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  • steelz09
    Administrator
    • Jan 2008
    • 4675
    #1

    Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

    Dont'a Hightower

    ILB for the best defense in the country. He has physical attributes to play immediately in the NFL. Great size and decent speed. Oh, and he doesn't have as much as a learning curve because he already plays in a 3-4! How many college ILB's can say that?

    Height: 6-4. Weight: 260.
    Projected 40 Time: 4.85.
    Projected Round (2011): 1.
    12/26/11: Hightower has had a good season for Alabama. He has been a tough, in-the-box defender and has increased his splash plays. Hightower has shown the ability to be a dangerous blitzer as well. He looks much faster than he did in 2010 when he was in his first season back from knee surgery. Hightower has 81 tackles with 9.5 tackles for a loss, three sacks, one interception and three passes batted away this season. He had a dominant game against Tennessee and played well versus LSU. Against Georgia Southern, Hightower blocked a field goal and it looked like he was spiking a volleyball. Hightower is a real presence in the tackle box.
    [url="http://walterfootball.com/draft2012ILB.php"]http://walterfootball.com/draft2012ILB.php[/url]
    Tomlin: Let's unleash hell and "mop the floor" with the competition.
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    • focosteeler
      Starter
      • May 2010
      • 760
      #2
      Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

      i hope he is faster than a 4.85 if we draft him. gotta be able to cover the athletic TE's that are everywhere now
      1. CB – Marcus Peters – Washington – 6/190
      2. OG – Josue Matias – Florida State – 6-6/320
      3. OLB – Geneo Grissom – Oklahoma – 6-4/250
      4. DL – Ellis McCarthy – UCLA – 6-5/330
      5. TE – Jeff Heurman – Ohio State – 6-5/255
      6. FS – Adrian Amos – Penn State – 6/200
      7. DT – Terry Williams – East Carolina – 6-1/340

      UDFA
      DB – Justin Cox – Mississippi St. – 6-2/190
      OLB – Davis Tull – Chattanooga – 6-2/242

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        • Dee Dub
          Hall of Famer
          • Jan 2010
          • 4652
          #3
          Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

          Hightower is not a cover guy. But neither was Levon Kirkland when he came to the Steelers. Kirk, surprisingly for his size, improved over time. Hightower is a downhill ILB. A pure run stuffer. He struggles sometimes going sideline to sideline but as far as being stout versus the run he's the real deal.

          Nico Johnson of Alabama is one to watch too. He is more athletic of the two.
          Steelers 2015 Draft???....Go Freak! As in....

          1-Bernardrick McKinney MLB Mississippi State 6 ft 5 250 4.5 40 yard dash

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            • steelz09
              Administrator
              • Jan 2008
              • 4675
              #4
              Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

              Originally posted by focosteeler
              i hope he is faster than a 4.85 if we draft him. gotta be able to cover the athletic TE's that are everywhere now
              I'm not that concerned with that.... we need someone to complement timmons, not a clone of timmons.
              Tomlin: Let's unleash hell and "mop the floor" with the competition.

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                • Dee Dub
                  Hall of Famer
                  • Jan 2010
                  • 4652
                  #5
                  Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                  Originally posted by jhansle1
                  Originally posted by focosteeler
                  i hope he is faster than a 4.85 if we draft him. gotta be able to cover the athletic TE's that are everywhere now
                  I'm not that concerned with that.... we need someone to complement timmons, not a clone of timmons.
                  Exactly, and what will happen I believe is you will then see Timmons be used more to his strength which is getting after the QB inside.
                  Steelers 2015 Draft???....Go Freak! As in....

                  1-Bernardrick McKinney MLB Mississippi State 6 ft 5 250 4.5 40 yard dash

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                    • steelz09
                      Administrator
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 4675
                      #6
                      Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                      A nice forced fumble right there by hightower
                      Tomlin: Let's unleash hell and "mop the floor" with the competition.

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                        • pfelix73
                          Hall of Famer
                          • Aug 2008
                          • 3458
                          #7
                          Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                          Nice! You sold me..Wonder where he'll end up. Top 10?

                          I'll take that Aussie punter from LSU too...

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                            • Mister Pittsburgh
                              Hall of Famer
                              • Jul 2008
                              • 3674
                              #8
                              Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                              I was thinking the same thing about the Aussie Punter.....We need one....and we best have a nice kicker competition come camp.
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                                • Dee Dub
                                  Hall of Famer
                                  • Jan 2010
                                  • 4652
                                  #9
                                  Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                                  Originally posted by pfelix73
                                  Nice! You sold me..Wonder where he'll end up. Top 10?

                                  I'll take that Aussie punter from LSU too...

                                  No, Hightower right now is maybe a back end of round one or possibly an early second rounder. He is a force however right now he is one dimensional. If you noticed last night on passing plays he was on the sideline a lot.
                                  Steelers 2015 Draft???....Go Freak! As in....

                                  1-Bernardrick McKinney MLB Mississippi State 6 ft 5 250 4.5 40 yard dash

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                                    • Lebsteel
                                      Pro Bowler
                                      • May 2008
                                      • 1007
                                      #10
                                      Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                                      Originally posted by Dee Dub
                                      Originally posted by pfelix73
                                      Nice! You sold me..Wonder where he'll end up. Top 10?

                                      I'll take that Aussie punter from LSU too...

                                      No, Hightower right now is maybe a back end of round one or possibly an early second rounder. He is a force however right now he is one dimensional. If you noticed last night on passing plays he was on the sideline a lot.
                                      Dub, I didn't watch the whole game, but I saw Hightower in coverage many times and he looked very good. He also looked pretty good rushing the passer. I think he would be a great compliment to Timmons.
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                                        • Dee Dub
                                          Hall of Famer
                                          • Jan 2010
                                          • 4652
                                          #11
                                          Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                                          Originally posted by Lebsteel
                                          Originally posted by Dee Dub
                                          Originally posted by pfelix73
                                          Nice! You sold me..Wonder where he'll end up. Top 10?

                                          I'll take that Aussie punter from LSU too...

                                          No, Hightower right now is maybe a back end of round one or possibly an early second rounder. He is a force however right now he is one dimensional. If you noticed last night on passing plays he was on the sideline a lot.
                                          Dub, I didn't watch the whole game, but I saw Hightower in coverage many times and he looked very good. He also looked pretty good rushing the passer. I think he would be a great compliment to Timmons.
                                          I agree. Think about this...if we had Hightower versus the Broncos I'd bet that it would be Timmons who shadows Tebow and not Polamalu. The fact that Hightower is a legit run stuffer I think this frees up Timmons to do more of what he is best at.
                                          Steelers 2015 Draft???....Go Freak! As in....

                                          1-Bernardrick McKinney MLB Mississippi State 6 ft 5 250 4.5 40 yard dash

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                                            • steelblood
                                              Hall of Famer
                                              • May 2008
                                              • 4166
                                              #12
                                              Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                                              [quote=Dee Dub]
                                              Originally posted by Lebsteel
                                              Originally posted by "Dee Dub":1ywmho8p
                                              Originally posted by pfelix73
                                              Nice! You sold me..Wonder where he'll end up. Top 10?

                                              I'll take that Aussie punter from LSU too...

                                              No, Hightower right now is maybe a back end of round one or possibly an early second rounder. He is a force however right now he is one dimensional. If you noticed last night on passing plays he was on the sideline a lot.
                                              Dub, I didn't watch the whole game, but I saw Hightower in coverage many times and he looked very good. He also looked pretty good rushing the passer. I think he would be a great compliment to Timmons.
                                              I agree. Think about this...if we had Hightower versus the Broncos I'd bet that it would be Timmons who shadows Tebow and not Polamalu. The fact that Hightower is a legit run stuffer I think this frees up Timmons to do more of what he is best at.[/quote:1ywmho8p]

                                              Hightower does not need to be a 2 down run stuffer for us. He is smart enough for short area coverage and (he proved last night against Hurst) that he is a legitimate power pass rushing DE in nickel situations. In fact, he is big enough to be an interior pass rusher on 3rd and long. Hightower could play all three downs.

                                              However, I'm not sure he is a great value pick at 24.
                                              Even if Bill Belichick was getting an atomic wedgie, his face would look exactly the same.

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                                                • feltdizz
                                                  Legend
                                                  • May 2008
                                                  • 27531
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                                                  I wouldn't get too excited about any Alabama defensive players during last nights game. That wasn't an offense they were up against last night...
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                                                    • Lebsteel
                                                      Pro Bowler
                                                      • May 2008
                                                      • 1007
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                                                      Originally posted by feltdizz
                                                      I wouldn't get too excited about any Alabama defensive players during last nights game. That wasn't an offense they were up against last night...
                                                      So the Tide was the best defense in CFB because they didnt play any good offenses this year?
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                                                        • bvillesteel
                                                          Rookie
                                                          • Jan 2012
                                                          • 6
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Watch our future ILB, Dont'a Hightower (Alabama)

                                                          Originally posted by feltdizz
                                                          I wouldn't get too excited about any Alabama defensive players during last nights game. That wasn't an offense they were up against last night...
                                                          That's funny because a lot of what they saw last night was what we had problems with on Sunday. Hightower is a beast and would be the best possible replacement for a player in Farrior who has clearly lost it. I dont know if anyone looked at the kid Gentry but I liked what I saw last night. He blew up the line a couple times yesterday.

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