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It's all how you say things. I make the kid believe that he can be elite at something... I reference my years of experience as to WHY I think this... (mention similar kids I've coached) Then I get some of his teammates to encourage him as well. Literally had kids dapping him up and telling him...

Showed him the article yesterday and it really opened his eyes. Also used a handful of WR-to-CB transition success stories. 30 minutes later he was voluntarily sitting front row in my defensive meeting. I think this could change his life if he buys in.

Thanks for sharing this. I'm going to show this to our 6'2" WR with no offers. Hopefully this will convince him to buy-in to playing CB, and not just "filling in" at the spot.

Negative. Height...more specifically length...is extremely valuable. I've had some pretty good 5'7"-5'9" Corners in my day, but when they have to guard WR's who are 6'1"+ there's not much they can do. They can be covering the WR like a blanket but the catch radius of the much taller WR allows...