San Antonio Reagan OT Derek Kerstetter's commitment to the Texas Longhorns continues to solidify a green-and-growing tackle rotation for the future. I'm hesitant to give too many firm opinions on how Kerkstetter fits in to the overall picture as I haven't seen him live, something I hope to change during an Army All-American game practice next week. I'm going to guess he's between 6-4 and 6-5 and around 285-290 by the eyeball test alone.
Off the cuff, it's clear that he's a kid with good balance and average feet at this point in his development. At times while engaged in pass protection he can get them in cement and depend on upper-body strength versus weaker competition. He has nice length and keeps his hands inside. He is dominant at times in the run-game and does not get overextended. Understands leverage and angles but slow to the second level of the back side of plays. He's the number one player in the San Antonio area per Ketchum's newest LSR rankings.
As for his fit given current personnel and depth chart, I'll be penciling him in for now as a depth addition at the right tackle position behind Brandon Hodges, Tristan Nickelson, Denzel Okafor and possibly Patrick Hudson. It's a possibility this addition could give the staff incentive to begin working Hudson inside to guard as depth at the interior OL is thinner than tackle.
Off the cuff, it's clear that he's a kid with good balance and average feet at this point in his development. At times while engaged in pass protection he can get them in cement and depend on upper-body strength versus weaker competition. He has nice length and keeps his hands inside. He is dominant at times in the run-game and does not get overextended. Understands leverage and angles but slow to the second level of the back side of plays. He's the number one player in the San Antonio area per Ketchum's newest LSR rankings.
As for his fit given current personnel and depth chart, I'll be penciling him in for now as a depth addition at the right tackle position behind Brandon Hodges, Tristan Nickelson, Denzel Okafor and possibly Patrick Hudson. It's a possibility this addition could give the staff incentive to begin working Hudson inside to guard as depth at the interior OL is thinner than tackle.
