Syracuse Football: Dino Babers locks up a versatile CB commit

Syracuse football head coach Dino Babers has locked up a versatile cornerback commit for the future of the Orange. Here’s some more information.

Aman Greenwood, a senior at St. John’s College High School, announced his commitment to play for Dino Babers on Wednesday. The 6-foot 180-pounds Greenwood is listed as a cornerback  on most recruiting sites, but will likely fill the nickel role in the Syracuse defense, according to CuseNation.com.

In addition to his offer from Syracuse, Greenwood received offers from the likes of Missouri, Boston College, and Michigan. Any time you receive a commitment from a defensive player being recruited by Michigan, you know are getting a good player.

Greenwood attends the same high school as current Orange DuWayne Johnson and Caleb Okechukwu. In addition to that, former CBA football head coach Joe Casamento is now the head coach at St. John’s College, with former Orange receiver Lavar Lobdell as one of this assistants.

According to 247sports.com, Greenwood is a 3-star prospect and the 9th best player from Washington DC in the class of 2019. Greenwood is the fifth defensive back commit for Syracuse in the class of 2019. He joins Cornelius Nunn who recently recommitted, Adrian Cole, Dorian Hewett, and Garrett Williams. After the 2019 season, Chris Fredrick, Scoop Bradshaw, Carl Jones, DuWayne Johnson, and Evan Foster all will graduate from the Syracuse secondary. That is why the coaching staff is bringing in so many DBs in this class.

Around half time of the Orange Men’s Basketball game at Ohio State, Greenwood announced his commitment via twitter:

Lets take a look at the tape:

The initial play I want to look at occurs at the :15 second mark of the film. Greenwood is playing safety and looks to be responsible for covering the slot receiver. When the slot receiver goes to block the corner, Greenwood immediately recognizes that it is a bubble screen play, and comes up and makes a nice open field tackle for a loss. As an outsider, it would seem that it is vital for the players in the secondary to be able to recognize basic plays, such as that. In the past, Syracuse

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corners have struggled getting off their blocks, and then the safeties don’t have the speed and skill to make the open field tackle. On this play, Greenwood shows off good tackling technique and speed in the open field.

At the :34 second mark, Greenwood shows off his coverage skills. On this play, he appears to be covering an outside receiver, who has a height advantage on Greenwood. Greenwood uses his speed to blanket the receiver, and the quarterback forces a throw to Greenwood’s man. In what was a pretty good throw, Greenwood under cuts the ball to pick it off in the end zone for a touchback. The D.C native shows off some serious leaping ability to go up and high point the ball.

At the 2:52 mark of the tape, Greenwood is lined up at cornerback, and once again makes a nice play to sniff out a bubble screen. Greenwood does an incredible job of shielding his blocker and finding the ball carrier. Once again, he makes a nice open field tackle, this time with a blocker draped on him, for a loss. Greenwood is going to bring some versatility to the Syracuse secondary with his ability to play multiple positions.

The final play I want to look at occurs at the 3:52 mark of the tape. Greenwood is lined up in a traditional safety role in the secondary. Once again he shows off his ability to read the play, as he comes up a lays a vicious, but clean hit on the receiver in the flat. Greenwood has a good break on the football, which allows him to cover a ton of ground.

Overall, Syracuse is getting a player that can play any position in their secondary. He makes good tackles in the open field and is a ball-hawk in the backend of the defense.