Interview with Indianapolis Colts LB Liam Anderson part 2 what he learned as a HS QB
3 min readInterview with Indianapolis Colts LB Liam Anderson part 2 what he learned as a HS QB
Jobs you were quarterback and now you You start out as a defensive back and Quickly move quickly move to to uh Linebacker What what did playing quarterback how Did that help you when it came to Transitioning to play in linebacker and And defense at the college level yeah so What I tell people is uh Like obviously we only got so Complicated in our offensive scheme at Mount Olive for quarterback you know Simple Zone reads you know one high two High safeties and then you kind of know What coverage you're getting or what Match-ups you like what routes you like Versus man Um but from the flip uh side of that as A linebacker when we were dropping in Zone coverage and I got a certain route You know in front of me like I'm knowing That all the quarterbacks probably Wanted me to take that drag up there so He can hit the deck the Dig behind me You know so like little things like that And Zone coverage that gave me an Advantage Um I understood you know route Concepts What the quarterback's trying to do what Their offense is trying to attack Um little things like that especially in Like you know in the college level you Get to RPO world you know so much more Than high school so
Um I understood what he was reading Um But you know In another world like oh I know that you Know when the quarterbacks get pressure In his face he's going to be you know Hesitant to let go of the ball sometimes Or stuff like that so it gave me an Advantage and just like uh understanding What the quarterback's thinking what you Know uh passing Concepts they could be Trying to do versus our particular style Of defense like we were a quarter's team So I know what kind of Route concepts Are going to be able to beat that so Um it was it was pretty much a Zone Passing games where I got my advantage Um It's it's really really Interesting that you know you see and You you probably have seen this being a Quarterback but you you were very humble Because you played multiple Sports and Well I see today so many quarterbacks That like they're so locked in like I Have to play quarterback in college and That's that's the only you know and they Missed the boat because the skill sets Of quarterback lend you to play Okay any position basically on defense Other than interior defensive line yeah Yeah right d tackle those are big huge Boards Boy uh but uh you could play tight end
You could play wide receiver Um some guys who were shorter Quarterbacks running quarterbacks can Play running back at the college level Um but I see so many of these guys Because like the seven on seven circuit They're they're all locked in like if I Don't play quarterback at College like What do I do Um like what would you what advice would You give quarterbacks as they're going Through this whole entire process I would probably just say stay Open-minded I mean if you really love Football and if you really want to play You know you got to realize that in College football there's only one Quarterback that plays on the field and You know a very you know such a few Times you'll get a two quarterback System but even then the reps are very Limited so if you want to play as much As possible and if you want to really Utilize all of your athleticism then you Got to be open-minded to play other Positions and that's gonna ultimately Get you on the field faster
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