Name: Dylan Laube
Height: 5'9
Weight: 210lbs
Position: Running Back
College: New Hampshire
Superpower: Skill set as a receiver
From the slot, on the boundary, in the backfield….doesn’t matter. Laube wins everywhere as a receiver and with trademark variation. Can track the ball over his shoulder, and can win against traditional cornerbacks with wide receiver-grade releases. Best receiver at the position in this draft cycle, and it’s not particularly close.
Kryptonite: Through contact skill set
Not the widest range of capabilities that you would hope for. Has a tendency to get tripped up in the open field from in-direct contact, and when he hasn’t entered acceleration his lack of size shows - can get pushed back by bigger defenders. Needs a zone-heavy scheme to take advantage of his capabilities as an accelerator or else he is a low-carry / low-efficiency candidate.
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Archetype: Hybrid Runner/Reciever between the caliber of James Cook & J.D. McKissic
"Why Dylan Laube?"
The element of Laube's game that many talk about is his strong capabilities as a receiver, however it is Laube's underrated success in early acceleration that keep leading me back to his tape.
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Efficient combined accel to decel here to pick up yardage on the backend of this play - love the downshift (blow-by mechanism) to get #4 to overextend through the boundary.
Again, success in early acceleration.
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Difficult at the second level to get a proper angle on Laube due to how quickly he can get hip-neutral
to defenders.
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Continually see him surprise tacklers in downhill engagements on tape.
That's Laube bottom of the screen working on the boundary.
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Watch how he sets his break point - steps (pushes) through the space of the corner to separate.
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I wrote in my notes when watching Laube
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"Receiver grade transitional efficiency"
"Efficiency adjustments on back shoulder & underthrows" is another note taken on Laube's film.
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His combined Movement & Field IQ are high as a traditional receiver.
What I am most interested to see as Laube gets past the draft and into Rookie mini-camp is how he fares against NFL linebackers.
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Division I-AA backers couldn't match his capabilities in early acceleration combined with his transition work as a receiver in space.