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[quote author=StannyBoy link=topic=13853.msg151099#msg151099 date=1451945357]
[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=13853.msg151084#msg151084 date=1451943236]
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.

Completely false.

NT: Darren Lake 315 lbs
DE: A'Shawn Robinson 312 lbs
DE: Jarran Reed 313 lbs

They are so good that Jonathan Allen is a back up and he could go in the first round this year as a junior. The other back up Tomlinson is also very highly regarded and almost 300 lbs. Former 5 star recruit Da'Shawn Hand is stuck as a 3rd stringer. Most of our DL would not even play at Bama.
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Your quoted weights are not incompatible with the statement that there are "No 325+ NTs on the Alabama team now."  The three starters you mentioned are all < 325 Lbs.

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More salient is that I doubt 325 lb DL were ever that common on Alabama or any other program. 315 lbers, of which Bama has several is plenty big as it is. Shittu may be drafted but I think he needs more weight to be a DL or more speed to be a DE, at least to be a starter.

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[quote author=StannyBoy link=topic=13853.msg151099#msg151099 date=1451945357]
[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=13853.msg151084#msg151084 date=1451943236]
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.

Completely false.

NT: Darren Lake 315 lbs
DE: A'Shawn Robinson 312 lbs
DE: Jarran Reed 313 lbs

They are so good that Jonathan Allen is a back up and he could go in the first round this year as a junior. The other back up Tomlinson is also very highly regarded and almost 300 lbs. Former 5 star recruit Da'Shawn Hand is stuck as a 3rd stringer. Most of our DL would not even play at Bama.
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Your quoted weights are not incompatible with the statement that there are "No 325+ NTs on the Alabama team now."  The three starters you mentioned are all < 325 Lbs.

BC
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More salient is that I doubt 325 lb DL were ever that common on Alabama or any other program. 315 lbers, of which Bama has several is plenty big as it is. Shittu may be drafted but I think he needs more weight to be a DL or more speed to be a DE, at least to be a starter.