Safety Erik Huhn Commits To The Texas Longhorns

like a certain safety that used to play for us

He has good football speed, is a violent tackler who wraps up well most of the time, and he has great awareness. It looks like his 8 interceptions came from reading the QB and positioning himself well rather than making plays in traffic using high level ball skills. He shed his blocks well in the few plays where he was required to do so, but these were few and far between and I didn’t see a single play where he was blitzing (disclaimer: I only watched half the videos on hudl). My first reaction was that he looks like the kind of kid that Oklahoma would turn into a pretty solid OLB, but I can’t tell if that’s a good projection without watching him take on more blocks and work in coverage against TEs and RBs. He appears to have the frame for that role, so time will tell if he grows into it. With this limited viewing he reminds me of Christian Scott but with better awareness.

He had quite a few plays in which the ball carrier thought he could take the edge/put a move on Huhn, only to get creamed and instant later. There is plenty of footage of him in both safety positions, but he definitely has more highlight-worthy plays from the free safety spot.

Watched his film. Played centerfielder. Will have to actually cover at the next level with his 4.5/4.6 going against 4.4/4.3s in the slot in the Big 12, that’s the only concern.

pretty nice frame and legit closing speed. Looks like a good take.

loves contact. Has to learn to wrap up, but he definitely brings the wood. Appears he has a nice break on the ball, but hard to see it consistently. Need larger camera angle to get a real idea. As for the speed question. 4.5 is definitely fast enough for a S. Wasnt he camping at UT this weekend? I am guessing if 4.5 wasnt legit coaches would not have offered. The other interesting thing is at 6’2" I can see him easily at 220 without losing speed. This puts him in the Vaccarro versatility. Kid can play S or LB. Both are 6ft+ guys with 4.5 speed. How how Vaccarro is a God on these boards, but the new kid is too slow.