Spotlight #1: Kentucky S Winston Guy
Spotlight #2: Vanderbilt DE Tim Fugger
1st quarter
13:14: Guy bites on a play fake, goes towards back, play goes his direction on a roll out.
12:42: Guy shows a good motor in pursuit.
9:42: Fugger lines up standing up at linebacker.
8:05: Fugger lined up against right tackle early, right tackle having a lot of trouble with him.
6:22: Guy bites on another play fake, gave up gap integrity play goes other way for solid gain on a quarterback run.
4:39: Guy gets in on a tackle for little to no gain.
3:48: Guy allows completion, misses tackle afterwards, luckily a couple other guys in area to clean up for no extra gain.
2nd quarter
14:32: Guy sheds a block and a gets a tackle after a gain of 6.
12:49: Guy allows reception to Barden.
12:12: Guy makes a tackle after crossing field.
11:41: Guy on a short tackle.
6:24: Fugger in on a combined sack.
4:14: Guy blocked off the play well because he was overly aggressive, long run.
2:33: Guy overly aggressive again, vacates his gap, allows sizeable quarterback run.
2:13: Guy in on tackle on a pile.
1:10: Guy pancaked on a short conversion lining up near the line of scrimmage. Guy down with an injury. Going to focus on Trevathan for now.
0:54: Trevathan with a short tackle, 5th of the game.
0:52: Guy back.
0:05: Guy not quite fast enough to chase down back before a solid gain. Let him get out of bounds and stop clock, mistake by back not to take advantage of the opportunity.
3rd quarter
14:54: Fugger outmuscled in pass rush.
14:01: Fugger beats his first man, but stopped by double team.
13:14: Guy gets a special teams tackle.
11:40: Guy with a phenomenal open field tackle to prevent a first down on 3rd down.
7:37: Tim Fugger starts outside, rushes inside, up the middle, almost untouched, explosive solo sack.
6:32: Guy in on a tackle combined with another defensive back who allows a completion.
6:00: Guy bites on another fake, poor instincts and reaction.
2:15: Fugger with an effective spin move.
2:07: Fugger doubled.
1:41: 2nd effective spin by Fugger.
4th quarter
14:48: Fugger gets some pressure.
10:40: Guy in on a tackle.
6:45: Guy in on a pile that got dragged a good 5-10 yards. Zac Stacy with a phenomenal effort and run.
3:20: Guy hurt again.
0:00: Winston Guy is one of college football’s leading tacklers and he’s a safety. He had 120 tackles this season and 105 last season. However, he’s not a traditional safety. He lines up in a number of different spots in Kentucky’s 4-2-5 defense, including as a nickel back, a box safety, and essentially at outside linebacker on the weak side as Kentucky only has 2 linebackers. He would obviously be undersized for a linebacker at the next level at 6-1 215 so safety will be his long term position, but I think he’s hurt by the fact that he doesn’t play a traditional safety spot.
He does have a high amount of tackles, even for someone who plays in the box so much, but Kentucky essentially gives him free reign to chase the ball, which means he doesn’t have to pay a lot of attention to gap integrity. That won’t fly at the next level. He’s overly aggressive plays with poor gap integrity. He’s also stiff in pass coverage and doesn’t have a lot of experience doing that. Some are projecting him as a strong safety at the next level and a potential day 2 pick. I have him as a mid day 3 pick as a nickel back.
On the Vanderbilt side, defensive end Tim Fugger is a very underrated prospect. At 6-4 250, he’s a bit of a one trick pony as a pure pass rusher first and has trouble against run, but he’s a very good pass rusher who gets consistent pressure. He’s not the best athlete, but he has a terrific motor. On the season he has 33 tackles, 13.5 for loss, 7 sacks, including 1.5 in this game, giving Kentucky’s right tackle all he could handle. He also has 4 deflections. He should get drafted as a day 3 pick as either a nickel end or a 3-4 outside linebacker, but will probably get drafted later than he should. In fact, based on projections, he looks like he would be lucky to get drafted, though that can change with strong workouts, as well as possibly a good game in the Senior Bowl, should he attend.
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