[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

This is as good a place as any to bring this up, but I've noticed a trend in college football against 300 LB DL.  Alabama used to be synonymous wth of exceedingly large proportions DL.  Not this year.  No 325+ plus NTs on the Alabama team now.  All leaner, quicker guys.  And so it is with Stanford with Scarlett, Shittu, and Thomas.  Those guys all are much quicker than the OL they are going up against in general.  Shittu's quickness will be appreciated at the next level, IMO.

No-huddle, tempo offenses make big bodied nose tackle types a liability.  The added girth is unnecessary, since teams aren't really trying to ram it down your throat anymore.  Meanwhile, a 330-lb NT typically isn't a 3-down, sideline to sideline player, which is what is needed to defend these spread teams.  In other words, the cons of being so big outweigh the pros in modern day college football.

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

This is as good a place as any to bring this up, but I've noticed a trend in college football against 300 LB DL.  Alabama used to be synonymous wth of exceedingly large proportions DL.  Not this year.  No 325+ plus NTs on the Alabama team now.  All leaner, quicker guys.  And so it is with Stanford with Scarlett, Shittu, and Thomas.  Those guys all are much quicker than the OL they are going up against in general.  Shittu's quickness will be appreciated at the next level, IMO.

No-huddle, tempo offenses make big bodied nose tackle types a liability.  The added girth is unnecessary, since teams aren't really trying to ram it down your throat anymore.  Meanwhile, a 330-lb NT typically isn't a 3-down, sideline to sideline player, which is what is needed to defend these spread teams.  In other words, the cons of being so big outweigh the pros in modern day college football.