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Uyeyama's Scouting Notebook

Looking at elite traits and why testing matters (especially for defensive backs), but also why some elite traits can only be seen when prospects play football
June 12, 2023
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ISD’s Matt Freeman interviewed Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman last week and asked about some of the hidden gems that Cincinnati was able to unearth when he was there. The thing that clearly stood out from his answer is that even though these players weren’t highly ranked, they had elite traits that differentiated them.

Sauce Gardner was a guy (Mike) Mickens probably felt more highly of than I did about him. Mick is a great evaluator. He really is.
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