Senior Bowl 2012: North practice, day 2

Tuesday's North practice resembled a summer football camp. There were a lot of boys there. The QBs botched so many exchanges from center the coaches decided to pull them and all the centers off to the side and work on it. Fortunately there were some major instances of men among the boys.

* UConn DT Kendall Reyes has to have made himself a lot of money already this week. He looked positively dominant. He whipped Wisconsin guard Kevin Zeitler every which way. During drills, he did it once with a quick move off the ball and quick hands, and the second time, he drove Zeitler backward into the QB like a little, um, kid. When the fastest your feet move is when your opponent is shoving you backward, you're getting dominated. Reyes also would have stuffed a run in 11-on-11, and in that same drill, he flushed Kirk Cousins into scrambling with backside pursuit. Looks like the total package.

* Boise State DT Billy Winn probably saw Utah OG Tony Bergstrom (6'5.5" 315) in his nightmares last night. Bergstrom locked him down when power-rushing, and on one rep, Bergstrom put Winn on the ground with one punch. I hope Winn slipped, but I don't think he did. He just got flattened. I haven't seen a ton of Senior Bowl practices, but I've never seen anything like that. Keep an eye on Bergstrom.

* Another lineman just flattening people out there is OT Senio Kelemete of Washington (6"3.5" 300). In the 1-on-1 drill, he was just putting people on the ground. Vinny Curry would try to put that low speed rush move on him, and Kelemete would stay right on him and then say, ok, you're already close to the ground, here! Eat some turf. Strong tackle with feet quick enough to stay with speed rushers - if Kelemete keeps showing that, he'll be on his way up the charts with a bullet.

* Also liked: Penn State DE Jack Crawford (6'5" 278). Beat both Mike Adams and Mitchell Schwartz during 1-on-1 drills. Nice spin move, nice potential as a wide-9 rusher.
- Washington DT Alameda Ta'amu (6'2.5" 341). Would have had a couple of big run disruptions in 11-on-11.
- Marvin Jones still looks like the best receiver on the North team. Gerell Robinson won the hand fight and destroyed George Iloka on a slant route. Got himself open by yards. Looks like Iloka's working out at safety.
- Boston College CB Donnie Fletcher (6'0" 201) looks like the North's best cover corner.

* Guys you'll have to trust NFL Network on:
- Mike Mayock continues to pump up Nebraska CB Alfonzo Dennard (5'10", 203), even as he's making illegal contact with the receiver 20 yards downfield.
- The analysts have also been pumping up Washington RB Chris Polk (5'10.5" 224) for two days. The very first thing we saw today was Nebraska LB Lavonte David (6'0.5" 225) running over him in blitz pickup drill like a Mack truck turning a possum into road kill.
- Bucky Brooks says Appalachian State WR Brian Quick (6'3.5" 222) stands out. In a good way? Whenever he pops up on screen he looks like garbage. He got stripped by Penn State DB D'Anton Lynn (5'11.5" 208) during 1-on-1, which is inexcusable. He made an awful adjustment to a throw behind him in 11-on-11, like he was trying to basket-catch it or something. He hasn't looked all that hard to cover. For his sake, I hope this is a case of how the camera proverbially lies.

Another full-pads practice Wednesday morning. Last chance to impress the many of us scouting on TV!

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