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2007 NFL Draft - Le'Ron McClain - FB
While everyone is wondering if Brian Leonard (Related) is going to be a fullback or a running back in the NFL, there is a true #1 rated fullback on the board that hasn't received the pre-draft press that Leonard has.
Admittedly, fullbacks aren't something you casually follow in college, so my first introduction to McClain was at the 2007 Senior Bowl, where the former Bama standout (Related) exhibited himself very well.
At that event, NFL's Gil Brandt wrote (Related) :
It took five minutes of the first contact drill to realize Alabama fullback Le'Ron McClain is one tough football player. Is he a first-round pick? No. Is he a first-day pick? Only if a team is interested in a man who is going to get on linebackers and physically dominate them and can catch a short pass to move the chains when the defense overplays the run. A 6-foot, 255-pound bulldozer, McClain is in the model of NFL fullbacks Lorenzo Neal, Mack Strong and Heath Evans. He's not winning any beauty contests, but he is going to set the tempo for the running game.
It's hard to narrow down exactly how much McClain weighs. We know he's an even 6 feet tall. While his espn (Related) , yahoo (Related) , and nfl.com (Related) profiles list him at 257 pounds (reflecting his weight at the Combine), McClain weighed in at the Senior Bowl (Related) at 265 and then was a svelte 247 at his Alabama pro-day (Related) . He's not a gifted athlete like Leonard, but McClain is nimble enough on his feet to be able to stay with linebackers at the next level.
Throwback fullbacks like this aren't for every NFL franchise anymore, but for teams in search of one, Le'Ron McClain is a pure lead fullbacks who can also can catch the ball enough out of the backfield to be valuable on all three downs.
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April 26, 2007
2007 NFL Draft - Le'Ron McClain - FB
While everyone is wondering if Brian Leonard (Related) is going to be a fullback or a running back in the NFL, there is a true #1 rated fullback on the board that hasn't received the pre-draft press that Leonard has.
Admittedly, fullbacks aren't something you casually follow in college, so my first introduction to McClain was at the 2007 Senior Bowl, where the former Bama standout (Related) exhibited himself very well.
At that event, NFL's Gil Brandt wrote (Related) :
It took five minutes of the first contact drill to realize Alabama fullback Le'Ron McClain is one tough football player. Is he a first-round pick? No. Is he a first-day pick? Only if a team is interested in a man who is going to get on linebackers and physically dominate them and can catch a short pass to move the chains when the defense overplays the run. A 6-foot, 255-pound bulldozer, McClain is in the model of NFL fullbacks Lorenzo Neal, Mack Strong and Heath Evans. He's not winning any beauty contests, but he is going to set the tempo for the running game.
It's hard to narrow down exactly how much McClain weighs. We know he's an even 6 feet tall. While his espn (Related) , yahoo (Related) , and nfl.com (Related) profiles list him at 257 pounds (reflecting his weight at the Combine), McClain weighed in at the Senior Bowl (Related) at 265 and then was a svelte 247 at his Alabama pro-day (Related) . He's not a gifted athlete like Leonard, but McClain is nimble enough on his feet to be able to stay with linebackers at the next level.
Throwback fullbacks like this aren't for every NFL franchise anymore, but for teams in search of one, Le'Ron McClain is a pure lead fullbacks who can also can catch the ball enough out of the backfield to be valuable on all three downs.
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