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by Imran Tahir, 1/15/08. Curtis Lofton will follow his
teammate, Junior WR Malcolm Kelly, out of Norman and into the NFL. The
highly-recruited home-grown product exploded in 2007 with a whopping
157 tackles, earning consensus All-American Honors as a result. Lofton
set an all-time school record with 9 double-digit tackle games this
past season, including a remarkable 18 tackle performance against
Missouri during his team’s first meeting with the Tigers in ‘07. Though
only 6’0,” Lofton has a well-built frame at 238 lbs., and possesses
outstanding sideline-to-sideline speed. What stood out to me most this
past season was the ease with which Lofton shed blockers while moving
up the field. Lofton’s tackling technique is fundamentally sound, and
if fully motivated, the Sooner LB looks like he could be a future Pro
Bowler as an ILB. The prediction here is that Lofton will be chosen in
Round 2 of this year’s Draft.
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