Keeanu Benton has some Stephon Tuitt to his game. He’s hoping to have the same sophomore jump.
The two aren’t identical. Benton is a nose tackle. Tuitt was a defensive end. Benton is heftier and stockier, though slimmed down this summer, and doesn’t have quite the open-field foot space Tuitt did. A man so athletic he probably would’ve chased down Larry Fitzgerald if required.
But where they’re similar are the hips. Both are loose and fluid, able to turn and bend through contact in ways that shouldn’t be possible for their big frames. It’s something not even Cam Heyward is capable of, a power type who goes through more than he goes around.