Michael Rose (Kansas City, Mo./ Rockhurst)6-0, 225
College: Nebraska
Rose is a guy we feel has been overlooked because of his lack of ideal height and speed. However, in our eyes, an inside linebacker's playing leverage and reactive athleticism among the fast-moving traffic can be more important than his actual measurables. Rose is well built and balanced, and his ability to diagnose the run and fill quickly under the cutoff block is as good as any in this class. He's a very instinctive and fundamentally sound linebacker who routinely makes plays with inside-out angles on the ball, resulting in a lot of stops near the line of scrimmage. Bo Pelini is one of the best at judging and developing defensive talent, and he has a great one coming to Lincoln in Rose.
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