“I’ve never been a big fan, but I’ll say this: He has played so much better this year than he has in the past.” Two NFL team scouts opened their notebooks for the Los Angeles Times to give some honest appraisals of USC's and UCLA's top players.
UCLA is out of the running for the College Football Playoff semifinals. Now the Bruins will eliminate rival USC from contention.“Especially now with the way the league is going, anytime you have a guy that can move off the spot, and he’s athletic, and he, you know, he can throw on the move, and he can give you a little bit as a runner, that obviously adds to your offense and allows you to be more dynamic,” Scout 1 said.
“I’ve never been a big fan, but I’ll say this: He has played so much better this year than he has in the past,” Scout 2 said. “It’s showing on the field with the production he’s having on game day. He’s actually distributing the ball around, he’s sitting in the pocket, he’s utilizing his athletic ability within the scheme of the offense. And he’s getting good yards.USC’s path to the Pac-12 championship game is clear, but UCLA would need some help to play in the Dec. 2 game.
Scout 2 called Addison an “elite route runner,” but said his relatively slight build — 6 feet, 175 pounds — could be an issue. Raw power is not an issue for 220-pound UCLA running back Zach Charbonnet, the Pac-12’s leading rusher with an average of 143.1 yards per game. But Scout 2 sees Charbonnet as surprisingly elusive, saying: “He’s actually really sneaky out in the open field. You don’t feel like he’s going to juke you, but he jukes people all the time. It’s almost comical.”
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