Washington cornerbacks coach shares his thoughts on his approach to recruiting players and what he looks for.
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00:00Besides on basketball court, basketball court, I've seen it before,
00:03but football field, it's pretty sweet to watch.
00:05Which country I believe we're right, obviously,
00:07he's been kind of getting some reps with the ones and twos.
00:09Yeah.
00:09You know what, his versatility, his athleticism to be able to move lateral and
00:14his ability to change directions.
00:15Anytime a guy can accelerate and change speeds at a high speed,
00:19it allows you to cover wide receivers a little bit better,
00:22especially with those shifty guys on the inside.
00:24So he'll be playing pretty much everywhere, as much as we need.
00:26And that's one thing that we're preaching on right now is having position
00:29versatility amongst every group,
00:30to where guys can play in multiple positions.
00:32You seem to like tall, lanky, athletic runners.
00:35As, we'll just kind of talk a little bit about that.
00:37Is there a reason you like to just kind of go after those guys a little bit more?
00:40Well, to be honest, man, I just like good football players.
00:42You know, if they happen to be tall and long, we'll all take it.
00:45You know what I mean?
00:46But it doesn't happen in every recruiting cycle.
00:48You know, you try to get the best athletes that best fit, and
00:51also have some variety to match up with different skill set wide receivers.
00:54You know, if you look at the wide receiver corps from Oregon State last year,
00:57where they had two of the smaller guys who were fast and athletic and
00:59changed direction.
01:01You know, you need to be able to have guys that can match up with that, and
01:03then also match up with the creatures that were here last year that I had to see.
01:07So you gotta be able to match up with everything across the board.
01:09The Big Ten is gonna create a whole different environment with different
01:12athleticism.
01:13So we gotta be able to match up with anybody.
01:15How did you feel about how you guys fared defensively against them last year?
01:18I mean, it seemed like you kind of kept things in front of you and
01:21didn't give up a lot of big plays.
01:23Hey, you know what, it was an explosive offense.
01:25So we did our best, but I'm a dog now, so last year don't matter.