 All right. All right. All right. What's up guys? Welcome back to get another reaction video. My name is Jacob McDonald I come to you as a rugby player and today We look at the 18th ranked NFL player in the entire league by his peers, of course for the year of 2022 It's Darius Shaquille Leonard always known to me as Darius Leonard always a character always, you know Supremely confident very long very long and in fact we can see the length here Shredded actually, you know, it's about six foot four two hundred and two forty two fifty from from memory Which as a linebacker as a really, you know as an enforcer out there is probably not your classic body Shape but as far as what's in here as far as what's between here. He plays with supreme confidence. He is confident He was Darius Leonard now. He's Shaquille Leonard I'm led to believe someone in my my live stream actually told me about that and look without further ado. Let's get into it I don't think he's a great dancer But it works for him, you know, it's different Sometimes Okay All right, that was either um tingu note note or He was copying the exact dance that my that my youngest daughter Who's three does when she's excited? That's that's just pure excitement. I'm not gonna lie. That's what it looks like to me It's crazy. I don't know about that one You play the way he play is awesome. It's like this. I don't know. It's beautiful It is It's a beautiful game Well, well, well Would you look at that? He's up over 200 percent He attacks the ball Like I have never seen before with a technique. He's practically patented the fist Yep, just like What bro That is just insane. What the hell let's watch it again practically patented the fist Yep, just like the script What? Okay, so it's literally in motion instead of just Well, I guess I mean you could put your arm out with your fingers Outstretched, but I guess it's going to be more effective if you really Try to fire that punch slash Tackle in there. Um, I don't know how I feel about that. I mean, he's obviously doing the iron mic which is I'm not going to say it's expected, but it's it's allowed in the game of NFL that Wow. Yeah, good luck holding the ball, mate And it is the turtle of the machine Darius letter that punched it out Darius is really good. No That wasn't the same tackle was it? Yep, just like so this is an you know extreme slow motion. Yeah grip says And it is the turtle of the machine, but in real time. What does it look like? Darius looks like a normal tackle depending on the camera angle depending on The frames per second that could either look like the most ridiculous Iron mic Tyson punch or it could just look like a normal tackle and I think that's that's the key is Is being able to do both, you know punch the ball and tackle at the same time because that I don't know if that's the same tackle but I assume it is and that That's surprising if nothing else That punched it out Darius is really good at finding the football and getting his fist on it Watch the punch out right here He's literally combining a punch with The motion of tackling and that my friends that is something new I hadn't really thought of that. That's an absolute nightmare for the opposing team Darius Leonard Oh, did he get some other face for for his troubles? Out to him about his little secret. I don't know what he's doing, but Bro, it's like every time he punch at the ball. Well, it ain't a secret anymore come out I don't know man. I don't know how you do it the balance. I like I don't punch at the ball I can't punch at the ball. I'm the type. I got to put my hat on the ball The fact that he does it on like a week in week out basis is insane Like it people think Oh, I could do that. He's gonna put his hat on the ball. You're really gonna target the ball with your helmet Oh You bastard You can't do that or else you would be doing it What do we got here? Oh, see He must have long arms and with that in mind guys, let's look at his stats And let's find out what's going on with that name Darius Shaquille Leonard Born July 27th 1995. He's 27 years of age six foot two 230 pounds 230 a bit lighter than what I thought but and six foot two is a bit shorter than what I thought But which honestly makes the whole being like a real enforcer out there as a linebacker That much more impressive six foot two 230 that is an absolute unit. Really, isn't it? Not too big not too small not too fat not too skinny not too tall not too short south carolina state from 2013 to 2017 so he played a full career there got picked up in the second round of the 2018 draft pick number 36 Went to the Colts in 2018 and has been there ever since NFL defensive rookie of the year in 2018 a three-time first team all pro selection Including his rookie year 2018 to 2020 and 2021 So he came into the league and was balling out from the get-go. We'll check that three-time pro bowler 2019 to 2021 NFL force fumbles leader in 2021 NFL tackled leader in 2018 So he came into the league with a real bang didn't he he may have dropped off during his second year But he certainly come back with the vengeance including. Yeah, the force fumbles leader last year. All right What do we got here? Let's have a look at these arms 34 inches 34 and three-eighths of an inch Which is up there? I mean you won't see many players with an arm length of over 35 inches except except for a guy called DeForest Buckner, and I'm assuming John Jones's arms Must be up there too six to 234 pounds 10 and a quarter inch hand span So so I guess you know that that size of a hand, you know making a fist on the end of an arm that long With the tenacity that he plays with good luck 470 for the 40-yard dash 38 inches on the vertical jump 10 foot Six of the broad jump 20 reps on the bench. So I'm going to say as an overall athlete You won't get much better He signed a four-year 7.24 million dollar contract when he came into the league On july 23rd 2018 And as we come down here, what do we got? This is going to be ridiculous. Oh august 8th 2021. He signed a five-year pride of the last season He signed a five-year 90 99.25 million dollar contract. Why wouldn't you just make it a hundred for god's sake? In fact make it 99 and give me 250 grand Including a 52.5 million dollar guaranteed extension making him the highest paid outside linebacker in the NFL And I'm not bloody surprised during the during the off season He had surgery on his back to correct nerves being impinged by his discs So that was during the current off season. So let's hope he's come back healthy happy I'm ready to go four years in the league 58 total games. He's been He has been consistent as far as performance is concerned He went from 163 combined tackles in year one 121 year two 132 in year three and 122 in this past season Bringing his total through 58 games to 538 combined tackles. That's almost 10 a game That's going at a real rate of knots. So his 2021 season statistics 16 games played 122 combined tackles 75 solo Eight passes deflected no sacks. In fact, it's his first year that he hasn't had one sack, which is interesting Four interceptions, which brings his career total to 11 eight force fumbles, which led the league as a linebacker And three fumble recoveries. So I'm going to say, you know, he's been more productive In previous years, but I'm going to say that they're probably using him in a different way this year I feel like maybe he's just playing in a different way Maybe he's not worrying about the the sack and not so much worrying about The interception although he did get four but more so worrying about that that Yeah That thing either way guys in four short years. He's absolutely bowled out But let's just see what's what's what's the deal with the name. Well, actually I can probably Work that out due to the fact that his middle name is Shaquille First name Darius middle name Shaquille. He's being listed as Shaquille Leonard Despite playing five seasons as Darius Leonard the linebacker told reporters that his name is Shaquille And he would like to be called by that when he returns to the field this summer Shaquille Leonard It is then that's his middle name and that's the one he used growing up Okay Right and I guess I can kind of relate in a way, you know My name is Jacob. Although everyone calls me Jake. If I was called Jacob McDonald for any length of time I think I I think it would start start wearing on me and I'd say look just call me Jake And I feel like that's what he's that's what he's done. You know, let's let's Let's not look at the namesheet for a minute and let's just go with with what he's used to Shaquille Leonard Oh DeForest and Shaquille, what an absolute combination It really is one of the most valuable skills in this game is being able to get the ball up because turnovers Is no more an indicator of who's going to win a game? And that's the thing like You see a guy running at you I mean all you want to do is bring him down to the ground, but if you've got The cheek To go for the ball too. I don't want to play against you and it's not just fumbles. The man can pick it too Well, I know he's got four picks, but he didn't take it back many yards coverage reading the quarterback's eyes He is a master of reading the quarterback's eyes He knows exactly when we're going to have a hot route on if the blitz is coming from the other side I'll be sprinting over to the other side to break up a pass It was tipped by Leonard who caused a pick with a tip earlier It seems like his arms are you know can stretch the whole field, you know, he They're almost 35 inches. He just has such long like wingspan and he's just he's like got eight arms or something Oh, okay called by his middle name Shaquille Oh Shit There you go eight arms call me eight arms. Oh dairy, uh de Leonard How you call him? How you call because he's got freaking eight arms, bro He picked me off like he went around his head or something Tyree kill what didn't want to borrow it did he he's like, mate you're talking up someone else apart from yourself. No We don't do that But mac jones does either way guys, uh, that brings us to the end of another video in the next one We look at justin jefferson who holds a special place in my heart. I had him in my fantasy football team Yeah, he did relatively well, you know, he's probably averaging what 15 20 points a game Uh, let's see. Let's see how he did in real life. Cheers guys. Thank you for watching and I'll see you in the next one Go Shaq