Joel Dublanko - Latest highlight reel

Looks like he's working hard to elevate his game.

Is he a legit 6'3"? I see him more as a 3-4 DE or a 4-3 SDE than an MLB. Didn't seem like he had the read-recognition and explosiveness to shoot gaps often and his biggest strength is occupying blockers, shedding them, and then delivering a big hit which would is probably best suited as a 3-4 DE over the RT / TE. That was just from watching that highlight reel though.

Do you think Oregon State might offer?
 
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I made it through about 3 minutes of the video ...

1) He's clearly bigger, stronger, faster than the players he's playing against ... yet he doesn't appear to dominate the competition in really any of those aspects. He tends to stand-up blocks and waits to shed them instead of attacking and blowing them up.

2) HFNY pointed out that he seemed to lack read-recognition and I tend to agree.

3) What he did show a decent ability to do was deliver big hits and a reasonable motor if you look at it from the position that he SHOULD be playing not the position he IS playing

All in all, he seems like a guy that is playing out of position. Many good DE's started as HS RBs or LBs before outgrowing themselves and needing to transition to the line. While he doesn't necessarily look like he's got explosive quickness to him, I did see enough good things with his feet to think that there's at least something to work with. In the days of no scholarship limits, this is someone that you put on your roster, give 2-3 years to figure it out, and see if you can make him into a good player. But that was 30+ years ago. Now you're looking at a guy that is probably a lower half PAC offer for teams that can afford to take more of a higher risk/reward proposition or someone that probably fits in better playing in the Mountain West or WAC. Regardless, I don't see LB in his future ... it's as a DE.
 
After hearing about this kid for the past few years, this is the first time I've seen game film of him. He is clearly not a LB, not nearly enough speed. Compare and contrast his game film with Bryce Sterk. It ain't even close. His future is with his hand in the dirt, but I'm not sure he has the explosiveness to play DE in the P12.
 
I don't see him as a LB, but I could see him as a FB as a lead blocker or during short-yardage situations. DE is probably where he'll end up though since no one really uses the FB anymore.
 
1) He's clearly bigger, stronger, faster than the players he's playing against ... yet he doesn't appear to dominate the competition in really any of those aspects. He tends to stand-up blocks and waits to shed them instead of attacking and blowing them up.

This about sums it up for me.
 
I dunno the way we are seeing guys get huge with a real S&C program, this guy could easily be 6-3 285 and jacked after a RS year.
 
Give me 3 lunch pail guys and film room junkies at LB like Ben-Hurr Kirr in every class and I will be happy. As long as they BLEED!!!!11!!! purple
 
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I should have included the MAC-tion
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I think that might actually be his first committable offer.
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I'll never understand non-committable offers to kids. It really isn't an "offer" if the kid can't commit. It's just a dickish way of saying, "we like you, but we don't like you enough".

Think of it like an employer contacting you after an interview and saying, "you have the job, except we're waiting to hear back from about 5 or 6 other better candidates first".
 
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