Visit ESPN to view 2020 NFL team stats. Leatherwood is a good athlete with a freakish 85 3/8" wingspan. Greg Eiland (Mississippi State) | 6'8/335, 30. Cons: Inconsistent with a lot of important techniques. Pros: Will overwhelm and swallow up defenders. Minnesota Vikings 2021 NFL Draft Recap: Fixing the Offensive Line and Five Other Takeaways. Sewell doesn’t have an elite anchor, but his pass-pro play strength is more than adequate. This is mostly semantical. But despite his vast improvement at Texas, Cosmi never started playing consistently low, likely because he can’t. Cons: Must work to keep his hands up and high. Adjusts well against both power and speed. In other words, Leatherwood has all the tools necessary to deal with either power or speed. Elite quickness gives Sewell a head-start in every rep. On wide-zone runs he can hit the edge-rusher’s outside shoulder with a jolt and shuffle his feet to put his body between his man and the ball with unheard of haste. Pros: Smart, outstanding balance and body control. Check out the rest of Thor's 2021 NFL Draft work here: Thor Nystrom is NBC Sports Edge’s lead CFB writer. Very upper-body-dominant blocker who needs to engage his lower half more in pass protection. But he makes a lot of sense for zone teams that want ambulatory, second-level head-hunters at tackle. Energetic player who plays with violence. Can pull and adjust on the run. Pros: Has explosive footwork that translates into power and incredible twitch in his lower half. 3. Pros: Consistently gets inside position and will lock his hands on. The first round will be held on Thursday, April 29. Darius Stills lived in the backfield for the Mountaineers last year. While his blocking style might not be out of a textbook, he gets the job done. Leatherwood sets up at depth quickly and stays in front of his man in long, coordinated shuffles. A dominant run blocker in space. In the run game, that manifests when Jenkins goes for the kill shot instead of the easy seal, losing control of his base by using his body as a projectile instead of a human wall. If you stick with the raw data, i.e. Pros: Top-tier quickness, balance, and use of leverage. 26. But I know, in so doing, that this is a fixer-upper that'll need to put in off-hours to add muscle. Established in 2002, the NFL Draft Bible is the most trusted independent scouting service in the world and is used by all 32 NFL teams. Cons: Gets high on pulls at times if he doesn’t drop his weight. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see the talented-but-inconsistent Mayfield as much as we would have liked in 2020, as he opted back into the season but ultimately suffered a season-ending high-ankle sprain in his second game. Eichenberg isn’t as athletically-gifted as Stanley, nor as Herculean as Nelson, nor as lengthy as McGlinchey. And Leatherwood’s hand usage unfortunately remains inconsistent, which has the effect of cleaving his prodigious length down to size. The 247Sports rankings are determined by our recruiting analysts after countless hours of personal observations, film evaluation and input from our network of scouts. It's a given that Jenkins will provide his team with one of the class’ best run-blockers (elite 93.6 PFF run-block grade last year). In pass-pro, the width he plays with allows edge rushers to knock him off balance with a club or counter. Pros: Excels as a run blocker, then plays a gap and gets off the ball correctly. A brawling barroom bouncer that seeks to drop opponents, Jenkins gave up no sacks and only two hits over the last two years. So too does NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah in his final mock draft. Can be exposed when left on an island against someone who can outsize or outmuscle him. Will get a. . theScore's Mike Alessandrini breaks down the top offensive line prospects in the upcoming 2021 NFL Draft as part of a position-by-position series rolling out throughout April. Plays with easy eyes and smooth footwork. Radunz’s 7.26 second 3-cone drill ranks in the 99th percentile of all tackle prospects, while both his vertical and broad jumps are in the top-75 among all OT prospects since 1987. Has heavy hands that do damage on contact. Because of what he’s proven at the college level, I’m ranking him at tackle, and hoping he gets an opportunity to start there. D'Ante Smith (East Carolina) | 6'5/294. Cosmi is a fabulous athlete with an ideal frame, good upper-body strength, and a strong sense for what he’s doing. Jenkins’ upper-body strength, core balance and feet render recovery attempts from the enemy a long-shot. Pros: Technically sound with the hand strength of a boxer. Consistent and repeatable techniques. Can adjust in space with smooth footwork. Instead, he loses to power when power wins inside leverage early, the only time you see any panic in Sewell, losing his feet and pad-level while desperately trying to re-assert dominance. Quick to redirect. Liam Eichenberg (Notre Dame) | 6'6/305. Sewell is still a baby -- he won’t turn 21 until his rookie season. Cons: Lacks ideal length for an edge pass protector. Has good enough athletic ability off the snap to make do in zone blocking schemes. Slater also probably boasts the highest football IQ of any offensive lineman in this class, with eyes-in-his-earholes awareness on stunts and blitzes. A solid straight-line athlete with plus explosion off the ball. The Minnesota Golden Gophers have gotten plenty of heat -- justified, and from myself included -- for not offering Minnesota native QB Trey Lance (Marshall) a scholarship. Cons: Needs more attitude and power in his game. In contrast to Oklahoma State’s finesse reputation on offense, Jenkins brought violence and bad intentions to the Pokes’ attack every game over his three-plus-year starting career. Pros: The long-armed Outland Trophy winner (for best interior lineman) looks the part with his NFL body. Robert Hainsey (Notre Dame) | 6'4/302, 25. You don’t see him get out over his skis to land a blow, and when he connects, it’s generally a wind-stealer into the chest that creates distance and stalls or outright kills the enemy’s momentum. Flashes a heavy-handed punch. They have turned him into a dangerous weapon in the run game, where he fires out of the chamber low ala his defensive days and is able to reach any block and execute, descending on linebackers with a sort of euphoric glee. He'll never be confused with a road-grader in the run game, either, more of a seal-off sort. Understands and uses quality leverage. The Wisconsin-Whitewater product was a two-year starter at left guard and was a first-team Division III All-American in 2019. Has a year of experience at guard and two years at tackle. The dominance over a three-year sample speaks for itself, with Slater shutting down a procession of NFL edge rushers during that time (. When he’s on in pass-pro, Radunz is under control, playing with outstanding balance, lateral agility and core strength. Sewell sets up quickly in pass-pro with a sturdy, wide base. He’s a good athlete, sure, but he's stiff in the hips, a guy who loses power and balance in pass-pro by playing too high. Arm length is an issue. Naturally, Radunz explodes off the line, hitting his target with accuracy and pop. Mayfield fires out with murder on his mind, striking with speed and big power that uncoils out of his hips on contact and sustains because of his fabulous leg drive -- those pistons will not stop until Jalen Mayfield hears a whistle. Has the speed and quickness to peel off the line and reach the second level in a hurry. the shoulders. And football runs in his blood, with his uncles Isaac Sopoaga and Richard Brown having played in the NFL, and all three of his brothers currently playing FBS ball (Noah, a linebacker, was a teammate at Oregon, while Gabriel is a LB at Nevada and Nephi is a DB at Utah). Easy knee bender. As a 19-year-old 2019, his only full campaign, Sewell didn’t allow a pressure, hurry or QB hit in nine of his 13 starts. That number dipped to 4.20 in 2020. Pros: Freak athlete with elite body control for his frame. As a 19-year-old 2019, his only full campaign, Sewell didn’t allow a pressure, hurry or QB hit in nine of his 13 starts. Smart, heady player who has the tool set to play multiple spots along the offensive line. DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for entertainment purposes only, and there is no gambling offered on this site. The Vikings had a strong draft in a number of areas, which should lead … A five-star, top-five overall recruit … Cons: Foot speed and balance are inconsistent. Darrisaw is also extremely adept on the move upfield, keeping his head on a swivel and hunting with purpose. But while I fully expected him to make a star-turn in 2020, Radunz was unfortunately limited to only game due to NDSU’s season being moved to the spring. Due to his experience, quick feet, and enormous 85-inch wingspan, Smith holds strong developmental appeal as a potential starting left tackle on the draft-day cheap. We'll be back next week with interior offensive line rankings. This isn’t a power issue, it’s a technique issue. All of that mitigates his floor a bit. Jenkins uses a forklift approach, torque and leverage, getting low, exploding through the hips at contact. Hudson’s incredibly soft feet were what formerly made him a top edge-rushing recruit. He had 93rd-or-better-percentile showings in the 40 (4.56), 3-cone (6.78), vertical (40") and broad (10'10"). This is the sixth installment of my 2021 NFL Draft prospect rankings series, following quarterbacks, running backs, a two-parter on wide receivers (WR1-9 here, WR10-50 here), and tight ends. Must keep his hands high and tight in pass protection. Radunz plays with an edge moving forward as a run-blocker, belying his finesse profile, working to the whistle to de-cleat his opponent. This combination alone can stymie edge rushers, who find it difficult to get inside Leatherwood’s reach and into his chest or beat him around the corner with speed. At NDSU’s pro day this month, Radunz submitted a 9.3 RAS (out of 10, remember), ranking as the 79th most-athletic tackle in. Darrisaw saw freaky developmental jumps every year he was on campus, and there’s no reason to think he won’t continue improving. a select number of prospects will take the stage, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. This is mostly semantical. The only tackle at last year’s NFL Combine that measured with shorter arms was the 6-foot-6 Ben Bartch (32 ⅞”). Stone Forsythe, Florida. The power Sewell generates from his uncoil is unavailable to him in pass pro, and, though he throws mean hands, Sewell’s technique can suffer when he isn’t allowed to be the bully. Then Cosmi entered the draft process and proceeded to make an argument he’s one of the most-athletic tackles ever to enter the league, posting a 9.99 RAS score and finishing with the second-best athletic profile of any tackle entering the NFL since 1987. Will run over corner support. Jeremiah has the Raiders nabbing USC's Alijah Vera-Tucker with their pick at 17. The 2021 offensive tackle … The Gophs should also take heat for not securing his blind-side protector. Radunz is at his best when he’s settled back into his hips from a nice, wide base. If you watch, Jenkins’ biggest weakness in pass-pro is something he can’t do anything about: For all the talk of, Once he’s got those powerful hands on you and sets the hook, you're coming into the boat. Cons: Pad level and knee bend are inconsistent. The 2018 FSWA College Sports Writer of the Year, Nystrom’s writing has also been honored by Rolling Stone magazine and The Best American Essays series. Cons: Plays too high after contact. Slater’s length is just about smack-dab average for league guards. Needs a more explosive punch. Projects inside at guard because of his struggle with edge speed. In 2019, Ohio State possessed the best interior offensive line trio I’ve ever … Christensen was one of the nation’s best tackles last season, leading a top-10 national offensive line that allowed QB Zach Wilson to rarely see pressure despite constantly hunting for deep shots. His oh-so-smooth feet and clean, under-control shuffles allow him to remain in front of his man from a power base, ready to uncork those puncher’s fists if the enemy's facemask gets too close to his chest. The lack of length didn’t hinder Slater in the Big 10 -- he started at right tackle in 2017-18 before shifting to the left side in 2019 -- but would make him one of the NFL’s most reach-disadvantaged tackles. Has a violent punch that gets big-time movement on his man when his feet and hips are lined up. Cons: Speed rushers really expose him. 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