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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2648418, member: 40"]
It isn't living in the past - it is recognizing that effective players don't just fit one archetype.  This might come as a newsflash, but we are probably never going to be an NFL factory.  We aren't going to get 6-5 240 pound defensive ends coming out of HS -- because those guys go to places like Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Alabama.

So, what we can do is identify quality athletes who lack a measureable, and then "grow" them into guys who can compete at a high level.  This guy -- like Morton two years ago -- has the frame but not the weight.  If he had the weight, he'd be a target of one of the aforementioned schools instead.  But he doesn't, so he isn't.

However, that doesn't change the fact that he was a productive player at a power program in Florida.  If the coaches like the athleticism and think that he has the frame to add good weight, then he's a prospect worth bringing in.  If not, then we wouldn't have offered.

And since when is 6-3 or 6-4 too small for DE at the collegiate level?  This isn't the NFL combine -- if this guy ends up being a a quality college player, but not an NFL prospect because he's a hair short -- so what?
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