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Syracuse Football: The Ervin Philips-Tavon Austin Comparison

"Tavon is one of my favorite players," Philips said following Tuesday's practice. "I feel like that's kind of the role I'll be playing. I'm going to be all over the place"

Based upon these comments from Ervin Philips, I thought it would be interesting to look at some West Virginia Mountaineers highlights for a glimpse at how they used Tavon Austin in some different ways during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. I'm not claiming to be any football expert, but I think these are good examples of the variety of methods employed to get Austin in space and could be ways that Syracuse Orange OC Tim Lester tries to emulate as he implements his system.