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Very good read on Vacarro and how he defended Tavon Austin in the slot and this was posted in Oct 2012. Man I love the pick.
http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/cfb/41661/321/kenny-vaccaro-spread-stopper
http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/cfb/41661/321/kenny-vaccaro-spread-stopper
To avoid constantly getting beaten, Vaccaro can choose to jam and mirroring the receiver to disrupt his release off the line of scrimmage and route development as he did against West Virginia.
Vaccaro doesn’t always have to jam the receiver, however. He can also simply mirror the receivers release, whether it’s inside or out, by not opening his hips up too early, which would give the receiver a clean path to develop his route. Vaccaro did a good job of not giving the receiver the free path on multiple occasions against West Virginia because of several reasons, most notably his technique, physicality and light feet.