Donte Williams, Blackmon's position coach [at USC] last fall, said the Vikings are getting a "grown man off the field" who forms tight relationships with people and sticky coverage with receivers. […]Williams, the Trojans defensive backs coach, pursued Blackmon in the transfer portal, landing his top cornerback for the 2022 season. Williams began to trust Blackmon's outspoken confidence and often bet on his ability to handle receivers alone in man-to-man coverage. "We rolled the coverage away from him. Sometimes when they went to his guy three plays in a row, we still rolled the coverage away on play four.

Source: Ethiopian News May 17, 2023 00:49 UTC