him routinely get both hands inside the shoulders of tackles and jack them right back into their QB pretty often (See above). But, then, he also has absurd quickness for a man his size and a few times goes around the tackle completely and circles to make a tackle. He also can play with his hand in the dirt and then play as a stand-up linebacker and actually chase in pass coverage with reasonably capable hips. He is a very impressive athlete that looks like a fluid player of 250 pounds, even though he is over 270. He also plays with very good energy and motor. His hands are quite active on his pass rush and with his very long arms, he deflects more than his share of passes.
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2015 NFL Draft Profile: Frank Clark, DE, Michigan
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Bob Sturm Follow @sportssturm Email sturm1310@me.com
Published: March 28, 2015 9:30 pm
Frank Clark, DE, Michigan - 6’3, 271 – Junior - 4.79 40
There are players in every draft that are stories that can often take on a life of their own. That is because they are stories that involve things that have nothing to do with football and often times the legal problems that have taken over the lives of some of these prospects. As I have said a number of times, I have no desire to marginalize these offenses and the type of human beings some of these prospects are, but that is not really what this study is all about. I am not able to investigate their stories thoroughly and a google search is not the basis for quality reporting, anyway. All we can do here is study their on-field abilities and how they could help their team as football player. What kind of man they are and whether or not you would like them to be part of their organization is the type of investigative work any team needs to do when there are that many red flags around somebody like Frank Clark. If you wish to catch up on what I am talking about, you should read this story from last fall when he was dismissed from the Michigan team for a domestic violence arrest situation.
That said, we know he fits the player profile for Dallas and many other organizations, so we attempted to size up his work by looking at the Northwestern, Notre Dame, and UConn (2013) games.
What I liked: He is a high energy edge rusher who has caused a lot of havoc in the offensive backfield over the years and has a real interesting combination of skills. On one hand, he has one of the best bull rushes for a man in his weight class that you will see. He really doesn’t have many pass moves, but you see him routinely get both hands inside the shoulders of tackles and jack them right back into their QB pretty often (See above). But, then, he also has absurd quickness for a man his size and a few times goes around the tackle completely and circles to make a tackle. He also can play with his hand in the dirt and then play as a stand-up linebacker and actually chase in pass coverage with reasonably capable hips. He is a very impressive athlete that looks like a fluid player of 250 pounds, even though he is over 270. He also plays with very good energy and motor. His hands are quite active on his pass rush and with his very long arms, he deflects more than his share of passes.
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