It's hard to believe anyone who weighs 340 pounds could look so proportional, however Jason Linden Jr. at 6'8" tall manages to do just that. He played for tiny Bisbee, AZ HS in the extreme southeastern corner of Arizona. Where it's only 12 miles to Mexico, and not a lot farther to New Mexico.
Even at then 6'6" and 320# Linden wasn't recruited, so he enrolled at Arizona Western JC. UCLA is his first offer, and this reminds us how much Kleem not being unavailable for much of last year hurt recruiting.
There's always the specter of academics with a JC transfer, however Linden is expecting to graduate early in December. So not only would he have 3 to play two, like the center coming in from the University of Texas, but would also be an EE.
Here is some video, albeit from high school against competition that is so much smaller as to be somewhat comical. Side to side for blocking he has good foot movement, and may be even better getting a arm lock while run blocking.
To say he has a loooong stride while pulling is putting it mildly, but he has a habit of running to straight up to get there. To his credit as soon as he engages the defender, he does get a good lower angle for leverage.
Even at then 6'6" and 320# Linden wasn't recruited, so he enrolled at Arizona Western JC. UCLA is his first offer, and this reminds us how much Kleem not being unavailable for much of last year hurt recruiting.
There's always the specter of academics with a JC transfer, however Linden is expecting to graduate early in December. So not only would he have 3 to play two, like the center coming in from the University of Texas, but would also be an EE.
Here is some video, albeit from high school against competition that is so much smaller as to be somewhat comical. Side to side for blocking he has good foot movement, and may be even better getting a arm lock while run blocking.
To say he has a loooong stride while pulling is putting it mildly, but he has a habit of running to straight up to get there. To his credit as soon as he engages the defender, he does get a good lower angle for leverage.
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