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Jabrill Peppers will pull off the rare feat of working out with two groups at the NFL Combine (LBs and DBs). Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera is quite impressed with Peppers. Via Pro Football Talk, here was Rivera had to say about Michigan’s Mr. Everything (Carolina holds the No. 8 pick):
“We had everybody talking to us like, ‘Oh he’s a special teams player,’ to ‘He’s a running back, he’s a safety, he’s a linebacker.’ But we looked at him and thought, ‘Where would he best fit us?’ For us it was the linebacker position, for us it was what we call the Buffalo position, the Buffalo nickel. Where you can take a bigger guy, put him out to a slot receiver and still have some athleticism to help you.
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“Well, when you look at Peppers, you look at what he does, wow. Here’s a guy that gives you some safety traits. Here’s a guy that can probably come down in the box like a nickel, come down in the box like a linebacker. And if you ever really did need it, you can put him on the offensive side as well. He’s got a lot of special teams value. So you have to really break it down to how does he fit you, and what other special traits he has to have the rest of the football team.”