Nikita Whitlock

[TwentyONE]

The problem is the smaller roster in the NFL demands everyone be able to contribute somehow to the 2-deep.

There are a lot of guys that technically have a position, but really make the team year in and year out because of their play on special teams. Coaches will overlook a guys ability to provide depth if they stand out. I think his best chance would be to convert to LB and kick ass on teams.

 

[wfu22fan]

That was Johnny Dawkins at Duke in 1985. WFU won with Lee Garber playing center . Garber, Rudd , Green , Muggsy and Thomas Cline was a reserve Duke was ranked #1 Alarie, Dawkins, Bilas, Amaker and Henderson

 

[Deacfreak07]

There are a lot of guys that technically have a position, but really make the team year in and year out because of their play on special teams. Coaches will overlook a guys ability to provide depth if they stand out. I think his best chance would be to convert to LB and kick ass on teams.

I agree.

 

[DeacsOrDie]

and from the Washington Post write up of the game, I give you the following quote. Somebody in DC may need new glasses. ( I highlighted the really good stuff).

"The Demon Deacons (4-3, 3-2 ACC) controlled the game in its entirety, from the first snap, when mammoth nose tackle Nikita Whitlock burst up the middle and sacked quarterback C.J. Brown for a 15-yard loss, to the final whistle, when Maryland (5-2, 1-2 ACC) trudged off BB&T Field with substantially fewer numbers than when it entered."

We are not 3-2 in the ACC

 

[Ayo]

Yeah, I walk by Nikita a lot on campus. He's as tall as I am. 5'9".

 

[Deaconblue]

Adjust your sarcasm meter, that terminology was tongue in cheek.

Because this guy is writing for the DC paper, and couldn't get Wake's ACC record correct, I hesitate to give credit for sarcasm when laziness and inaccuracy is the alternate possibility. How many people in DC would really know Nikita's size??????

 

[Pilchard]

The Washington Post reporter attended the game in W-S, and he should have been able see that Whitlock was smaller than the QB that he was throwing around like a rag doll. So, I assume that the mammoth comment was tongue in cheek, but he should have either put mammoth in quotes or identified his size in a parenthetical to let everyone else in on the joke to confirm the sarcasm.

 

[VaDeac]

Maybe he was referring to the size of his di... I mean heart.

 

[Caturdayredux]

That has to be one of the best opening quarters for a defensive player in Wake history.

 

[diverdeac]

At some point his lack of height becomes an asset. Again Muggsy like