Oregon Ducks Defensive Line Coach Tony Tuioti Discusses Elijah George's Weight And Muscle Gain

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00:00Looks like Elijah has put on some weight this year.

00:09Looks like he's kind of filled out.

00:10Do you know how much bigger he is than he was last year?

00:12And what have you seen from him so far this year?

00:14Elijah's done a great job just putting not only weight,

00:17but just lean muscle to his frame.

00:20He's got a really big frame.

00:21He's got broad shoulders.

00:23You know, Elijah's come and, you know,

00:24early on has been able to show in practice,

00:27not necessarily in the games because he didn't have the opportunity to do so,

00:30to be able to pass for us.

00:31But he's improved a lot in the run game,

00:33doing a lot better job of being able to strike and play with his hands.

00:38But very similar body type with Mattel.

00:40You know, so those guys are going to be able to take a lot of those reps.

00:43At that position, you got Mattel, you got Elijah.

00:45They're all similar body types.

00:46Aiden Breeland, Ashton Porter.

00:49So all those type of guys are guys that, you know,

00:51were the same position where Burch was at, where Brandon Doris was at.

00:56So I'm excited about what Elijah is able to do

00:59in the amount of weight he's been able to put on.

01:01Easily 15, 20 pounds.

01:02I think his frame, he can hold more too.