Carlos Dunlap Beast Mode
August 20, 2009 by Mat Houchens
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Join the forum discussion on this post - (2) PostsFor those of you that don’t know what beast mode is:
going crazy just pwning every one in site a complete level above the oppent
Sorry for the non-gramatical way of defining it but it basically means being ridiculous on the field. Some have give the nickname to Marshawn Lynch of the Buffalo Bills but Carlos Dunlap is close to entering beast mode.
In high school, Dunlap didn’t have to try as hard to show this beast mode as the competition was weak and scarce. Quickly after getting to UF, he realized that almost everyone was up to his potential.
“When I first got here, I probably had lazy tactics,” Dunlap said. “In high school, everything was so easy for me. I didn’t have to use all my energy to make plays in high school because I was the best player at my school.”
Dunlap quickly learned that wouldn’t get him by in college and that the “lazy tactics” used in high school would not fly with Meyer and the Florida coaches. It wasn’t until last season that Florida fans began seeing the plays that Dunlap was brough here to make. He began to look like he was back in high school again just manhandling offensive linemen and making the big plays everyone already knew he was capable of.
He blocked three punts (the most by a player in a season in school history), had 9.5 sacks and a team-leading 13.5 tackles for loss. He culminated his year by earning the most valuable defensive player award in the national championship game victory over Oklahoma. In the 24-14 victory, Dunlap blocked a field goal, had four tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and half a sack.
Gainesville Sun
“Last year, it was hard to get Dunlap to run from me to that door (10 feet away),” defensive coordinator Charlie Strong said. “What helped him was being the (defensive) MVP in the national championship game. He’s gotten so much publicity and he’s taken it upon himself to be a better football player.
“His whole thing is practice. He has to be a better practice player. When you look at Dunlap, I don’t know if there’s anyone like him. He’s 6-7, 285 pounds. He can run down people. He’s so fast and athletic. He has a tremendous upside. The thing he needs to do each day is come ready to go play.”
One thing is clear for this upcoming year. I would not want to be the person with the ball on the opposing team with #8 running at you. Because come September 5th, Carlos Dunlap will have entered into a permanent beast mode.
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Dunlap is the man! If we can keep his intensity throughout the year, Then returning to the Title game should be pretty easy. Everyone is talking about LSU and how we have to play them in the “Bayou”… So what! Florida will make the Bayou just another “Swamp”!!! GO GATORS!!!!!
Carlos is so sick… who needs to remembe Jevon Kearse with Carlos Dunlap!