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6'3" 261 lbs.
RS Senior
Tulsa
SIZE: 9.0
- 33 7/8" arms
- 9 5/8" hands
- Good length for an edge rusher
- Adequate height and bulk
QUICKNESS/BURST: 9.0
- Flashes an explosive 1st/2nd step
- Gets to speed quickly, closes quickly in pursuit
- Loses some burst when trying to bend the edge
PASS RUSH ABILITY: 8.0
- Flashes a spin move that can shed tackles
- Shows ability to convert burst and length to power
- Shows hip flexibility to get shoulder low and bend edge
- Lacks secondary and counter pass rush moves
- May lack true explosiveness to get around corner
RUN DEFENSE: 7.5
- Skilled at shooting the gap on plays away from him
- Solid tackler who can overwhelm ball carries
- Able to hold ground at point of attack at times
- Can get off balance and pushed off spot
- Will run himself out of the play being too aggressive
COVERAGE ABILITY: 7.0
- Wasn't utilized in this role at Tulsa
- Length and agility to potentially cover TEs and RBs
- Lacks great speed to hold up on longer developing routes
BLOCK SHEDDING: 7.5
- High cut athlete who can have trouble maintaining leverage
- Struggles to get off of power blocks
- Tenacity and fight to get free with 2nd effort
- Plays O.C. at times and can get taken out of play
TACKLING/FINISHING PLAY: 8.5
- 8 career forced fumbles
- Can engulf ball carriers and bring them down
- Active hands can cause QB to have to protect ball
AWARENESS/INSTINCTS: 8.5
- Consistently late and slow to react to the snap
- Can diagnose running plays before they develop
- Feel for making the right reads on RPOs
- Can get too focused on getting off blocks, loses ball
EFFORT/MOTOR: 8.5
- Scrappy guy who fights like hell to get off blocks
- Shows great energy in backside pursuit
- Could be a little more consistent in downfield pursuit
DURABILITY/INTANGIBLES: 9.0
- 2 year starter
- Former high school basketball standout
- Comes from athletic family
- Dad played basketball at Texas, Mom track at North Texas
- Brother played pro ball in Finland
- Grandfather drafted in 14th rd in 1971
- Raw physical skills, played out of position at Tulsa
- Tools are there but will take time to develop them
- Hamstring injury sidelined him for Combine
NFL COMPARISON: Dorance Armstrong Jr.
DRAFT GRADE: Early 4th round
