The Seattle Seahawks wouldn’t have a necessity for an extra premium operating again. The group drafted Michigan State operating again Kennth Walker lll within the second-round final yr and this can be very uncommon to see groups make investments vital draft capital on the place persistently. Nonetheless, there’s enchantment to including one other one after the losses of Rashaad Penny and Travis Homer. On high of that and extra importantly although, we can not rule out John Schnieder and Pete Carroll going in opposition to the grain and falling in love with one other operating again. There’s a clear candidate for that function in Texas operating again Bijan Robinson, who we now have already checked out, however he actually is not going to be out there late within the first spherical/early within the second. Nonetheless, Alabama operating again Jahmyr Gibbs is actually in play in that vary, who we’ll consider down under.
Video games watched – 2022 Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M, LSU
Earlier operating again scouting report – Bijan Robinson
Relative Athletic Rating
Strengths
- Largest energy – Play making skill – Gibbs is a house run ready to occur. He makes use of his superb (7 on a 1-9 scale) burst to shortly hit the opening and explode out of it. He has a lethal jab step transfer that permits him to freeze defenders and get to the following stage. His contact steadiness is superb (7) which permits him to bounce off a number of gamers en path to large runs. His middle of gravity by no means modifications regardless of contact. He can spin out of a deal with from an even bigger defender and keep completely aligned and related with the bottom permitting him to shortly get it going out of the deal with.
- He has good (6) imaginative and prescient conserving his eyes up discipline versus dropping them when issues get tight. On outdoors zone runs he retains his eyes inside when issues aren’t growing past the numbers so as to find any cutback lane. On inside zone performs he by no means forces it into the designed hole; he as an alternative waits, staying mild on his toes and tries to hit the opening as soon as one opens up.
- Gibbs is ready to swap by gears by slowing it down within the open discipline and exploding out of it to beat defenders to the spot.
- He has good bend in his ankles which helps him use all of his strikes.
- Gibbs will get his knees up nicely to keep away from tackles which are going at his ankles with out shedding any of his steadiness and course.
- He’s a really affected person runner permitting blocks to develop in entrance of him earlier than he runs to the spot. Gibbs will sluggish it down behind the road of scrimmage if mandatory to permit a niche to develop.
- His persistence amongst all the different traits mentioned above makes him a plus two runner, as he’s all the time going to select up two yards or greater than the play is blocked for.
- Gibbs may be very good in how he secures the ball, all the time conserving 5 factors of stress on it and having the ball excessive and tight, in addition to getting two fingers on it proper earlier than a deal with in between the tackles.
- On swing or flat routes, he has an awesome understanding of when to get his head round and current a transparent goal to the QB particularly if they’re beneath stress.
- On Texas (angle) routes Gibbs does a implausible job of promoting it to the surface after which sticking his outdoors foot within the floor and exploding to the within.
- Gibbs has dependable fingers catching every thing with them out in entrance slightly than letting the ball catch him and utilizing his physique to deliver it in.
- He does an awesome job of working with the quarterback once they depart the pocket so as to give them an possibility always.
Weaknesses
- Largest weak point – Lack of energy – Gibbs just isn’t a strong runner—he’s by no means going to run by defenders or hold his legs churning as defenders are bringing him down. He’s sturdy sufficient to run by arm tackles in gaps however that’s about it.
- He additionally has an upright operating fashion which does make it troublesome for him to realize leverage on defenders within the gap, particularly in brief yardage conditions.
- The one factor conserving his imaginative and prescient from superb is he by no means seemed to bounce out run performs designed contained in the c gaps even when the area was out there.
- In cross safety Gibbs has his fair proportion of struggles. He too usually focuses on blocking stress from outdoors slightly than taking the within most blitzer. Gibbs may be too fast to go away when he has a examine and launch route as he takes one step up in cross professional after which leaves the pocket. His eyes in cross professional additionally want work as he struggles to determine later arriving blitzer and appears in between at instances.
Flooring/ceiling – Gibbs’ superb (7) elusiveness, play velocity, imaginative and prescient, persistence, house run skill and skills as a receiver give him the ceiling of a excessive finish starter. Nonetheless, his lack of energy, upright operating fashion and struggles in cross professional give him the ground of an excellent starter.
Grade – 6.8 – Stable three-down starter first day of second season – Late first early second
Grade clarification – Frankly I don’t perceive why Gibbs just isn’t a consensus first spherical choose. He jogs my memory a lot of Alvin Kamara and outdoors of his lack of energy he doesn’t have any true weak point as a runner. His cross professional does want a bit of labor, however his affect as a receiver makes him a excessive finish three down weapon. Gibbs is undoubtedly a top-30 participant within the class and has the expertise to change into one of many high 7-10 backs in soccer early in his profession. Personally, I imagine he will probably be a stable three-down starter early in his first season.
Schematic match – Gibbs tasks finest in an outdoor zone operating scheme the place he can make the most of his imaginative and prescient, persistence and burst. He can play in a person blocking scheme as nicely due to how shortly he can hit holes and alter off of it if they’re taken away. Gibbs will have the ability to make a three-down affect.
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