Middle School Football Help?

Question

Hey, I'm going into 8th grade and I'm 6'3, 180 lbs and I run about a 4.8. So we had a short scrimmage last night, and well our team got rocked but anyway I had 3 tackles which was the most on the team, I was playing OLB(I had no idea how to play it) And MLB(I got two tackles at this). We played for about 5-10 mins on D and 5-10 mins on O total. For O I played Fullback/RB and my first run sucked, coach had me run strong side and 3 guys were unblocked and I got about -1 yard on the sweep. Second run it was same play but I ended up cutting back and going left seeing as my coach ran me strong side again, I picked up about 20 yards or so. Anyway my question is would I do better at Defensive End or what are the ideal stats/weight/height for that position. In our leaguge MLB only covers all tackles between the the two tackles and sacks the QB. And I'm not sure on DE. (I'm horrible at covering recievers so nothing like cornerback but any suggestions would be good.

Answer 1

well your pretty huge you could play a bunch of positions

Answer 2

If Your  A Good Leader go for MLB, because if you got 2 tackles as MLB that mean you did your job. 6 ' 2 is a good height for a receiver, it kind of nulls out the the whole jumping need for a receiver.

Answer 3

DE sounds good man if your 63 then forsure i would say DE, i played DE and DT i was fatter then you but i loved it man its soooo much fun sackin the QB, just make sure you go to camps and stuff in the off season and do whatever your coaches want and show em respect, if you get time dont be afraid to talk to them personally  and ask them what you can do to get better, like outside of practice, and they will respect you alot more and know you want to get better trust me this worked for me i wasnt affraid to approach my coaches and therefore they new i wanted to get better

Answer 4

man, you'd be a killer d-end. "All" you have to do is contain