Tristan Sinclair, OLB — Danville, CA
The East Bay product out of Danville, Tristan Sinclair, chose Stanford over 20 other schools. Sinclair is a four-star recruit and the eighth overall outside linebacker in the nation.
Sinclair is a freak athlete with the fastest shuttle time among linebackers nationally in the 2019 recruiting class. That athleticism is also apparent in the fact that he was a two-way player who, while getting offers for defense, had over 1000 yards rushing on offense. He also ran a 4.54 forty which is of course, great for a linebacker.
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Sinclair is projected to play either inside or outside linebacker, though his coverage abilities and athleticism may make for a better inside guy as Stanford runs a 3-4 and usually has bigger, edge-rushing outside backers.
His evaluation byDavid Huffman says that he” Has the athleticism to play safety” so it is possible he doesn’t play either linebacker position, and looking at him he definitely looks more like a safety than a linebacker.
Athleticism is one thing a lot of Stanford players — even a lot of the defensive players that got drafted in the past — lacked, as the team prioritizes strength, toughness, and discipline more so.
That won’t be the case here, as athleticism and intangibles are the one thing you know you are getting with Sinclair.
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