John Downing

🏆’23 Big South-OVC Champion🏆 DL Coach @cumberlandFB 1 Cor 27; Psalm 23; views expressed here are my own & don’t represent the views of my employer

[John Downing @coachjdowning62]

Recruits, are you interested in attending a home game during the ‘26 season?

Sign up today!

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🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥#Finish #GATA 🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥

[Marcus Pittman @MpPerformanceaz]

The dip isn’t just about getting under the pad level on the rush. It’s your insurance policy after the shed too.

Once you win — hands off, hip flip, whatever got you there — the OL isn’t done. He’s still reaching, still hunting for cloth. If you stay tall and run upfield on a flat plane, you’re a stationary target. Easy grab.

Add the dip the instant you separate. Drop your level, change your plane, bend the corner low. Now his hands are grabbing at air because the target he was tracking isn’t there anymore. You didn’t just beat him — you left the frame.

Technique doesn’t end at the shed. It ends at the QB.

#DetailedDLineSystems #DLine #collegefootball #PassRush #dline

[Nicholas Dheilly (Dline Coach) @Dline_coach]

Having A Visual Key Will Help Your Get Off D-Line

[Danny Schaechter 🏝️🏈🐾 @CoachDShack]

Ohio State DL Sandbag Strike Drill

[Nicholas Dheilly (Dline Coach) @Dline_coach]

Unit Double Swipe Drill

[Nicholas Dheilly (Dline Coach) @Dline_coach]

The Half A Man Tip Every D-Lineman Needs

[Nicholas Dheilly (Dline Coach) @Dline_coach]

Step Through 49ers Defensive Line

[Tim Mathis @TimMathisCU]

Pray to be a blessing. Don’t pray to be blessed. You can be a blessing to everyone. If you are a blessing to everyone with how you act and treat others, you will be blessed. #FINISH #GATA

[Marcus Pittman @MpPerformanceaz]

Reach Block Defense — Don’t Get Hooked

The reach block is the OT trying to get his helmet across your face to wall you off the play. If he wins that race, you’re out of the gap and the ball’s outside you.

The answer isn’t panic — it’s technique:

→ Get-off first. Beat him off the ball so he never has the angle to reach you.

→ Play with your outside hand and outside foot. If he still gets across, you cut through with your inside arm and pull your inside foot through and keep hips flat down the line — don’t let your shoulders turn upfield.

→ Keep your outside foot free. The moment you lose outside leverage, you’re not a D-lineman anymore, you’re a spectator.

Reach blocks aren’t won with strength. They’re won with pad level and urgency before contact.

#DetailedDLineSystems #DLine #highschoolfootball #defensiveline #az

[John Downing @coachjdowning62]

Rain or shine, #Leggo it’s 💰 day!

[Cumberland University Football @CumberlandFB]

24 hours until our last camp‼️

Registration/Check-in will begin at approximately at 8:15am CST.

Walk-ups are welcome.

#WeArePhoenix | #GATA | #FINISH

[James Light @JamesALight]

Oregon HC Dan Lanning - Fundamentals of Blitzing

- Techniques carry over from the DL to the Secondary.
- Blitz to the Offset Back = Low Gear/Surf
- Blitz opposite of the Offset Back = High Gear/Bend
- "It doesn't matter who you are in our defense, at the end of the day you have to learn how to become a Defensive End."

[James Light @JamesALight]

Auburn DL Coach Vontrell King-Williams - React Attack Fundamentals & Drills (Gap & Half)

- 4i Tech vs Gang
- 4i Tech vs Fan
- 0 Nose vs Base
- 0 Nose vs Scoop
- 0 Nose vs Back
- 0 Nose vs Slip

[James Light @JamesALight]

Auburn DL Coach Vontrell King-Williams - Attack React Fundamentals & Drills (1 Gap)

- Scoop
- Cutoff
- Lag/Shank

[John Downing @coachjdowning62]

Let’s get it!

[Cumberland University Football @CumberlandFB]

24 hours until our last camp‼️

Registration/Check-in will begin at approximately at 8:15am CST.

Walk-ups are welcome.

#WeArePhoenix | #GATA | #FINISH

[Tim Mathis @TimMathisCU]

Friday facts: If I know what God says about me, why would I worry about what people say about me. #FINISH #GATA

[Cumberland University Football @CumberlandFB]

24 hours until our last camp‼️

Registration/Check-in will begin at approximately at 8:15am CST.

Walk-ups are welcome.

#WeArePhoenix | #GATA | #FINISH

[Cumberland University Football @CumberlandFB]

ONE MORE TIME‼️

Our last prospect camp of 2026 is this Saturday, July 11th!

Sign up at https://t.co/6pEkCJHM4Q or by scanning the QR Code.

Show out and get hands-on instruction from our staff!

#WeArePhoenix | #GATA | #FINISH

[Tim Mathis @TimMathisCU]

Couple of days until last camp. Come get evaluated. Who is the next Phoenix!!