Growing up in the Scottish highlands, DJ Maclean didn’t really have any experience of playing football (the American one) too he moved to Oregon, where there were plenty players to cover every position. If he had played in Scotland first, he probably would have dual hatted at some point, due to the much slimmer pickings, in terms of players. He did, however, play rugby at school, where everyone plays offense and defense. He is a physical player and not afraid of contact, so he would probably make a super running back. He has also excelled in stopping running backs, so much so that he is a back to back to back defensive player of the year award winner, so he knows a thing or 2 about what it takes to stop elite running backs. That could help him be a better running back, since he would know the kind of play he would make against a route, then game plan it a different way than expected.
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