Dartanyan Tinsley Transfer OL commit

[Lobot]

Tinsley is coming up a few divisions from NAIA Kentucky Christian University. He was a Mid South conference All- American last season at KCU. At 6'5 315 I think it's obvious that he was underrecruited coming out of high school.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/13176179/Dartanyan-Tinsley

[coach]

Looks like CMU had been after him so likely a find of the new offensive line coach. Nfl sized kid.

[bearcatbret]

BREAKING: Kentucky Christian University Offensive Line Transfer Dartanyan Tinsley Picks Cincinnati (247sports.com)

[Geaux Juan]

I watched some of his HUDL film, and one thing that stood out to me was how every time the defender jumped to try to deflect a pass, he shoved them and put them on the ground. That's something our OL rarely did this past year, and I think Alabama picked up on that.

[RedDog]

I too watched some of his film. Has decent footwork and looks physical but have to weigh that against the level of his competition and certainly their size. Ya see that a lot on high school highlights as well where an O line recruit repeatedly pancakes a guy who weighs 50 lbs less than him. I think this guy has nice potential, time will tell.
As we recently saw, our O and D lines were as big as Alabama but the athleticism of those bigs is the only area we still don't match up. We are gaining on them though.

[Lobot]

I watched some of his HUDL film, and one thing that stood out to me was how every time the defender jumped to try to deflect a pass, he shoved them and put them on the ground. That's something our OL rarely did this past year, and I think Alabama picked up on that.

I'm glad you mentioned this. That drove me crazy in the Cotton Bowl. We must have had at least 6 deflected passes in that game. The guy Dylan O'Quinn was lined up against had about 4 of them.