This is Part 2 of 3:
IOWA OFFENSE, THE MICRO
QB SPENCER PETRAS (6-5, 231, Soph., San Rafael, Cal.)
* Was a four-star recruit, ranked No. 40 in California.
* Has two career starts, with an 0-2 record.
* Misses high a lot. High and hard.
* Has a habit of not getting his feet set and rushing his throw a bit.
* Guitar playing, singer, Dead Head and Metallica fan (Metallica lead singer James Hetfield was his coach in middle school in the San Fran area).
Vs Northwestern
- Terrible on a third-and-goal counter boot in the first quarter. Had some pressure, but if he takes the hit to make the throw to a WIDE OPEN tight end, it’s 21-0 and possibly ball game. Didn’t finish. So far, he’s been just good enough to get beat as a QB.
* Got into a rhythm with a steady diet of short routes vs Purdue’s soft coverages. Michigan State won’t play soft. Does Petras have the accuracy and consistency to make intermediate throws? So far this year, he hasn’t shown proficiency in that area.
- Missed open Brandon Smith in the corner of the end zone from the 20-yard line early in the 4Q vs Purdue. Didn’t have his feet set, overthrew him, didn’t look good. Play was flagged for holding by the center anyway.
- Missed high on two passes on Iowa’s final ill-fated drive at Purdue. Drive never got going after an initial completion. Screen pass on third down was poorly thrown and timed.
- INT in third quarter vs NW. Had some heat due to right tackle Coy Cronk getting beat, upset Petras’ timing a bit, he was late on an in-route to TE, safety read it, stepped in front, INT.
INCONSISTENT. EXAMPLE:
+ Nice over route for about 25 yards against Northwestern.
- Very next play, forced a crossing route into triple coverage and luckily (or by design) missed high. He had plenty of time to look for a second read on that play.
FROM MY CHAIR:
* I zipped through the loss to Northwestern and then was watching the Purdue game when I started to realize that Petras was bad on third down. That’s when I started charting it.
He has been bad on third down, unsettled. Perhaps he will improve, perhaps this week. He’s just three starts into his career and he’s a sophomore. But I don’t bet on the rise, I go with the body of work.
This is kind of wordy, but this is what Petras has done on third downs in his last six quarters:
PETRAS ON THIRD DOWN
2H vs Purdue
+ 3-7 COMP out route, timing route to Brandon Smith for 8 vs off coverage.
- 3-9: INC to TE Beyer on square-in at 14 yards. Thrown behind him.
- 3-10: Uncomfortable vs zone, patted the ball, then hurried, threw it away.
- 3-8: five man rush, hurried his throw a little on a comeback at 4 yards to WR Tracy. Vs single-safety deep, off man-to-man, not a difficult coverage to read. Was happy to hurry and throw short of the sticks.
+ 4-4: WR out route to Ragani against off coverage, bad coverage. Gain of about 15. Well-thrown ball to the wide side of the field. One read, to the outside, thrown at about 6 yards. Purdue gave him an easy read, Purdue with a miscommunication, both DBs going with the inside WR. Ragani left open in the confusion.
- 3-10 screen on final drive, poor.
- 4-10 prayer into triple-coverage no chance, but Purdue got away with pass interference.
vs NW:
- 3-6: Slant to Raigani, gain of 5.
+ 3-6 Shallow crosser to Raigani, gain of 8.
- 3-2 INC counter boot, pressured, TE wide open in end zone. Settled for field goal.
- 3-6: INC. Pumped, unsure, one read, incomplete on a comeback route.
- 3-11: INC corner route thrown high.
- 3-6: COMP for only a gain of 3 on a shallow crosser.
- 3-13: Flushed, scramble, keep.
- 3-5: INT on crosser.
+ 3-10: COMP to tight end on out route.
- 3-5: Against a three man rush, he scrambled out of the pocket early and threw the ball in the stands.
- 4-5: INC to TE on a square-in.
It was hard to watch. He seems to lack confidence in his disposition. I don’t know what they have behind him at QB.
Petras, with that big arm, might be pretty good some day. But we haven’t seen it consistently, yet.
Alex Padilla, a redshirt freshman, is listed as the back-up. He was a three-star recruit, ranked No. 10 in Colorado with offers from CSU, CMU and Ivies.
NOTE: Petras CAN look good for a throw or two. And when he throws accurately, it’s impressive. The problem is that he will throw one nice pass and then come back on the next two throws and sail it high.
He compounds this with (for now) an inability to read coverages.
That’s not a winning combination.
RUNNING BACKS
* The Skinny: Three pretty good ones, tough little battlers.
RB 15 TYLER GOODSON (5-10, 200, Soph., Suwanee, Ga.)
* 5.6 three star, ranked No. 74 in Georgia.
* Tough little runner, gets hards after contact, runs hard.
* Rushed for 77 yards (16 carries) against Purdue, and 43 yards on 13 carries against Northwestern.
* First player to ever lead Iowa in rushing as a freshman.
* Rushed for 638 yards last year.
+ Quick-hitting wheel route to the short side against Purdue for 40 yards (30 after the catch).
* Good last year as a receiver in empty set formations.
- Fumbled at the 10-yard line in the 1Q vs Purdue. Those lost points would come back to haunt them.
* Deceptively hard to tackle.
* Seems like a little back but has good power. Breaks tackles, gets the extra yard through contact.
* They use him in the Wildcat inside the 10. They also tried it on third-and-2 against Purdue, but they were flagged for a false start.
* Good cutback vision on outside zone plays.
RB 10 Mekhi Sargent (5-9, 209, Sr. Key West, Fla.)
* Was a no-star junior college transfer from Iowa Western CC.
* 71 yards on 11 carries against Purdue, including a 21-yarder.
+ Gain of 8 on two-TE outside zone early in 1Q vs Purdue. Looked like an Iowa RB on that play.
* Shifty cutback quickness.
* Had four rushing TDs last year.
* Nice little cut back for a 1-yard TD against Purdue.
* FB 38 Monte Pottebaum (6-1, 244, Soph., Larchwood, Iowa.)
* Consummate Iowa hammerhead fullback.
* They use the I-formation quite a bit. He saw 26 snaps (out of 76) against Purdue.
* They’re good with the old fashioned zone lead. He’s the lead.
WIDE RECEIVERS:
The Skinny: Pretty good mix. They had depth here, but they will miss Smith-Marsette, and they don’t get a lot of help from the QB.
Smith-Marsette had 44 catches last year and was MVP of the Holiday Bowl.
This year, Smith-Marsette ranked second on the team in receiving yards and tied for second in catches with seven.
WR 12 BRANDON SMITH (6-2, 215, Sr, Lake Cormorant, Miss)
* Was a 5.5 three-star recruit, unranked in Mississippi. Had mid-major offers.
* 37 catches last year while missing four games with an injury. Five TDs.
* Good straight line speed. Went deep to him for an INC early in the Purdue game. Looked like former Michigan State draft pick Devin Thomas, fast and muscular, on that route.
+ Beautiful 9-yard TD catch, fade to the corner, going high vs good coverage, getting a foot down.
* Has six catches this year for 53 yards. His workload will likely increase.
WR 3 TYRONE TRACY (5-11, 203, Soph, Camby, Ind.)
* Was a 5.7 three-star, ranked No. 5 in Indiana.
* Had offers from Illinois, Indiana, Syracuse, Louisville, Northwestern.
* 36 catches last year for 589 yards and three TDs.
+ Nice over route for about 25 yards against Northwestern.
* Has four catches for 52 yards.
WR 89 Nico Ragaini (6-0, 193, Soph. East Haven, Conn.)
* Was a 5.5 three-star, with offers from BC, Yale.
* Started only two games last year but led the team in catches with 46. Ranked third in receiving yards at 439. That’s the epitome of a possession receiver. That’s him.
* All-Big Ten punt returner by Phil Steele.
* Has seven catches for 77 yards.
TE 84 SAM LAPORTA (6-4, 249, Soph., Highland, Ill.)
* Was a 5.5 three-star recruit, ranked No. 30 in Illinois.
* December commitment over MAC schools.
* Emerging as All-Big Ten type TE.
* Leads team with 11 catches and 117 yards.
* 15 catches last year, two starts.
* They feature him in the pass game as a primary receiver.
* Very good possession-plus TE. They like him on 15-yard out routes, and also the short post.
+ Throwback screen vs NW for 14 yards.
+ Good on the 15-yard out route, or the staple Iowa counter boot drag.
* They run a TON of two-TE sets, and always have.
The other guy is:
TE 82, Shaun Beyer (6-5, 248, Shellsburg, Iowa)
* 5.6 three-star recruit, ranked No. 4 in Iowa.
* November commitment voer Nebraska, ISU.
* Has two catches this year.
* Started eight games last year, seven receptions.
* PFF had him as Iowa’s No. 1 run blocker in each of Iowa’s first two games at 79.6 and 80.5.
- Missed a block on an outside zone to his side on the first play of a drive after Purdue had cut the lead to 20-17 with 8:00 to play.
* Iowa uses the TEs together. Often on the same side of the formation. They are quick to get out to the LB or safety level as blockers, move well laterally to get defensive players hooked to the inside.
OFFENSIVE LINE
The Skinny: Good with inside and outside zone blocking, although I’ve seen their zone blocking get clogged up more this year than in the glory days. On gap plays, their C/RG double teams are good. LG is suspect. Expected the LT and RT to be better, due to all the experience and the hype of the LT.
Good group, not a great one. Maybe similar to Michigan, but not as varied with their blocking schemes. They do fewer things and usually do them very well. Not there yet, but they might get there.
LT ALARIC JACKSON (6-6, 315, Sr., Detroit Renaissance)
* 5.5 three-star recruit, No. 33 in the state. Michigan State did not offer.
* Third-team All-Big Ten last year by coaches.
* Second-team All-Big Ten by coaches in 2018.
* Fourth-year starter.
* 40 career starts.
* Vegan.
- Allowed Purdue DE Karlaftis (good player) to cross his face and made he stop on a first-and-10 run late in the third quarter, which stalled a drive after Iowa had been getting chunks on the ground.
+ Graded out at 84.5 in pass pro against Northwestern. 64.3 in run blocking.
LG 61 COLE BANWART (6-4, 296, Sr., Ottosen, Iowa)
* Walk-on. 5.4 two-star recruit, unranked in Iowa.
* Had offers from Northern Iowa and South Dakota State.
* Has been mostly a reserve up until this season.
* he graded out at 78.8 in run blocking against NW, but the only I noticed him was when he didn’t get off his double-team soon enough to catch the MLB scraping over the top on an outside zone run. The play lost four yards and was critical in Iowa’s loss.
Iowa had just nabbed an INT at the Northwestern 30-yard line with 7:00 to play, down by a point. On second-and-one, that’s when Banward missed his block, turning a very favorable situation into third-and-five.
Then on third down, QB Petras threw an INT over the middle to the TE, thrown too hard and outside of his target, tip drill int.
C 65 TYLER LINDERBAUM (6-3, 289, Soph, Solon, Iowa)
* Was a 5.6 three star recruit, ranked No. 3 in Iowa.
* HM All-Big Ten by coaches last year.
++ Snap and pull cut block on the play side LB in the fourth quarter against Purdue was one of the best plays I’ve seen by a center all year. But RB Sargent fumbled on the play with 6 minutes to go at the end of a 12-yard run at the 28-yard line.
* I hadn’t seen him pin-and-pull all day, but he looked like an ace on that play, but the RB Sargent blew it.
RG 64 KYLER SCHOTT (6-2, 293, Jr., Coggon, Iowa).
* Walk-on, unranked recruit.
* Started six games last year.
* Noticed him as good with the center on double team blocks. But PFF had him ranked last on the team in run blocking against Northwestern. No. 1 on the team in pass pro against Purdue at 90.5, a championship level.
RT 51 COY CRONK (6-5, 272, Sr, Lafayette, Ind.)
* Graduate transfer from Indiana.
* Started four years at Indiana, but only played four games last year before being injured. Used that year as a redshirt and grad-transferred to Iowa.
* 41 career starts.
* Has shown feet in the run game to get out, log and seal, and then look for a second-level guy to seal, but has not been consistent.
- Might not be as good as he was at Indiana.
- Allowed a sack to Purdue’s DE Karlaftis, but Michigan State doesn’t have a pass rusher quite like Karlaftis. He’s pretty good.
- Struggled in 3Q allowing consecutive pressures, one on a bull rush, one on a long-arm outside move vs Northwestern sophomore d-end Eku Leota. You heard that name here first. Rising Big Ten defensive end. Eku Leota of Northwestern. PFF graded him at 10.6 in pass pro that day, out of 100 which is red bad.
IOWA OFFENSE, THE MICRO
QB SPENCER PETRAS (6-5, 231, Soph., San Rafael, Cal.)
* Was a four-star recruit, ranked No. 40 in California.
* Has two career starts, with an 0-2 record.
* Misses high a lot. High and hard.
* Has a habit of not getting his feet set and rushing his throw a bit.
* Guitar playing, singer, Dead Head and Metallica fan (Metallica lead singer James Hetfield was his coach in middle school in the San Fran area).
Vs Northwestern
- Terrible on a third-and-goal counter boot in the first quarter. Had some pressure, but if he takes the hit to make the throw to a WIDE OPEN tight end, it’s 21-0 and possibly ball game. Didn’t finish. So far, he’s been just good enough to get beat as a QB.
* Got into a rhythm with a steady diet of short routes vs Purdue’s soft coverages. Michigan State won’t play soft. Does Petras have the accuracy and consistency to make intermediate throws? So far this year, he hasn’t shown proficiency in that area.
- Missed open Brandon Smith in the corner of the end zone from the 20-yard line early in the 4Q vs Purdue. Didn’t have his feet set, overthrew him, didn’t look good. Play was flagged for holding by the center anyway.
- Missed high on two passes on Iowa’s final ill-fated drive at Purdue. Drive never got going after an initial completion. Screen pass on third down was poorly thrown and timed.
- INT in third quarter vs NW. Had some heat due to right tackle Coy Cronk getting beat, upset Petras’ timing a bit, he was late on an in-route to TE, safety read it, stepped in front, INT.
INCONSISTENT. EXAMPLE:
+ Nice over route for about 25 yards against Northwestern.
- Very next play, forced a crossing route into triple coverage and luckily (or by design) missed high. He had plenty of time to look for a second read on that play.
FROM MY CHAIR:
* I zipped through the loss to Northwestern and then was watching the Purdue game when I started to realize that Petras was bad on third down. That’s when I started charting it.
He has been bad on third down, unsettled. Perhaps he will improve, perhaps this week. He’s just three starts into his career and he’s a sophomore. But I don’t bet on the rise, I go with the body of work.
This is kind of wordy, but this is what Petras has done on third downs in his last six quarters:
PETRAS ON THIRD DOWN
2H vs Purdue
+ 3-7 COMP out route, timing route to Brandon Smith for 8 vs off coverage.
- 3-9: INC to TE Beyer on square-in at 14 yards. Thrown behind him.
- 3-10: Uncomfortable vs zone, patted the ball, then hurried, threw it away.
- 3-8: five man rush, hurried his throw a little on a comeback at 4 yards to WR Tracy. Vs single-safety deep, off man-to-man, not a difficult coverage to read. Was happy to hurry and throw short of the sticks.
+ 4-4: WR out route to Ragani against off coverage, bad coverage. Gain of about 15. Well-thrown ball to the wide side of the field. One read, to the outside, thrown at about 6 yards. Purdue gave him an easy read, Purdue with a miscommunication, both DBs going with the inside WR. Ragani left open in the confusion.
- 3-10 screen on final drive, poor.
- 4-10 prayer into triple-coverage no chance, but Purdue got away with pass interference.
vs NW:
- 3-6: Slant to Raigani, gain of 5.
+ 3-6 Shallow crosser to Raigani, gain of 8.
- 3-2 INC counter boot, pressured, TE wide open in end zone. Settled for field goal.
- 3-6: INC. Pumped, unsure, one read, incomplete on a comeback route.
- 3-11: INC corner route thrown high.
- 3-6: COMP for only a gain of 3 on a shallow crosser.
- 3-13: Flushed, scramble, keep.
- 3-5: INT on crosser.
+ 3-10: COMP to tight end on out route.
- 3-5: Against a three man rush, he scrambled out of the pocket early and threw the ball in the stands.
- 4-5: INC to TE on a square-in.
It was hard to watch. He seems to lack confidence in his disposition. I don’t know what they have behind him at QB.
Petras, with that big arm, might be pretty good some day. But we haven’t seen it consistently, yet.
Alex Padilla, a redshirt freshman, is listed as the back-up. He was a three-star recruit, ranked No. 10 in Colorado with offers from CSU, CMU and Ivies.
NOTE: Petras CAN look good for a throw or two. And when he throws accurately, it’s impressive. The problem is that he will throw one nice pass and then come back on the next two throws and sail it high.
He compounds this with (for now) an inability to read coverages.
That’s not a winning combination.
RUNNING BACKS
* The Skinny: Three pretty good ones, tough little battlers.
RB 15 TYLER GOODSON (5-10, 200, Soph., Suwanee, Ga.)
* 5.6 three star, ranked No. 74 in Georgia.
* Tough little runner, gets hards after contact, runs hard.
* Rushed for 77 yards (16 carries) against Purdue, and 43 yards on 13 carries against Northwestern.
* First player to ever lead Iowa in rushing as a freshman.
* Rushed for 638 yards last year.
+ Quick-hitting wheel route to the short side against Purdue for 40 yards (30 after the catch).
* Good last year as a receiver in empty set formations.
- Fumbled at the 10-yard line in the 1Q vs Purdue. Those lost points would come back to haunt them.
* Deceptively hard to tackle.
* Seems like a little back but has good power. Breaks tackles, gets the extra yard through contact.
* They use him in the Wildcat inside the 10. They also tried it on third-and-2 against Purdue, but they were flagged for a false start.
* Good cutback vision on outside zone plays.
RB 10 Mekhi Sargent (5-9, 209, Sr. Key West, Fla.)
* Was a no-star junior college transfer from Iowa Western CC.
* 71 yards on 11 carries against Purdue, including a 21-yarder.
+ Gain of 8 on two-TE outside zone early in 1Q vs Purdue. Looked like an Iowa RB on that play.
* Shifty cutback quickness.
* Had four rushing TDs last year.
* Nice little cut back for a 1-yard TD against Purdue.
* FB 38 Monte Pottebaum (6-1, 244, Soph., Larchwood, Iowa.)
* Consummate Iowa hammerhead fullback.
* They use the I-formation quite a bit. He saw 26 snaps (out of 76) against Purdue.
* They’re good with the old fashioned zone lead. He’s the lead.
WIDE RECEIVERS:
The Skinny: Pretty good mix. They had depth here, but they will miss Smith-Marsette, and they don’t get a lot of help from the QB.
Smith-Marsette had 44 catches last year and was MVP of the Holiday Bowl.
This year, Smith-Marsette ranked second on the team in receiving yards and tied for second in catches with seven.
WR 12 BRANDON SMITH (6-2, 215, Sr, Lake Cormorant, Miss)
* Was a 5.5 three-star recruit, unranked in Mississippi. Had mid-major offers.
* 37 catches last year while missing four games with an injury. Five TDs.
* Good straight line speed. Went deep to him for an INC early in the Purdue game. Looked like former Michigan State draft pick Devin Thomas, fast and muscular, on that route.
+ Beautiful 9-yard TD catch, fade to the corner, going high vs good coverage, getting a foot down.
* Has six catches this year for 53 yards. His workload will likely increase.
WR 3 TYRONE TRACY (5-11, 203, Soph, Camby, Ind.)
* Was a 5.7 three-star, ranked No. 5 in Indiana.
* Had offers from Illinois, Indiana, Syracuse, Louisville, Northwestern.
* 36 catches last year for 589 yards and three TDs.
+ Nice over route for about 25 yards against Northwestern.
* Has four catches for 52 yards.
WR 89 Nico Ragaini (6-0, 193, Soph. East Haven, Conn.)
* Was a 5.5 three-star, with offers from BC, Yale.
* Started only two games last year but led the team in catches with 46. Ranked third in receiving yards at 439. That’s the epitome of a possession receiver. That’s him.
* All-Big Ten punt returner by Phil Steele.
* Has seven catches for 77 yards.
TE 84 SAM LAPORTA (6-4, 249, Soph., Highland, Ill.)
* Was a 5.5 three-star recruit, ranked No. 30 in Illinois.
* December commitment over MAC schools.
* Emerging as All-Big Ten type TE.
* Leads team with 11 catches and 117 yards.
* 15 catches last year, two starts.
* They feature him in the pass game as a primary receiver.
* Very good possession-plus TE. They like him on 15-yard out routes, and also the short post.
+ Throwback screen vs NW for 14 yards.
+ Good on the 15-yard out route, or the staple Iowa counter boot drag.
* They run a TON of two-TE sets, and always have.
The other guy is:
TE 82, Shaun Beyer (6-5, 248, Shellsburg, Iowa)
* 5.6 three-star recruit, ranked No. 4 in Iowa.
* November commitment voer Nebraska, ISU.
* Has two catches this year.
* Started eight games last year, seven receptions.
* PFF had him as Iowa’s No. 1 run blocker in each of Iowa’s first two games at 79.6 and 80.5.
- Missed a block on an outside zone to his side on the first play of a drive after Purdue had cut the lead to 20-17 with 8:00 to play.
* Iowa uses the TEs together. Often on the same side of the formation. They are quick to get out to the LB or safety level as blockers, move well laterally to get defensive players hooked to the inside.
OFFENSIVE LINE
The Skinny: Good with inside and outside zone blocking, although I’ve seen their zone blocking get clogged up more this year than in the glory days. On gap plays, their C/RG double teams are good. LG is suspect. Expected the LT and RT to be better, due to all the experience and the hype of the LT.
Good group, not a great one. Maybe similar to Michigan, but not as varied with their blocking schemes. They do fewer things and usually do them very well. Not there yet, but they might get there.
LT ALARIC JACKSON (6-6, 315, Sr., Detroit Renaissance)
* 5.5 three-star recruit, No. 33 in the state. Michigan State did not offer.
* Third-team All-Big Ten last year by coaches.
* Second-team All-Big Ten by coaches in 2018.
* Fourth-year starter.
* 40 career starts.
* Vegan.
- Allowed Purdue DE Karlaftis (good player) to cross his face and made he stop on a first-and-10 run late in the third quarter, which stalled a drive after Iowa had been getting chunks on the ground.
+ Graded out at 84.5 in pass pro against Northwestern. 64.3 in run blocking.
LG 61 COLE BANWART (6-4, 296, Sr., Ottosen, Iowa)
* Walk-on. 5.4 two-star recruit, unranked in Iowa.
* Had offers from Northern Iowa and South Dakota State.
* Has been mostly a reserve up until this season.
* he graded out at 78.8 in run blocking against NW, but the only I noticed him was when he didn’t get off his double-team soon enough to catch the MLB scraping over the top on an outside zone run. The play lost four yards and was critical in Iowa’s loss.
Iowa had just nabbed an INT at the Northwestern 30-yard line with 7:00 to play, down by a point. On second-and-one, that’s when Banward missed his block, turning a very favorable situation into third-and-five.
Then on third down, QB Petras threw an INT over the middle to the TE, thrown too hard and outside of his target, tip drill int.
C 65 TYLER LINDERBAUM (6-3, 289, Soph, Solon, Iowa)
* Was a 5.6 three star recruit, ranked No. 3 in Iowa.
* HM All-Big Ten by coaches last year.
++ Snap and pull cut block on the play side LB in the fourth quarter against Purdue was one of the best plays I’ve seen by a center all year. But RB Sargent fumbled on the play with 6 minutes to go at the end of a 12-yard run at the 28-yard line.
* I hadn’t seen him pin-and-pull all day, but he looked like an ace on that play, but the RB Sargent blew it.
RG 64 KYLER SCHOTT (6-2, 293, Jr., Coggon, Iowa).
* Walk-on, unranked recruit.
* Started six games last year.
* Noticed him as good with the center on double team blocks. But PFF had him ranked last on the team in run blocking against Northwestern. No. 1 on the team in pass pro against Purdue at 90.5, a championship level.
RT 51 COY CRONK (6-5, 272, Sr, Lafayette, Ind.)
* Graduate transfer from Indiana.
* Started four years at Indiana, but only played four games last year before being injured. Used that year as a redshirt and grad-transferred to Iowa.
* 41 career starts.
* Has shown feet in the run game to get out, log and seal, and then look for a second-level guy to seal, but has not been consistent.
- Might not be as good as he was at Indiana.
- Allowed a sack to Purdue’s DE Karlaftis, but Michigan State doesn’t have a pass rusher quite like Karlaftis. He’s pretty good.
- Struggled in 3Q allowing consecutive pressures, one on a bull rush, one on a long-arm outside move vs Northwestern sophomore d-end Eku Leota. You heard that name here first. Rising Big Ten defensive end. Eku Leota of Northwestern. PFF graded him at 10.6 in pass pro that day, out of 100 which is red bad.
