"Brent Urban has garnered the attention of every scout," UVa head coach Mike London said Monday. "We've had every NFL team come through to our practice facility, and every scout has come in and said this guy's playing well. ... He's strong, powerful, can pass rush, can play well against the run, all of those things.
"He is definitely emerging as being, again, I'm just saying what the scouts are saying, a guy moving up the radar and catching a lot of people's eyes. So his game has improved and we're looking forward to him having better games as we move forward." Coming out of Lorne Park Secondary School in Ontario, Urban sought out programs that played in a 3-4 defensive scheme.
"Just from feedback and stuff," Urban said, "I kind of got the sense that, as a 3-4 end, I fit the prototype instead of the shorter, quicker D-ends or the shorter, more stocky D-tackles." At the time, UVa fit the mold. The Cavs ran a 3-4 under former coach Al Groh. Urban got to dabble in it for all of one season — his redshirt year of 2009 — before Groh was fired and London moved in. Virginia would be switching to a 4-3. By 2012, Urban would be switching to defensive tackle.
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[ Edited by Phoenix49ers on Dec 14, 2013 at 12:26 PM ]