shapes & sizes of the 3-4

by Jay, San Diego, Monday, July 26, 2010, 12:38 (5798 days ago)
edited by Jay, Monday, July 26, 2010, 12:52

Here's how some of the starters stacked up for a couple of notable 3-4 defenses of recent vintage:

AL NG Terrence Cody  6'5 365
UVA NG Nick Jenkins 6'3 285
  average  6'4 325
    
AL DE L. Washington  6'5 290
AL DE B. Deaderick  6'4 287
AL DE Bobby Greenwood 6'5 278
UVA DE Nick Collins 6'2 290
UVA DE Matt Conrath 6'7 270
UVA DE Alex Field 6'7 270
  average  6'5 280
    
AL ILB R. McClain  6'4 258
AL ILB Cory Reamer  6'4 234
AL ILB Donta Hightower 6'4 260
UVA ILB Steve Greer 6'2 225
UVA ILB Darren Childs 6'1 230
UVA ILB Jon Copper 6'0 230
UVA ILB Antonio Appleby 6'4 250
  average  6'2.7 241
    
AL OLB Eryk Anders  6'2 227
AL OLB Nico Johnson 6'3 238
AL OLB Brandon Fanney 6'4 257
UVA OLB Tucker Windle 6'3 220
UVA OLB Cam Johnson 6'4 255
UVA OLB Denzel Burrell 6'4 245
UVA OLB Clint Sintim 6'3 254
  average  6'3.1 242

Who you got for the Irish starting front seven? Based on the Rivals depth chart, we seem to fit. http://notredame.rivals.com/cdepthtext.asp