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OLB/ILB/SS? Christian Kirksey, Iowa -- Here's a really interesting prospect for most teams. Kirksey has a lot that you love to see in a linebacker: he's very fast, he diagnoses plays very quickly and tackles great. What's especially exciting about him is his work in coverage. This is one of the best linebackers in coverage I've seen, to the point where QBs largely chose not to challenge him. That speaks to his great athleticism, and one of the reasons why it's possible a team could try converting him to safety (he's 6'1", 232 lbs). The problem, however, is that as comfortable Kirksey is at backpedaling into coverage, he's far less impressive charging upfield. He doesn't quite show much ability to shed blocks, and he doesn't really have much of anything in terms of passrush moves to beat offensive lineman. I think he's a great candidate to play OLB in a 4-3, or an ILB in a 3-4 scheme that doesn't blitz a lot.
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