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Why Michigan's Josh Uche the Picasso of pass rushers in the 2020 NFL draft

MOBILE, Ala. — Leonardo da Vinci had the Mona Lisa. Vincent van Gogh had The Starry Night. And Josh Uche has the stab-chop.

Uche, the Michigan football linebacker whom Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy called one of the most versatile players in this year's NFL draft, said Tuesday he considers rushing the quarterback a form of art.

"I feel like Picasso," Uche said. "Some guys think of it more as a robotic action. They’re like, 'OK, on this step I got to do this. I got to work this, then that,' and (it's) very stiff and it doesn’t look fluid.