Jalen Hurd reminds me of

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............the 2 frosh. at Bama and UGA. The question I have is this. Does a back like him fit into the new offense we will run?
 
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Hurd is a bit like Darren McFadden in his running style and skill set, although he has the ability to hold more weight on his frame. The one thing I hope the coaches can help him with is lowering his pads when he hits the hole. His upright running style, particularly on inside runs, concerns me a little bit, but all-in-all he is an amazing back that will work perfectly in the offense with his skill set and speed. His size is just an added bonus!
 
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UTGhostHunter said:
Hurd is a bit like Darren McFadden in his running style and skill set, although he has the ability to hold more weight on his frame. The one thing I hope the coaches can help him with is lowering his pads when he hits the hole. His upright running style, particularly on inside runs, concerns me a little bit, but all-in-all he is an amazing back that will work perfectly in the offense with his skill set and speed. His size is just an added bonus!
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Yeah, I had already had thoughts of McFadden and the wild hog/beast formation.
 
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He will be a defensive end or tight end when its all said and done IMO. No way you can run that upright in the SEC and survive unless you have 4.3 speed like DMac did.
 
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AlumniChase said:
He will be a defensive end or tight end when its all said and done IMO. No way you can run that upright in the SEC and survive unless you have 4.3 speed like DMac did.
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According to earlier reports, he does...he's packed on weight since then, but I remember the upright running style being a complaint about one Adrian Peterson, and I seem to recall him working out pretty well...

"Durability. It is the biggest question some talent evaluators have concerning a big back reminiscent of Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson. Peterson runs so upright and hard that 'he might make himself more of a target even to linebackers who will wind up doing people's taxes for a living,' NFLDraftScout.com senior analyst Rob Rang says.

Rang says some teams will red-flag Peterson.

'The big knock on him is the durability issue," Minnesota Vikings vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman says. "Because he's a taller back; because he has an upright running style; because he runs 1,000 miles an hour. Is he going to hold up from a durability standpoint?'"

-USA Today, 4/20/2007

Every tall back and upright runner deals with the same questions, but eventually most end up figuring it all out. The coaches will have him running with a lower pad level in no time.
 
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volfanngaytorland said:
That's what coaches are for
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True. But I see this kid continuing to get bigger and ending up in that 6'-4" 250 lb Von Miller type build.
And that would not be a bad thing. He looks like the sterotypical "best, biggest athlete on the team so let's put him at running back" type of player. All the sick physical specimens ran the ball in high school, now they are making a living coming off the edge.
 
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