Who: Armand Chalk (5-7,218)–LB vs. Darrell Cook (6-1,246)–RB
What: Hillsborough vs. Zephyrhills Christian Academy, 2017 vs. 2016
Where: e7 Summer –LB/RB pass rush drills
When: Sunday
Why: Chalk is giving up six inches and nearly thirty pounds, but that didn’t appear to be a problem in a match-up of two Xecutives invitees. Cook is one heck of a running back, but this was a lesson in leverage and technique as Chalk went straight at the bigger running back once the snap was called. Chalk then made a jab-step inside before quickly changing the direction and moving to the outside around Cook to the cone that would have been the quarterback. His ability to get Cook off-balance helped him skirt right around and he actually performed the same move on the very next rep, this time working outside then ripping to the inside. Lesson? Mix up the approach and in an “undersized” situation against a bigger RB, understand that size may have little to do with it.