The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
What they're saying: Roddrick Muckelroy
04.24.2010 | Football
April 24, 2010
Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis
He started at The University of Texas for three seasons and was very productive. He's been a good player that way (his approach to the game). Entering the NFL, he has a lot of opportunity to get better. He's an unfinished product. I think he can transform his body a little bit. He's 235, almost 240 pounds and can continue to grow that way. He's got good measurables. He'll continue to get better. We want to fit him into the way we play. He'll have some versatility position-wise. Coming into the NFL, particularly where we picked him, you want him to have some versatility. He'll bring an ability to compete and show that he can be a core player on special teams and at the linebacker position.
Bengals LB coach Jeff FitzGerald
He's a good player. The qualities that have been mentioned about what he is - I agree with every one of them. He plays primarily off the line of scrimmage, in the box. He's been a (middle) linebacker. He's played (weakside) for them. He really runs the show. The thing I was impressed with was the fact that when I interviewed him at the combine, we were talking football and I was trying to get a feel for his football knowledge. And that really lit him up. He was really excited. He was a guy who, all I had to do was ask a couple of questions and it was, "Hey, time's up." It was one of those deals (laughs). He went on and on, and told me about how the defense worked at Texas, and the calls that he made and what he was responsible for. He laid it out pretty completely.
So I felt very good about his football knowledge, and of course the workouts at the NFL Combine. I didn't have an opportunity to work him at Texas, but the combine work and everything that I've seen in my tape evaluations of him have been very positive. He's going to be a good guy in terms of the person to fit into our meeting room with the linebackers that we have on campus, at this point. I think it's going to be a good mix. Again, the versatility plan is going to be good. You want a guy that can do some different things, as Marvin mentioned earlier. He's a guy that's going to be capable of playing a couple of different positions.
