FILM EVALUATION
WHAT SHOWS UP ON FILM
AB Elshahawani’s guard film highlights the relationship between his balance, hand placement and functional strength. More revealing than the initial collision is his ability to regain leverage after contact is disrupted, adjust his hips to redirect pressure and sustain blocks through the finish.
INSIDE RECOVERY + HIP POSITIONING + WASHDOWN
Maintains contact after the tackle gains an inside path, rotates his hips toward the quarterback, refits his hands and uses the defender’s forward momentum to finish the washdown.
STRIKE PLACEMENT + HAND REFIT + SUSTAINED CONTROL
Matches the get-off with a supported base, lands a right-hand strike on the chest plate and immediately restores inside hands after clearance, affecting the rusher’s posture and rush path.
FUNCTIONAL BEND + STRIKE ACCURACY + CONTACT BALANCE
Works from a compact lower-body bend, strikes into the chest with extension and maintains balance through a clean pass-protection exchange. The separate Sunset reel shows an angled step and leveraged finish versus an A-gap blitzer.
DEVELOPMENTAL FOCUS
WHAT COMES NEXT
Refinement areas tied to AB’s documented recovery ability and sustained contact control.
01
INDEPENDENT HAND DETAIL
Continue improving strike timing and individual-hand replacement so defenders have fewer opportunities to clear contact and access the inside shoulder.
02
LATERAL RECOVERY
Build consistency in short recovery steps and hip repositioning against quick inside movement, keeping the base underneath the torso while restoring leverage.
03
RUN-GAME ANGLES AND FINISH
Refine first-step landmark accuracy and sustained body positioning when securing interior defenders and second-level blitzers in the run game.
FILM EVALUATION SUMMARY
THE OVERALL PICTURE
AB brings strength to the point of attack, but his best work also requires body control. Against an inside move, he stays connected when the defender initially gains ground, rotates his hips and restores hand placement to turn the rusher’s momentum into a washdown. In another protection sequence, his initial right-hand strike lands inside; when the defender clears it, he replaces his hands without lunging and uses sustained pressure to affect the defender’s posture.
His compact bend and stable base support accurate chest-level strikes and clean contact balance. The run-game rep against Sunset High School adds a different responsibility: he recognizes the A-gap blitz, takes an angle that closes the linebacker’s entry path, gains leverage underneath contact and stays engaged through the developing iso run. That play demonstrates assignment response and finish independent of the ball’s location.
The available pass-protection sample is limited, so these are examples rather than a claim about every situation. Still, his ability to refit his hands, recover position and apply force while staying balanced is a useful foundation for interior line work. Continued refinement in lateral recovery and independent-hand efficiency can make those answers more repeatable against faster opponents.
