Lavasier Tuinei is 6-5 with extraordinarily long arms and good body control. He catches the ball well in traffic. He's a former high school basketball player.
He and Darron Thomas should make it a point this off season to work on fade, skinny post and other goal line routes. Here's a breakdown of the fade play from smartfootball.com.
Oregon struggled in the red zone against Auburn, and mastery of this one-on-one play would give the Ducks another weapon in red zone situations. Thomas and Tuinei could develop a lot of confidence in each other, perfecting the play in off season drills. Working against Oregon's talented cornerbacks in 1-on-1 and 3-on-2 drills, Thomas could learn where to position the ball, and the right speeds and trajectories to make maximum advantage of Tuinei's frame and skills.
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