Duck defense not missing a beat with LaBounty
Continues to make plays
Bv Ashlr\ Conklin
Emerald Sports Reporter
The wav (Intensive coordina
tor Ih’nm St holer tells it ()re
gon’s football team doesn't
miss \l,itt Hrnt k one lot
\\ hen Miu have .1 guv like
Matt I nBounty to repl.it e him
though, that's understandable
Brot k was the Dot ks starting
left defensive end and a first
team all I’atifit It) (amterence
player a year ago before being
drafted In the ('.teen Ha\ Pai k
ers llis undeistudv LiBountv
(a sophomore), has more than
filled Brock's shoes in lus first
gear as a starter, anti is a big
reason win Oregon is 11 over
all and ranked 23rd in the latest
Assot lated Press poll
"There's no question lie's
playing everv bit as well as pre
dieted," Schuler said "He
hasn't been a real flashy guy
with glittering stats, but he's
playing as well as he can
play.”
"Matt taught me .1 lot, but 1
was more worried about doing
my own thing," l.aBounty add
ed "1 just wanted to do what I
could
As a redshirt freshman last
season. I .aBounty had a knack
for turning in the big play
w hen spelling Bror k
In only 1 37 defensive downs,
l.aBounty had four quarterbai k
sacks and six tar kies for losses
He was third on the team in
quarterbai k sat ks. and the
coaches couldn't wait to see
what he i mild do on a full-time
basis Needless to sav he
hasn't disappointed
Ibis season, I ,a Boil lit \ is
tilth on the team with 2't total
tai kies, second in quarterback
sai ks with three anil leads the
team in tackles for losses with
six for f> yards lost
UiBounty said he believes be
ing a relative unknown a year
ago helped him to make the big
play
"I didn't play that mur h and
so people didn't know vxhat
kind of moves I had, and didn't
know wli.it lu i*\|ii‘i I
l. aHounty said Thr was our
defense is set up uni' ur tun
guss i ,m usually n«*t open in
m. iki' .1 big pla\
Will'll uni' liniks ,il l-nltounls
111' III sill' might Mill think nt
him .is .1 ili'hmsivi? tmd tight
,nv.i\ \\ lull' hr has thi' height
.it l> tool I hr nnl\ weighs III
puullds IllJWI'VIT. till' sl/l' 1.11
tnr hasn't proven In lie a ilisatl
vantage for him
"Si/e is the nilh thing he
needs S( hitler said I dim I
know it he i an i am mure si/e
on his frame lie might lie at
that point wlii'ie he i an put nn
another 10 pounds at must It
he i an gain some weight in the
maturing prm ess it i mild reads
help
"I don't think it's a problem
for me l.aHounty said "II I
i .in stay loss and use guild lei h
iiiijue I'll he alright
If there is one thing that
Si huler likes about Laltouiits
it s huss solid a technician In
is
"lie's a smart player and has
very sound lei hniipte. Scliul
er said I would sas he has the
lowest pad level' nil the team
'Pad level' is a term we use for
huss loss someone plas s
"Matt gets underneath a lot
ol linemen and is able to over
i mile his lai k of si/e against
the toil pound lai kies Si lull
er said ''Three things about
him are that he's a smart guv. a
good ter huit ian and is always
in position
While l.aHmmty has asserted
himself with his play lie said
he notices the differences be
tween being a bill k up and
starting
You plas svitli more intensi
ts he said "'I on always ss.uit
to go out and have a good prai
In e and d you don't have a
good one you scant to tome
back and have a good practice
the next das
"You have to be 100 percent
prepared for every team." he
said
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