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#58 Matt Hennessy / IOL Temple – 6040 302
The Good
- Consistent form and quickness in his pass set
- Good hand placement and strength to control rushers
- Good mental processing of stunts and blitz
- Scheme flexibility
- Strong push on Down, Double and Combo blocks
- Short area quickness and positioning on Reach blocks
The Bad
- Some lean into his blocks
- Average arm length
- Timing on blocks to second level and screens
- Ability to move heads up blockers alone
- Poor timing on cut blocks
Bio
- Three year starter (36 games) at center
- 2019 – First team ALL-AAC and All-Academic Team
- 2019 – Third team AP All-American
- 2018 – American Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year
- 2018 – Started wearing #3 in practice – Temple awards single-digit jerseys to the toughest players on the team
- Older brother Thomas (24) who played at Duke and now plays for the NY Jets (long snapper)
- Graduated with a finance degree in spring of 2019.