Isaiah Stalbird- LB, Undrafted Rookie Free Agent, South Dakota St. (6'0"/221#) These are his pro day numbers, 40 Time- 4.43 Vertical- 37.5" Broad Jump- 10'7" Bench- 18 Reps.
There was very little to no information on Stalbird, no games or game tape at all. This is what I came up with, with a couple of articles I read about him.
Player Information:
Stalbird spent two seasons as a walk-on at Nebraska before transferring to South Dakota St. before the 2020 season. Stalbird hasn't always played Linebacker, he played Safety his first Two years of college. As a Safety he had 43- Tot. Tkls. 1- Forced Fumble and 1- Blocked Punt. Stalbird switched positions to linebacker partway through the 2021 season. As a Linebacker Stalbird had 176- Tot. Tkls. 5- Forced Fumbles 3- Sacks and 1-INT. His RAS Score- 9.50, that right there is a good reason as to why he caught the Saints interest and on top of him being versatile to play two positions, Stalbird is very experienced playing special teams.
My Thoughts:
Even though I know next to nothing about Stalbird, I believe he has some potential to be a good hybrid player in DA's defense. We all know how DA likes versatile players and Stalbird has the versatility to play Linebacker and Safety. I really believe DA can make this guy into a real good player at Safety. I would like to see him work at WLB too. He has 4.43 speed and can get from sideline to sideline pretty quick. Stalbird is making some plays in mini-camp, so that's encouraging news. I believe some time on the practice squad will do Stalbird a lot of good.