PHILADELPHIA-- Temple coach Matt Rhule wasn't sure where Ryquell Armstead would fit in when the Owls started scouting him at Millville High in South Jersey.
When Fran Brown, Temple's defensive backs coach, drove across the bridge to watch him as a junior, Armstead wasn't even a starting tailback on his team. He was a fullback. But Brown kept telling Rhule that Armstead was a good player.
“(Armstead) came to our camp and ran fast and I said he could play safety here,” Rhule recalled. “On his senior tape, they said that he's a running back. And I said, ‘He doesn't look like a running back.