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SFSS Note: "Jeff Reinebold is the current wide receivers coach of the SMU Mustangs. Before that he was with June Jones at Hawaii and has spent more than 25 years coaching at the college level, in the CFL and NFL Europe. It was in Europe where I first became aware of Jeff as his special teams units were outstanding and he appears as a semi regular studio analyst for the NFL coverage here in Britain, where he never wastes a single word, often making his analysis more fulfilling than the game itself.
What comes across immediately on television is a passion and a knowledge for the game that is unrivalled. Ranked as one of the top 20 recruiters in all of college football and the only non BCS coach to make the list, he has worked with a pair of current Dolphins in Ikaika Alama-Francis and Davone Bess."
Asked about SMU WR Emmanuel Sanders, who the Dolphins are interested in, Jeff Reinebold (JR) said:
"He's very quick, with good hands, he runs solid routes, is in and out of his breaks well, he's a very fine downfield blocker who'll track the ball in the air. I can't work out why he's getting a lower grade than some others out there because he does it all. Obviously the knock is size (5'10, 186) but he's not badly sized. Of course it may be that he comes from a June Jones offense." (SFSS)
Asked if it irritates him that JJ's players are branded in a particular way by the NFL, JR said:
"Yeah but there's not a lot we can do about it. We just have to keep getting guys into the NFL and they keep having to be successful. Sanders should be the next one. He's a great kid, he's an intelligent guy. And how many top college receivers were rodeo cowboys? This kid comes from a small ranch town, Bellville in Texas where he was a QB, but he has this swagger, this attitude and toughness of someone who should be playing defense; he's a tough kid. He played hurt for me. Every Saturday he'd line up there and play football even if he was hurting. Often times you hear of kids who won't play but you never hear that with him. Tough kid, loves to compete, he's fearless and like the best ones, he wants the ball in his hands. But he does that in a positive way, not a destructive way." (SFSS)
About how the NFL scouts and coaches are comparing Davone Bess to Sanders, JR said:
"I've had 50 NFL guys in my office talking to me about him. Their biggest concern is that he's very narrow in the lower body. But they also say that he has a lot of similarities to Davone, although physically they're different in that Davone is very thick in the lower body. Emmanuel is a big guy up top but he has skinny legs. So the question I'm asked is how well will he hold up on that frame, especially given how physical he is? I think he'll be fine. He's going to run very well when tested (4.39 at the Combine). I'd put him somewhere in the 4.48 area, maybe a little quicker, but if you look at Davone, Davone ran a 4.6. But both have a good understanding of the
position. Davone overcame his lack of speed because of that and because of his great hands. Emmanuel has the speed that Davone doesn't have. Both of them understand how to get a DB turned." (SFSS)
Asked why Davone Bess was not drafted by the NFL, JR said:
"I think because of something I mentioned earlier on; that GM's and front office people have these parameters for receivers and if a guy doesn't match up size wise and then runs slow, then regardless of how good his hands are or how well he runs routes or how productive he's been, that's going to get overlooked a little. What was critical for Davone was that he was never going to be outworked. Ever. And when you have that mindset, you can destroy a few of those parameters pretty quickly. People miss in this process. How fast a guy is, how tall he is, what he bench presses, those numbers become more important sometimes than the numbers recorded out on the field and Davone was one of those guys. Davone is also mentally strong. He knew he faced an uphill battle but once he got into a camp in Miami he had a clear focus and an ability to concentrate on the job at hand which was making the team and he got through the daily grind of training camp and came out of it with a job. It also helped that regardless of his test scores, he has the talent to play in the NFL. He quickly worked out not only how to compete every single down but also to assume, however small, a leadership role and all these things help to make up
a bigger picture." (SFSS)
About how the Dolphins are interested in Sanders because of his similarities to Bess, JR was asked how interested Miami is and said:
"Hard to say. But Miami has been through the campus here to find out more about him and watch some tape on him. The pro day (Thursday April 1st) will be critical for him as will the private workouts. But there's a lot of interest. I had three more teams through here this week, with high up members of each organisation coming to town. Typically they all want information and they want to know the things that the film won't show, about his personality, those sorts of things. The Dolphins do a good job. They have some very good evaluators. That's why they chose Davone. They look at Davone and they see similar things in Emmanuel; tremendous college production and both of them are quarterback friendly." (JR)
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