Senior Bowl: South Practice – Day Three

Damontae Kazee, San Diego StateThe final practice of the Senior Bowl week was yet another slow session for the south team, featuring the always profane Gregg Williams and the ever present liveliness of Hue Jackson. The south roster had some interesting moments in the scrimmage portion but it was an abbreviated session as well as the coldest practice of the week to close out Thursday.

CB Damontae Kazee, San Diego State – We are Kazee crazy here in Mobile after a terrific day three. The Aztec product has excellent reactionary speed and understands how take appropriate angles when chasing down ball carriers. His hips are fluid, he can stop on a dime and fire off in the opposite direction. He doesn’t possess ideal height at 5’10¼” but he flashes plus acceleration and could start immediately as a nickel or dime back with his closing speed. Kazee put a solid week in and should see his stock rise during the draft process.

QB Davis Webb, Texas Tech – Webb enjoyed a fantastic week. He has prototype height at 6’4⅝“, he has a smooth throwing motion with an over the top delivery and places the ball well. He nailed an endzone throw in scrimmage just over the top of the defender, dropping a dime in the corner of the endzone to Trent Taylor but it was dropped. Webb just has the accuracy and arm strength that teams will want. He has a change to be a quality backup that could thrive if given the chance at being a starter in the right system.

DT Eddie Vanderdoes, UCLA – Vanderdoes really shined on day three with a number of wins in one on ones and a nasty temperament that shows off the physical brand of ball he plays. He has natural power, he has a well developed lower half and the motor to match up with his physical gifts. He flat out destroyed a one on one rep against Eric Smith with a power bull rush, two violent rip moves and he threw him down hard to finish it off. Vanderdoes might have already been drafted if he didn’t break his commitment with Notre Dame but either way, he’ll be a full time player at the next level.

OG Danny Isidora, Miami (FL) – This is one of the players in Mobile that just got better each day. Nobody will say he dominated, but he showed improvement with reps and rebounded after getting beat. He picked himself back up each time and didn’t lose steam. He’s a self motivated person that is going to continue to get better. Isidora has taken snaps at center, he’s played a lot of guard and had some nice moments throughout the week. He stumped Tanzell Smart’s bull rush early in the day and showed off some powerful hands and anchor in his pass rush drills all week.

CB Ezra Robinson, Tennessee State – Robinson is intriguing with more than adequate height and length at 5’11” even and 31⅜” arms but his game is also above average with his ability to read, react and close in on the football. He started day three off with an interception, cutting off the route and just making a play on the ball as if he was running the route. His instincts are terrific and he found the ball in traffic during running drills. He put a lot of good tape out there this week and will clearly benefit from what was a fine showing against the nation’s best.

The Josh Dobbs Situation – I had been this kid’s biggest supporter leading up to the 2016 season but after watching him closely all year and during practices this week, it’s just not going to happen at quarterback. The biggest concern from a football perspective is that he doesn’t have another position to go to and there is no certainty that he could make it in the Canadian leagues at all with his lack of placement and touch. The fortunate part for Dobbs is that he’s an aerospace engineering major with a terrific head on his shoulders but the football side of things isn’t looking as optimistic. Hopefully I’m dead wrong here but Thursday was a bad showing and on the whole, it was not a good week for Dobbs.

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