{"id":50520,"date":"2020-04-25T13:10:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T17:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=50520"},"modified":"2020-04-25T13:10:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T17:10:56","slug":"jets-go-rb-select-lamical-perine-from-florida-at-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2020\/04\/25\/jets-go-rb-select-lamical-perine-from-florida-at-120\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Go RB; Select La&#8217;Mical Perine from Florida at #120"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With their first pick on day three, the NY Jets <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkjets.com\/news\/lamical-perine-nfl-draft-running-back-florida-2020\">have selected<\/a><\/strong> La&#8217;Mical Perine a running back from Florida. Here is some more information on the newest Jets who stands at 5&#8217;11, 216 lbs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<blockquote><p>Perine grew up in Mobile, AL, and after a productive scholastic career at Theodore HS, he declined an offer to play at Alabama to go to Florida. There, he proceeded to put up productive numbers for four seasons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<blockquote><p>He became the starter as a sophomore in 2017 and led Florida with 562 rushing yards and 8 touchdowns. He increased that to another team-leading 826 rush yards (6.2 yards\/carry) and 7 TDs. Last year as a senior team captain, in 13 starts, he totaled 676 rush yards (5.1 average) and 6 TDs and added a career-high 40 catches for 262 yards and 5 more TDs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/prospects\/la'mical-perine?id=32195045-5209-4283-5343-0dc17857704e\">Perine&#8217;s offical scouting report from NFL.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1gop3tj\">\n<div class=\"css-1wj3k56\">\n<div class=\"css-10uff6p\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Backup-caliber running back who fails to dazzle in any particular area, but who does enough of what&#8217;s asked of him and has the character traits to become a dependable pro. He&#8217;s most skilled in the early stages of the run, where his sticky feet and quick eyes help him find his initial rush tracks, but his lack of burst and second-level creativity make him more of a grinder than a playmaker. He has the play traits to compete for a backup role in a one-cut scheme, and his special teams experience improves his chances.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1gop3tj\">\n<div class=\"css-1wj3k56\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-10uff6p\"><strong>Strengths<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"css-vqnwa6\">\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Prototypical size of today&#8217;s NFL running back<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">High-character, hard worker on and off the field<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Gets behind the wheel and patiently steers lead blockers into their targets<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Plays with decisive eyes and sticky feet for sharp gather and cut<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Foot twitch to bound back and forth around early penetration<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Understands the physical nature of his job<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Low center of gravity allows for additional balance to defeat arm tackles<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Intuitive near goal line with ability to spot routes to pay dirt<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Experience as core special-teams player in 2018<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Rarely drops it as pass-catcher and has potential to get better as blocker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1gop3tj\">\n<div class=\"css-1wj3k56\">\n<div class=\"css-10uff6p\"><strong>Weaknesses<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"css-vqnwa6\">\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Tends to run with monotonous tempo, allowing linebackers to find him<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Lacks desired burst to accelerate both inside and outside<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Early shake tends to dissipate once he hits second level<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Drops head and plows forward prematurely rather than re-setting rush path at times<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Takes on excessive amount of contact for his carry total<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Still training eyes to recognize protection duties<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1an5ojz\">Needs more technique work before he can be trusted to protect his quarterback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With their first pick on day three, the NY Jets have selected La&#8217;Mical Perine a running back from Florida. Here is some more information on the newest Jets who stands at 5&#8217;11, 216 lbs. Perine grew up in Mobile, AL, and after a productive scholastic career at Theodore HS, he declined an offer to play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,213],"tags":[3222],"class_list":{"0":"post-50520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"category-jet-news","9":"tag-lamical-perine"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LaMical-Perine.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-d8Q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50522,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50520\/revisions\/50522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}