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[QUOTE="CbusCuse, post: 3993973, member: 507"]
Tucker as a RB is interesting to me.  When we signed him I wasn't all that excited about him, he looked solid but nothing really seemed to pop out on his film.  He must have had a bad OL his senior year. As a senior, he rushed for 1,204 yards and 14 touchdowns. but I remember thinking if he only average like just over 5 ypc his senior year (Pretty sure that is what it was) how good can he be? He was like 7.2 ypc his junior year.

He is just very solid in every attribute for a running back.  He seems to be a good quiet leader. He's got to be mature and fairly smart as he started as a true freshmen. He has really good speed but not excellent breakaway speed.  He is pretty powerful but not ridiculously so. He isn't plowing over people but he is VERY hard to tackle.  An arm tackle definitely doesn't do it because he has a low center of gravity and powerful thick legs. He can cut really well but they are not huge Barry Sanders types of jump cuts.  He just has the right timing and perfect angle to everything he does. The first guy always misses. He has amazing patients and vision and that is what really sets him apart. He knows where and when to make the cuts and turn on the boost. He is just super effective and efficient. He doesn't ever make any negative yardage plays and never takes a big loss. Always squeaks out an extra yard or two. As a back I think of him as a similar player to Emmitt Smith.  Watching him I didn't often think wow that was just amazing! He just had amazing patience and vision, was hard to tackle and was just really solid in every other RB attribute. He also has a similar build at 5'-10 and 210 lbs to Emmitt Smith. Emmitt was 5'-9" and 215 lbs.
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