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Mike Ekeler's players are sick of hearing about Lavonte David. Every time they walk into his office they're greeted by a picture of Ekeler and David sitting on the coach's desk. The ironic part is that Ekeler never really wanted to coach David in the first place. That is, he never wanted Lavonte David to be part of his football team ... until he met him.
Ekeler, now at the University of Georgia, was the linebackers coach at Nebraska from 2008-2010,Men's Nike San Francisco 49ers 21 Frank Gore Limited Camo Realtree Super Bowl XLVII NFL Jersey, head coach Bo Pelini's first three years at the school. In 2009 Pelini was looking to put together his defense and needed some bodies. Nebraska already had one former Fort Scott player on the roster - wide receiver - and the junior college had sent plenty of other players to the NFL. Pelini gave Jeff Simms a call.
Simms told Pelini about David,messi barca jersey number, how he was one of the two most passionate football players he'd ever coached, how he'd never seen a linebacker better at finding the hole in the line scrimmage or recognizing a play,argentina football jersey india, how he was the best tackler he'd ever been around,Men's Nike San Francisco 49ers 55 Ahmad Brooks Limited Black Camo Fashion Super Bowl XLVII NFL Jersey, how he'd racked up 12 tackles and been named the Most Valuable Defensive Player of the 2009 Junior College National Football Championship game while playing a team led by a young quarterback named .
Nebraska was intrigued, but also skeptical. First off,jersey real madrid 2014 ronaldo, David was still small. In fact, his size was the only reason he was available. David's first choice remained the University of Miami. Simms even called up the school's head coach,aaron rodgers jerseys super bowl patch, Randy Shannon,ajax shirt voor in de auto, to let him know that this was the case.
"You won't have to do any recruiting for this one," he said over the phone. "If you want him the kid's yours."
"How big is he?" Simms says Shannon asked. Simms informed him David was 208 pounds. Shannon said he needed his linebackers to be at least 215. He never reached out to David or had him visit the school. But Nebraska was more open-minded. On Nov. 20, 2009,manchester city 2014 15 kit, David met with Ekeler in his office. The coach wanted to pick David's brain, see what he could digest.
Nebraska was wary about adding a player who would only be around for two years. The fear was that his collegiate career would be over before the team's defensive system was fully absorbed.
"Everything in that system falls on the linebackers,chelsea girl t shirt river island," Ekeler says. "If you're a linebacker and you're not very intelligent,bayern munich shirts south africa, if you can't process information quickly, then you can't play for us."
Normally these meetings last a few minutes. That day David and Ekeler spent two hours together talking defense and formations and technique. "He was one of the smartest players I'd ever met,nike authentic peyton manning broncos jerseys," Ekeler says. He had to show his boss. Ekeler brought David down the hall and knocked on Pelini's door.
"Bo,aaron rodgers acme jerseys," he said. "You gotta check this out. This is our guy right here."相关的主题文章：


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