STRENGTHS: Has good height with a rangy, muscular build. Very good physical upside. Can run and chase and pursue sideline to sideline. Has good foot quickness and lateral agility to avoid blockers in traffic. ... AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT: Read-and-reaction skills need polish. Take-on skills at the point of attack and overall pursuit angles need improvement. Lacks great man coverage skills. ... BOTTOM LINE: McGinnis has the length, athleticism and range to develop at the linebacker position. Will need to gain more size and strength and become sounder fundamentally, but has a promising future.
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. A sprained ankle and knee sidelined him for most of the 2012 season, giving scouts just two games of sophomore season film to watch.
this info below is from 2013
2015 linebacker Arthur McGinnis, has had exactly that experience.
After injuries derailed his sophomore season, giving college scouts little game action to draw upon, a now-healthy McGinnis became a recruiting factor after an all-combine performance at the New Orleans Nike SPARQ camp. He followed that with continuous solid performances, winning linebacker MVP at both the NUC Baton Rouge combine and 5-star challenge, and making the all-combine team at the Nike Camp in Houston.
"These camps, they've helped me a lot," said McGinnis, who lists Alabama and LSU among his suitors. "It's been going great."
Sometimes on-field performance alone isn't enough and camps are needed to perhaps verify what coaches think they see on film.
