Orien Harris Evaluation

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Orien Harris, defensive tackle, Miami

 

Dick Corrick, an NFL scout for 30 years, reports on Orien Harris, a 6-foot-2, 302-pound defensive tackle from Miami:

 

"He can flash stoutness at the point of attack versus the run. He kind of catches blockers and works to the edge on run blocks. By that mean, if he's in a three-technique (on the outside shoulder of the guard), he's going to stay on that edge rather than work back into the face of the blocker, either right or left. He wants to stay in that gap. He's always looking to take that soft spot. You want somebody to make that blocker uncomfortable about where you're going to be. He likes to work through the gap rather than staying flush on the blocker. Plays in a four-point stance. Uses his hands okay on the pass rush. But, again, he works to the edge too much, giving himself only one way to go. I question his body control. He gets knocked off his feet too much. He can stalemate blockers, but he's slow to shed. He stays tied up too much and doesn't make plays against the run. He gets washed down in short yardage. He can split defenders and get pressure on the quarterback. He's effective with gap penetration. That's where he makes most of his plays, when he's in that three-technique and he takes the gap between the guard and the tackle. I expected to see a more dominant guy than what I did. I thought Claude Wroten, the defensive tackle for LSU in the Peach Bowl, was so much better there wasn't any comparison."

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