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Kornacki: Peppers is Exceptional But Here's Why

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- What is it about Jabrill Peppers that allows him to play so many positions so well without missing a beat?

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He can run like a deer and hit like a Mack Truck. But he can out-think and out-work opponents, too, and absorbed pretty much the entire Wolverine playbook with his photographic memory. He has abilities so unique that Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh compares him to only one other player -- Andrew Luck.

Peppers, sitting in a leather chair on the second floor of Schembechler Hall after a practice this week, was provided Harbaugh's theory on what makes him great:

"I've always thought that NFL players are the greatest athletes in the world, and I truly believe that Jabrill Peppers has that opportunity to be one of the greatest athletes in the world.