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Welcome to the fam Devontae! He's the mauler of the 2 twins, as he's played primarily inside, but I can see him getting a chance to play outside in college. Too athletic, lean and strong to solely stay inside, IMO. But fits the athletic mold that Frye wants on his OL
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Would add the YUUUGE GIF but I'm mobile. Really big additions for two kids with a ton of upside from a powerhouse in Ohio. Very excited for these commits, now we can hone in on the remaining targets with a great base. Moore, Armstrongs and Nave are a very good group to work with, we can be selective moving forward on OL.
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Pretty amazing story and experience to go to a mega D1 school with your twin brother. Congrats to both Armstrong brothers and their family. Welcome and can’t wait to see both names on the starting line!
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He has the size that his brother doesn't have. But like his brother, his footwork has improved, and he fits the bill at what Frye is looking for at IOL. Not the ball of mass that is a statue, but a OL that can engage the DT, but also get to the 2nd level without a worry. Also could see the 2 deep by year 2 like his brother. It's good to know that they're not as a raw as originally thought.
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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
St. Edward coach Tom Lombardo didn’t need more than a second to reflect.
Asked how much Ohio State offensive line commitments and identical twins Devontae and Deontae Armstrong have improved since last season,
Lombardo couldn’t help but gush about two key pieces of his roster.
“No question they’ve improved exponentially,” Lombardo told Eleven Warriors. “They played 16 games last year and you saw the improvement from the beginning of the year through game 16. Now with an offseason, they’ve transformed their bodies even more. They play such a physical brand of football right now and it’s really helping us.”
The Armstrong twins have always boasted strong physical traits, but Lombardo said the biggest step the duo has taken has been from the mental side of the game, particularly in understanding defenses and movements schematically.
“When they started last year it was like ‘Alright, you’re stepping here and doing this,’ and if we played stationary they were pretty solid,”
Lombardo said. “But anytime there’s movement and that kind of stuff, that adjustment and anticipation is where it took them a little bit to develop in that regard. But now they have a real good sense of it in the scheme we’re in. They have the physical tools, but if that comes along, that sky is the limit obviously at Ohio State and maybe beyond.”
Lombardo has known the duo for a long time, and said he taught the pair in school their freshman years. It didn’t take too long for him to tell them apart from each other but he admitted that may be due to the fact that he knew where each of them sat in the classroom more than anything else. But as they matured, Lombardo said Deontae grew to be the taller of the two, while Devontae is slightly thicker.
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