'10 NC DE Prince Shembo (In hot water)

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This was an impressive game by Shembo he stopped the run well enough and put pressure on the QB like nobody's business. He is the perfect example of a cat linebacker. I am just so impressed by this defense
 
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I think what Prince and Stephon do in this game will be the key to victory this week. If we keep Laundry guessing when he's gonna get hit next we keep the 0 in the loss column. Hopefully these two come up big on Saturday in Primetime.
Kap had a great outing against BYU, pressuring the QB if he chips in too this could be real fun.
 
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I think what Prince and Stephon do in this game will be the key to victory this week. If we keep Laundry guessing when he's gonna get hit next we keep the 0 in the loss column. Hopefully these two come up big on Saturday in Primetime.
Kap had a great outing against BYU, pressuring the QB if he chips in too this could be real fun.
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Are you going to bump every defensive player's thread just to say something that should be put in the 'gameday' thread? It's kind of annoying.
 
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Are you going to bump every defensive player's thread just to say something that should be put in the 'gameday' thread? It's kind of annoying.
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No plans on bumping every defensive players thread. Just talking ND football on ND football message board to you, who is annoyed by it, and others who hopefully arent.
 
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Pretty good article on Shembo, dude seems like a riot. :)

Cat linebacker Prince Shembo making a name for himself on Notre Dames defense - Chicago Sun-Times

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Prince Shembo breaks his day into three distinct parts: There’s class, there’s lunch, and there’s practice — two hours of drudgery, of mind-numbing drills, of exhausting and exhaustive workouts that leave players physically and emotionally spent.

“That’s recess,” Shembo said.

Football’s clearly a little more fun for Shembo, who plays one of the few positions that isn’t completely bogged down in assignments, responsibilities and minutiae.
Shembo’s role as Notre Dame’s “Cat” outside linebacker?

Get the quarterback.

“I just play football, man, that’s just all I do,” Shembo said. “You start thinking about, ‘I gotta do this, I gotta do this,’ you start freezing. When you’re a kid and you’re playing freeze tag, you just want to run around, right? That’s what I’m doing.”

Tag. You’re it.


“Until the ball is thrown and the whistle is blown, he’s trying to kill the quarterback,” said tackle Zack Martin, who’s had the unfortunate privilege of battling Shembo in practice for three years.

Shembo — projected by ESPN as a second-round draft pick if he leaves early this spring — always has been a freewheeling player, dating back to his high school days in Charlotte, N.C. But with current San Francisco 49er Darius Fleming occupying the Cat spot last year, Irish coach Brian Kelly moved Shembo to Dog — the drop linebacker who spends much of his time in pass coverage. The idea was to get the 11 best athletes on the field, but Shembo had never played in space before, and he struggled to adapt his style of play. He started eight games and even managed a couple of sacks, but it wasn’t exactly the Shembo who goes by “Rambo” on Twitter.

“I’m an aggressive player,” he said. “I like to go stop the run or go chase that dude. But you’ve got to be patient. That’s one thing I learned. I started to build patience.”

Fleming’s graduation allowed Shembo to become top Cat. He’s as aggressive as ever, only now with the experience, knowledge and, yes, patience to maximize his effectiveness. And while he loves practice and studies film, his role is still mostly improvisation.

“It’s a lot of instinct,” he said. “Things just happen. I might just cut inside just because I cut inside, just because it feels good.”

Kelly called the Cat spot a “natural fit” for Shembo.

“Now he’s in his rush stance; you know he’s coming,” Martin said. “He’s got his ears pinned back and he smells blood.”

There’s more to the role than just getting sacks — after all, Shembo’s only got two of them, yet he’s a huge part of ND’s success this season. He’s a relentless presence in the opposing backfield, with eight quarterback hurries, forcing opponents into bad decisions and hurried throws. He also sets the edge for the Irish, funneling ball-carriers back toward the middle, where Manti Te’o and Co. are waiting.

At 6-2, 250 pounds, with incredible strength and quickness, he gives the Irish an advantage against just about any tight end in the country — even Stanford’s massive duo of Zach Ertz and Levine Toilolo, who found themselves jammed by Shembo all day before they could even start their routes.

Shembo said that strength, ability and relentlessness comes from practice, from banging heads with the likes of 6-6 Tyler Eifert and 6-7 Troy Niklas every day.

You know, recess.

“We’ve got monsters on our team: Troy’s a monster, Eifert’s a monster,” Shembo said. “The more you practice with monsters, the better. If I’ve got to fight a dragon every day — without getting killed, hopefully — I’ll know how to beat the dragon eventually.”
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Wow, second round draft pick?? Is that true? If so we legitimately have to worry about him leaving after this year.
 
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It does seem a tad generous, because that would mean one of the top 15 or so LB's in the draft. Right? Personally i don't seem him going anywhere. Next year him, tuitt and nix will dominate college football.
 
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It does seem a tad generous, because that would mean one of the top 15 or so LB's in the draft. Right? Personally i don't seem him going anywhere. Next year him, tuitt and nix will dominate college football.
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Probably even higher than that. 7-10 range. Don't think he's quite there yet.

But let people keep praising and drafting our players!
 
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Right, its great for recruiting especially considering they are quoting that from ESPN!
 
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Yeah, I'll be honest the 2nd round pick quote freaked me out a little. Hopefully he stays.
 
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I find it interesting that the article stated that ESPN has him as a second round pick....Considering ESPN hasn't even done an evaluation on him yet. Plus, from tweets I've read by Kevin Weidl (who I respect very much) from ESPN he believes Prince needs to get stronger especially in the lower body.
 
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Or maybe he said upper body strength. I don't remember. But, he did say he needs to improve his strength.
 
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That seems like crazy talk, have you seen the Onward ND video that the NFL network did? That scene where Shembo is dancing, the dude is freaking rocked up. Maybe this Kevin Weidl is confused.

EDIT: I found it.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mhwmfR0XRTQ#t=1478s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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A lot of the "scouting" espn does is crazy talk. They're notorious for doing crap like listing a G at 6'5" 321, and then claiming size as one of his biggest strengths, then having another G listed at 6'4 1/2 317, and claiming "size" as one of his biggest weaknesses.

Strength, whether it's upper body or lower body, isn't really something scouts and teams can get a great read into until combines, pro days, and private workouts anyway. Joe Schmoe from espn probably has no clue whatsoever about Shembo's strength.
 
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irishog77 said:
A lot of the "scouting" espn does is crazy talk. They're notorious for doing crap like listing a G at 6'5" 321, and then claiming size as one of his biggest strengths, then having another G listed at 6'4 1/2 317, and claiming "size" as one of his biggest weaknesses.

Strength, whether it's upper body or lower body, isn't really something scouts and teams can get a great read into until combines, pro days, and private workouts anyway. Joe Schmoe from espn probably has no clue whatsoever about Shembo's strength.
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They could have been looking at last years film.

I actually think Scouts.inc does a better job than Kiper. But, I'll take Mayock over them all.
 
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irishog77 said:
A lot of the "scouting" espn does is crazy talk. They're notorious for doing crap like listing a G at 6'5" 321, and then claiming size as one of his biggest strengths, then having another G listed at 6'4 1/2 317, and claiming "size" as one of his biggest weaknesses.

Strength, whether it's upper body or lower body, isn't really something scouts and teams can get a great read into until combines, pro days, and private workouts anyway. Joe Schmoe from espn probably has no clue whatsoever about Shembo's strength.
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Just look at the dude and the way he plays. He's pretty strong.
I wonder, though, if he's versatile enough to be a high-round NFL draft pick just yet. I mean, he's a top-notch pass rusher, but can he drop into coverage? That's something Te'o struggled with until this year, but staying another season really helped him develop.
Let's just say I hope Shembo sticks around. He's a ballplayer.
 
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I honestly had no idea that Shembo was from North Carolina.

About Shembo and the draft, he's obviously a great specimen but is still really raw. I'd honestly put the chances of him leaving at less than 5%. He's been one of my favorites since he was first introduced as a pass-rush specialist, and I look forward to him playing out his eligibility in an Irish uniform.
 
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