The adjective that seems to follow around is “rugged.”
Head Coach Jack Del Rio said earlier this week that the versatile linemen was “always rugged,” and Defensive Line Coach Jethro Franklin used the same verbiage to describe him as well.
But what does that really mean? What truly makes a defensive linemen “rugged?”
“It’s kind of one of those guys that just brings their lunch pail to work every day; don’t ask any questions, whatever you need to get done, it gets done,” said defensive end Mario Edwards Jr. “He [Autry] is rugged in the sense that he doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty; double team, triple team, wherever the play is executed for someone else or whatever, hey, he’s out there doing it.