Duane Akina
Duane Akina
Duane Akinais the defensive backs coach for the Stanford Cardinal football team...
against lining
We feel comfortable lining him up against anyone.
concepts defensive mentally offense position rest rules trying
He not only understands the defensive concepts we're trying to accomplish, he understands what the offense is thinking, too. So I can position him mentally to take the strains off of our linebackers and the rest of the secondary. I can put all the mental cover-down rules on him.
cover great insult people strike
It's an insult to be just a great cover guy. I really think Deion Sanders set defensive-back play back. All he would do is cover people and not strike anybody.
corners hard nature physical
It's really hard to find corners with that physical nature to them.