This story on Jimmy Clausen was not my original profile, but it will have to do.

It focuses on Clausen's natural throwing mechanics and how his skill will translate into the NFL.

The lede paints a nice picture of how the way Clausen plays isn't something that he only shows when he's on the football field, it's more like a 24/7, 365 way of life. Even when he is sitting in his agent's conference room, he still has the quarterback presence that the NFL demands. Then it goes into his childhood, which gives you this picture of Clausen as the annoying little kid that never stopped throwing things and simulating the game-winning touchdown pass.

While the first few paragraphs are a little bulky, they paint a good picture and function well in painting a portrait of Clausen's personality.

The to-be-sure thought comes relatively early, in the fourth paragraph. I'm not sure I would have had it this high, but it does work well in ensuring the balance of the story before it glorifies the former Notre Dame quarterback too much. It's very interesting that Fleming got so many anecdotes about Clausen's childhood, including the one about him throwing the ball 55 yards across the field in the fifth grade. Showing his family pedigree just adds to the story that he has such a natural and NFL-ready throwing motion.

As previously mentioned, the body of the story is almost all paragraphs with multiple sentences, but one paragraph is a single sentence and it has a good effect. "No wonder Clausen is a quarterback obsessed."

Sourcing is also good and credible.