In May, back when Darius Hodge was an undrafted free agent linebacker who was a long shot to make the Cincinnati Bengals out of training camp, defensive line coach Marion Hobby put the linebackers through a pass-rushing drill.
Hobby remembers Hodge twisting his arms, getting under a pad and accelerating toward the spot where the quarterback would be. It was an impressive rep, so impressive that after a few coaches saw it, they brought it up in a coaches meeting.
That meeting ended with a decision that the Bengals would convert Hodge from a linebacker into an edge rusher.