Notre Dame Football Recruiting
Jayson Ademilola Puts on a Clinic at The Opening New Jersey
May 2, 2017
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A player's development happens in steps. For Notre Dame defensive tackle commit Jayson Ademilola, he didn't become an elite prospect overnight. He's been building his game since he first committed to Notre Dame last summer.
I can recall watching his sophomore film and thinking he had a long way to go to reach his potential. After seeing his junior film, it was clear the work he put in between his sophomore and junior year had paid off with his game. In my opinion, he jumped from a 3 star kid to a 4 star because of it. And now after his junior season, he's shown that he's made an even bigger leap with his play.
I'm not one to overreact to a few clips from a camp, but Ademilola put on a clinic at The Opening New Jersey. Not only did he continually step up to take as many reps as possible, but he showed a variety of moves to go with elite lateral quickness. He showed quick, violent, and extremely advanced hands for someone at this stage of his development and did so repeatedly. It was enough for me to bump up my grade on him to a 92 heading into the summer. He could still move up again after qualifying for the The Opening finals in July.
Watch and enjoy the O-line vs D-line one on ones from The Opening New Jersey to see all of his reps. There are some nice moments from Notre Dame defensive end commit Justin Ademilola and defensive tackle target PJ Mustipher in there as well.
I did pick out a few highlights from Jayson and Justin from those reps that show exactly what I am referring to.
Here's Jayson with a swipe, arm-over, and dip the quarterback.
Here he is again working an edge, throws a violent club, and forces the offensive lineman to take him down. He still might have thrown him right into the quarterback.
Most of the time in pass rush the initial move isn't going to work the way a rusher wants it to. A counter to the first move can be the difference in a pressure versus a sack. I love seeing this from Jayson where he is working one way and then counters back with a rip to the sky.
A lot of young linemen start a move, but rarely finish it. Jayson looks like an old pro with the way he finishes with his hands. Here's another example of him ripping to the sky for a win.
I had to cut out a few from here that I wanted to show as well. He not only has the hands, but he has the feel of when to work back against pressure. That is something that takes time for most linemen to learn, but he is already way ahead of the curve.
His brother Justin wasn't quite as dominant, but also was selected as one of the Final 5 defensive linemen to compete at the end of the camp. He won more than his fair share of reps as well off the edge.
On this rep Justin caught the tackle leaning too much and embarrassed him with a nice push-pull move finished off with a swim.
Stab and swipe
It's really the pieces of that both Jayson and Justin use in their pass rush that combine to make them successful. On this rep Justin stabs and shocks the tackle in the chest, but then it's swiping down on the outside arm that allows Justin to finish at the quarterback.
Former defensive line coach Keith Gilmore deserves credit for offering them in person at camp last year to get in on these two early, but a big credit goes to both of these kids to see how far they have advanced with some help from their private defensive line coach Peter Kafaf who has helped take their game to the next level.
The Irish are getting a good one in Justin and Jayson is starting to emerge as one of the best interior pass rushers in the 2018 class.
I can recall watching his sophomore film and thinking he had a long way to go to reach his potential. After seeing his junior film, it was clear the work he put in between his sophomore and junior year had paid off with his game. In my opinion, he jumped from a 3 star kid to a 4 star because of it. And now after his junior season, he's shown that he's made an even bigger leap with his play.
I'm not one to overreact to a few clips from a camp, but Ademilola put on a clinic at The Opening New Jersey. Not only did he continually step up to take as many reps as possible, but he showed a variety of moves to go with elite lateral quickness. He showed quick, violent, and extremely advanced hands for someone at this stage of his development and did so repeatedly. It was enough for me to bump up my grade on him to a 92 heading into the summer. He could still move up again after qualifying for the The Opening finals in July.
Watch and enjoy the O-line vs D-line one on ones from The Opening New Jersey to see all of his reps. There are some nice moments from Notre Dame defensive end commit Justin Ademilola and defensive tackle target PJ Mustipher in there as well.
I did pick out a few highlights from Jayson and Justin from those reps that show exactly what I am referring to.
Arm-over (swim)
Here's Jayson with a swipe, arm-over, and dip the quarterback.
Club
Here he is again working an edge, throws a violent club, and forces the offensive lineman to take him down. He still might have thrown him right into the quarterback.
Terrific counter
Most of the time in pass rush the initial move isn't going to work the way a rusher wants it to. A counter to the first move can be the difference in a pressure versus a sack. I love seeing this from Jayson where he is working one way and then counters back with a rip to the sky.
Rip to the sky
A lot of young linemen start a move, but rarely finish it. Jayson looks like an old pro with the way he finishes with his hands. Here's another example of him ripping to the sky for a win.
I had to cut out a few from here that I wanted to show as well. He not only has the hands, but he has the feel of when to work back against pressure. That is something that takes time for most linemen to learn, but he is already way ahead of the curve.
His brother Justin wasn't quite as dominant, but also was selected as one of the Final 5 defensive linemen to compete at the end of the camp. He won more than his fair share of reps as well off the edge.
Push-pull
On this rep Justin caught the tackle leaning too much and embarrassed him with a nice push-pull move finished off with a swim.
Stab and swipe
It's really the pieces of that both Jayson and Justin use in their pass rush that combine to make them successful. On this rep Justin stabs and shocks the tackle in the chest, but then it's swiping down on the outside arm that allows Justin to finish at the quarterback.
Former defensive line coach Keith Gilmore deserves credit for offering them in person at camp last year to get in on these two early, but a big credit goes to both of these kids to see how far they have advanced with some help from their private defensive line coach Peter Kafaf who has helped take their game to the next level.
The Irish are getting a good one in Justin and Jayson is starting to emerge as one of the best interior pass rushers in the 2018 class.
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