In part two of a series dissecting three players that the Denver Broncos have been linked to select in the 2019 NFL Draft, Louisiana State University linebacker Devin White falls under our scope.

A spastic and athletic marvel on the field, White figures to be available when the Broncos pick at No. 10 and, lo and behold, the Broncos have a gaping hole at linebacker after losing starter Brandon Marshall to free agency. Fact is, White is a generational diamond-in-the-rough and Vic Fangio — the Broncos’ new head coach — is the only cutter that can shape him into something marvelous.

White himself is a rather unrefined prospect. He was recruited to LSU as a running back and was expected to be the successor to current pros Leonard Fournette and Derrius Guice. He switched over to linebacker and used his backfield athleticism to wreak havoc on the college football world. With blinding speed for his position — White’s 40 yard dash time at the NFL Combine was 4.42 seconds — the linebacker was able to punish linemen used to blocking players half a second slower. The mismatches allowed White to garner 286 tackles across 34 games, according to SportsReference. His robust frame bent and curved when tackles were cinder blocks and he often outsped opposing skill players. Essentially, White is a generational talent. But like all good things, there’s a catch.

White’s first year in the NFL will be just his fourth as a linebacker. And because of that, he often misreads the offenses. Meaning, he’ll attack one gap of the offensive line because the blockers move to the left side — a concept that bleeds over from his days on the other side of the ball — when the ball carrier is heading to the right. Though he’ll make a viral hit when he does read the play correctly, he arm tackles a runner’s shoulders and chest. It’s taught on day one of pee wee to use your shoulders and wrap low. These faults keep him from being the undisputed best player in the draft and narrows the teams that will guarantee him the most success to those with the coaches best fit to mold him. Enter Fangio.

What Ernest Hemingway was to writing, Fangio has been to the art of the linebacker position. Fangio’s NFL career spans four decades and more impressive is his laundry list of successful players he’s groomed as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

Fangio has overseen the likes of The Dome Patrol — the linebacker trio of Pat Swilling, Rickey Jackson and Sam Mills for the New Orleans Saints in the late ‘80s-early ‘90s — and legends, Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs. Those five players amassed career totals of 430 sacks, 36 Pro Bowls, 11 All-Pro selections and two hall of famers in Jackson and Lewis, respectively.

Fangio’s resume humbles the greatest of coaches in the NFL, and he and White would be a match made in heaven.

In Fangio’s 3-4 defensive scheme, White would be one of the two inside linebackers. Likely placed on the weak side — against the right tackle where teams traditionally place the lesser pass-blockers — he would be able to chase down ball carriers and cover receivers with little resistance. Fangio worked magic on Chicago Bears’ linebacker Roquan Smith, one of the closest comparisons to White in terms of rawness, a season ago.

Paired with Von Miller and Bradley Chubb, the Broncos will not only have one of their best front-sevens in a long time, but a unit rivaled by few teams — if any — in the NFL.

Shake the football-shaped magic eight ball and ask if the Broncos and White are an ideal fit for each other. Answer says, “You bet your sweet cheeks they are.”