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Michael Deeb not like the rest

Deeb looks like a Big Ten LB but can play like a prototypical prospect from Florida

Originally Published: April 11, 2012
By Corey Long | RecruitingNation

Plantation (Fla.) American Heritage middle linebacker Michael Deeb isn't like the most linebackers from Florida.

Most linebackers from the state are modeled after what Jimmy Johnson did at the University of Miami a couple decades ago. That's when Johnson stressed speed and turned safeties into 215-pound linebackers who could fly across the field and chase wide receivers down from behind.

But at 6-foot-2, 238-pounds Deeb is a natural middle linebacker. He's an athletic, imposing threat ...

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