Commit Analysis: How Scott fits in at Florida

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When implementing an adaptable defensive scheme like the one University of Florida defensive coordinator Geoff Collins utilizes, you have to strike a balance with acquiring scheme-specific fits with players that will be used situationally.

But what happens when you're able to achieve versatility amongst your base personnel?

We just may find out with the commitment of interior presence Jordon Scott of Largo (Fla.) Pinellas Park.

We know that Collins is a pillar of an even-front scheme that utilizes odd-front principles, so deploying someone who can either tie up multiple interior linemen or wreak havoc on said gaps is a necessity.

Enter Scott.

The 6-foot-1, 345-pound interior presence, which may be an understatement, appears capable of working the Shade position in Collins' scheme on base down and distances with the best of them.

Above we see the Gators deployed in a base nickel set; the Shade, or 1-technique, is aligned in the strong B-gap in hopes of cleaning up the trash and allowing the "Mike" to scrape and flow with little resistance -- especially considering the formation.

He also needs to be quick enough to make a play in the backfield if he happens to draw a single assignment. The first thing that stands out about Scott is his feel for run-flow, which is innate but can be enhanced with time spent in the film room.

He's able to press the gap on his way to the signal-caller, and he has a quicker first step than one might imagine for someone his size. Collins is all about stifling the run and forcing teams to put the ball in the air so he can go to his unique fabricated-pressure packages, so having a player that can operate in an assist defense, but can also create plays on his own, is worth its weight in gold.

Florida just lost one of the more versatile, and underrated, players in recent Southeastern Conference lore, current Chicago Bears lineman Jonathan Bullard, who used to oscillate between various techniques and showed us how to properly man an interior gap.

While I don't expect Scott to be the type of player Bullard was for the Gators, there are certain aspects he can certainly replicate; this sequence above has Scott written all over it.

Expect Scott to jump in the rotation early and often and be the perfect building block for a team that stands to lose its three best defensive linemen due to graduation (Bryan Cox and Joey Ivie) and potential early entry to the NFL (Caleb Brantley) following the 2016 season.

I wholeheartedly expect head coach Jim McElwain and offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier to make the Gators a balanced, formidable offense very soon, but I also expect the Gators to continue to trot out some of the best defenses in the country.

In that vein, Scott is a wonderful addition.

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Former semi-professional linebacker/safety Murf Baldwin arrived at Rivals as a well-seasoned journalist after working for the likes of SB Nation and Bleacher Report -- covering teams such as the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

But it was his time spent at the popular website Saturday Down South, covering the entire SEC, which truly introduced him to fans of SEC football.

Shunning advanced statistics (or any comparative statistics for that matter), Baldwin would rather analyze play along both lines of scrimmage as a determining factor of how results are truly derived; he's an avid proponent of physical run schemes and tight-end play, too.

In addition to his analyst duties, which include breaking down concepts and tendencies, as well as high school prospects, Murf can be heard hosting podcasts about college football for the VSporto Network.

Twitter: @murfbaldwin

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