Anthony Chickillo - OLB, Miami

[Spike]

At 6-foot-3, 267 pounds, Chickillo can play at several spots on the front seven, which is good and bad -- he has versatility, but he could be stuck in between, without a defined identity in the league.

Chickillo was a favorite on the all-star-game circuit. Analyst Charles Davis called Chickillo an "absolute terror" in the East-West Shrine Game. Chickillo, a five-star recruit out of high school, had an underwhelming senior season, finishing with three sacks and 4.5 tackles for a loss in 13 games.

But it's been revealed through reports that he played through a torn meniscus, which should heal naturally. If the Steelers are comfortable that the injury explains the lack of production, a healthier player could show he's more than toughness and effort.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/p...ers-draft-de-anthony-chickillo-in-sixth-round

 

[tapeANaspirin2it]

i'm really excited about this pick. He is 3rd generation at Da U. His grandfather and father both played pro football. He has Penn roots too from the Scranton area where i hear his family runs a diner called Chick's.

Miami has had a cloud over the program for years. When Al Golden took over as coach, news broke about some sleazy guy supplying drugs and hookers to players. Miami voluntarily sanctioned themselves while the NCAA investigated. The NCAA dragged it on for years and made it very hard to recruit.

Chickillo was not playing a natural position as a 3-4 DE. I'm guessing it's because of depth issues and them not having anybody better. He was a stud recruit and stuck with a sanctioned school to uphold family tradition and then played a position that hurt his draft stick for the sake of that team.

I think he will drop some weight and the steelers will get a player hungry to prove himself at his natural position.

 

[swal75]

I would assume that the major way this guy will make the team is to be a demon on special teams. Hopefully he's up to the challenge.

 

[slashsteel]

i'm really excited about this pick. He is 3rd generation at Da U. His grandfather and father both played pro football. He has Penn roots too from the Scranton area where i hear his family runs a diner called Chick's.

Miami has had a cloud over the program for years. When Al Golden took over as coach, news broke about some sleazy guy supplying drugs and hookers to players. Miami voluntarily sanctioned themselves while the NCAA investigated. The NCAA dragged it on for years and made it very hard to recruit.

Chickillo was not playing a natural position as a 3-4 DE. I'm guessing it's because of depth issues and them not having anybody better. He was a stud recruit and stuck with a sanctioned school to uphold family tradition and then played a position that hurt his draft stick for the sake of that team.

I think he will drop some weight and the steelers will get a player hungry to prove himself at his natural position.

Also as was said to me countless times from Miami fans they feel strongly that Golden didn't take full advantage of their talent. IF you look at their record compared to the talent drafted one might tend to agree, How the funny repeated saying of he wasn't used right in......................... might truly apply here.


He flashed when he had a chance to play away from the program..... now let us see what he can do in Black n Gold.

 

[FordFairLane]

I would be interested to see if he drops down to 255-260 if he would quicken up at all. He had a very nice 10 yard and 4.77 at 267 is not shabby. I really hope Butler says best man wins at every position on defense. Let the cream rise to the top and lets have some good battles this training camp.

 

[Coach]

At 6-foot-3, 267 pounds, Chickillo can play at several spots on the front seven, which is good and bad -- he has versatility, but he could be stuck in between, without a defined identity in the league.

Chickillo was a favorite on the all-star-game circuit. Analyst Charles Davis called Chickillo an "absolute terror" in the East-West Shrine Game. Chickillo, a five-star recruit out of high school, had an underwhelming senior season, finishing with three sacks and 4.5 tackles for a loss in 13 games.

But it's been revealed through reports that he played through a torn meniscus, which should heal naturally. If the Steelers are comfortable that the injury explains the lack of production, a healthier player could show he's more than toughness and effort.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/p...ers-draft-de-anthony-chickillo-in-sixth-round

Spike,

Al Golden's buddy ( Mark D'Onofrio ) is the defensive coordinator for The University of Miami. They ran a passive 3-4 if there is such a thing. The Cane's were too stupid to commit players to stop the run when they needed to, and when it came time to pass, played it " safe ".