Notre Dame Football Recruiting

Film Don't Lie: Allen a Rare Talent

Safety size with corner skills, Notre Dame just landed a unicorn in Derrik Allen. He's the type of elite prospect in the secondary that is made for today's game
February 13, 2017
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Bigger, faster, stronger.

As long as they have played football, this is how players has evolved. It's almost unrecognizable from the game it was 30 years ago. Some of it is scheme, but it's mostly how the athletes have grown exponentially in all three of those areas. Freak athletes are popping up more than ever before.

The position where we've seen the biggest change in recent years is defensive back. Players are not only taller and longer than they were before.



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