OT - Football from a linebacker's view (literally)

Submitted by andrewG on

Ever wonder what football looks like from the linebacker's perspective? Well Miami (YTM), put a helmet cam on a linebacker for their spring game. Pretty cool (and terrifying) to see the action from this angle. It's obviously a bit choppy, but I'm actually surprised by the quality of the video. In the likely event my embed fails: LINK

 

XM - Mt 1822

April 16th, 2014 at 5:20 PM ^

to that clip.  felt like hitting somebody as soon as i could.   i would say with the exception of that last de-cleating hit, that #7 got the best of this guy (#52 i think) and i was also curious why he didn't penetrate more on some of those run plays with the guards giving keys that made it an obvious 'crash!' play. 

French West Indian

April 16th, 2014 at 5:25 PM ^

...but didn't the World League of American Football already feature helmet cams 20 years ago?

ken725

April 16th, 2014 at 5:32 PM ^

Apparently his nickname is "The President"

He had a really nice hit in their spring game. This was posted /r/cfb couple days ago.

 

The FannMan

April 16th, 2014 at 6:16 PM ^

Thoughts:

1) Playing linebaker is fun.

2) Seeing a guard who is about to hit you is not fun (poor Kenny Demens in 2011)

3) Only 20 people showed up for Miami's Spring Game.

4) There needs to be more of these videos

JTrain

April 16th, 2014 at 6:33 PM ^

Nothing like life in the "blender". He's going to feel like ten miles of bad road for a day or two...but just another day in the life of the ILB.

uminks

April 16th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^

That many hits can really shake your noggin. Not quite concussion level but one would  have to be worried hitting like this in practice and in games during your college and pro career. I can see why some football veterans have brain problems as they age. Those hits may eventually catch up with you down the road.