Quotes about Ikaika from his coach

About why it was important to be able to spend the rookie mini-camp time one-on-one with Ikaika, Lions head coach Rod Marinelli said:
"There's certain things that I can see that he can do and there's certain things that are really difficult for a young lineman because a lot of times they haven't used their hands in coordinating with their feet. So I'll spend some detailed times and here I got him for three days or whatever it is and I can really just sit down and deal (with him) one-on-one because the next camp there are more guys and it's harder and the tempo (is faster). So you take advantage of this setting." (Detroitlions.com)