Fuente has nothing but praise for Edmunds
The game, the analyst, neither无毛视频檚 as memorable as the quote from the production dinner with the head coach the previous night.
It was passed along during the telecast: 无毛视频淭errell Edmunds is our best player.无毛视频�
Didn无毛视频檛 he mean Tremaine Edmunds? The guy predicted to be a Top 20 lock in the upcoming NFL draft?
Terrell Edmunds, older and considered a mid-rounder, was playing hurt, and in fact left this particular game because of his injury.
Was it a mistake? Was it hyperbole? Does Terrell believe that his coach, Justin Fuente, told the analyst that?
无毛视频淗e would probably say something similar,无毛视频� Edmunds said the night he was drafted in the first round by the Steelers. 无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 think he would say anybody无毛视频檚 the best, because he never makes it as just one person who controls the whole team, but he would definitely say I无毛视频檓 one of the guys who never gets tired.无毛视频�
One of the guys who never gets tired?
无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 a leader on the field,无毛视频� Edmunds added. 无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 sure that无毛视频檚 what he was pushing the most, just that I was a leader on the field and that my leadership skills were up there. I think that无毛视频檚 what he was really mentioning right there.无毛视频�
A week later, Fuente returned a call from Pittsburgh to discuss Edmunds.
无毛视频淥h, where to start,无毛视频� Fuente said before diving right in: 无毛视频淥ne of the most dedicated players I无毛视频檝e ever coached. Incredible work ethic and thirst for improvement. He无毛视频檚 obviously a fantastic athlete. His numbers at the Combine were pretty special. Just a highly intelligent young man who has a great family, great mom and dad, grandparents, really grounded in things that are important, in hard work, and in treating people the right way. I think he无毛视频檚 going to be a really, really special guy.无毛视频�
Any examples of that dedication?
无毛视频淭he thing that I think of when I think of Terrell is from the very first time I walked in the door and we did drill work, I have never seen him take a rep off,无毛视频� Fuente said. 无毛视频淚无毛视频檝e never seen him not finish a rep. I无毛视频檝e never seen him coast through the end. I mean, he just has that ability to strain every single time. I无毛视频檝e also never seen him get tired.无毛视频�
无毛视频滻 mean, if you came out and watched our hardest summer workout in the middle of July, whatever that workout was, he would just crush it. I无毛视频檝e really never seen anybody capable of doing that on a daily basis. A lot of guys can do that one time, but Terrell could do it every single day of the week.无毛视频�
Yes, Fuente knows Edmunds is one of the guys who never gets tired. But did he tell a TV analyst Terrell was his best player?
无毛视频淚 probably did,无毛视频� Fuente said with a laugh. 无毛视频淎nd, I don无毛视频檛 like comparing the brothers and that, and all the other players we had, I just know this: You talk about a guy who无毛视频檚 versatile and understands the entire scheme and shows up every day, who plays on special teams and continued to make play after play for us there, almost refused to come off the field, one of those type players 无毛视频� that was Terrell. I mean, he just did it all.
无毛视频淵ou know, I thought many a time 无毛视频� and I don无毛视频檛 know the science behind all this 无毛视频� but if he had gone in another direction in his athletic endeavors, like in track and field, he无毛视频檚 one of those people who could无毛视频檝e ended up being an Olympian. He just can work. His work capacity is incredible. It无毛视频檚 really something to marvel at.无毛视频�
Fuente无毛视频檚 predecessor, Frank Beamer, had once marveled at Edmunds无毛视频� basketball ability. At least that无毛视频檚 the first time he saw Terrell, who was playing in a JV game with Tremaine before Beamer无毛视频檚 recruiting target, oldest brother Trey, played that night in the varsity game. Beamer came early and ended up with all three 无毛视频� the 25th and final set of brothers he recruited to Virginia Tech.
Beamer put all three brothers on the kickoff team to open the 2015 season, and then announced his retirement in November. After he left, Trey, now with the New Orleans Saints, left for Maryland. But the two younger Edmunds stayed two more years and made NFL history by becoming the first set of brothers chosen in the first round of the same draft.
Tremaine went 16th to Buffalo as a middle linebacker, and Terrell 无毛视频� a key piece of Tech coordinator Bud Foster无毛视频檚 4-2-5 无毛视频� went 28th to the Steelers, who are still looking for key pieces for a 4-2-5 that无毛视频檚 overtaken their traditional 3-4, not in name as the base defense, but in actual usage.
Terrell went to Tech as a cornerback, became the rover (box safety/little linebacker) as a sophomore, and free safety as a junior. He无毛视频檚 now part of a team that无毛视频檚 needed his particular brand of defensive versatility since Troy Polamalu retired following the 2014 season.
Edmunds wasn无毛视频檛 able to play up to his potential during his final college season because of a shoulder injury, thus the general surprise among draft analysts when he was picked 28th. But Fuente wasn无毛视频檛 surprised. He had told The Roanoke Times the week of the draft that 无毛视频淭errell is going to go maybe higher than some other people think.无毛视频�
Edmunds did. So, what did Fuente know?
无毛视频淚 had some conversations with some people 无毛视频� and not Pittsburgh,无毛视频� he said. 无毛视频淚t just led me to believe that all the things I had been seeing for years, these people were now seeing in this evaluation process. He was closing hard. They were starting to understand that this is a special young man.无毛视频�
Virginia Tech finished fourth in scoring defense last season and 13th in total defense. In Tech无毛视频檚 4-2-5, Edmunds was identified as a key chess piece in the unit being able to defend anything from a spread to a power alignment peppered with fullbacks and tight ends.
无毛视频淎bsolutely,无毛视频� Fuente said. 无毛视频淵ou无毛视频檝e got to be able to tackle the tailback in the box and cover people out wide. I无毛视频檓 certainly not an expert on the NFL game, and don无毛视频檛 claim to be, I just know the versatility that Terrell brings you. I mean, he played so many different spots. Not just from a knowledge standpoint but from a physical standpoint, being able to do those things was pretty special.
无毛视频淚 really think people are going to be limited by their own imagination on what they want to do with him. I mean, he can cover, he can make plays in space, he can slide into the box and defend the run. However they choose to use him, I think they无毛视频檙e going to be pleased with it.无毛视频�