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2011 OT Rankings

April 3, 2011 No comments

These rankings are as of April 3, 2011. They are not projections! They are basically my grades and order from best to worst in my opinion, from what I’ve seen of them.

Click for scouting report, if one is available.

Rank Player College Height Weight 10 Time
1 Tyron Smith USC 6’5 310
2 Derek Sherrod Mississippi State 6’5 321 1.81
3 Anthony Castonzo Boston College 6’7 311 1.80
4 Ben Ijalana Villanova 6’4 317
5 Gabe Carimi Wisconsin 6’7 314 1.78
6 Nate Solder Colorado 6’8 307 1.72
7 Jason Pinkston Pittsburgh 6’3 317 1.86
8 Marcus Gilbert Florida 6’6 330 1.83
9 James Carpenter Alabama 6’4 321 1.81
10 Marcus Cannon TCU 6’5 349 1.84
11 Derek Newton Arkansas State 6’5 314 1.72
12 James Brewer Indiana 6’6 323 1.76
13 Willie Smith East Carolina 6’5 310 1.85
14 Joseph Barksdale LSU 6’5 325 1.84
15 Lee Ziemba Auburn 6’6 317 1.87
16 Chris Hairston Clemson 6’6 326 1.82
17 D.J. Young Michigan State 6’5 307
18 Mike Person Montana State 6’4 294 1.74
19 Kevin Hughes SE Louisiana St. 6’4 302 1.79
20 Jah Reid Central Florida 6’7 321 1.83
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Senior Bowl: North Practice #1

January 24, 2011 No comments

I’ll be able to watch some of the practices this week on NFL Network. Whenever I get the chance I’ll make sure to post notes on who looked good and who didn’t.

OL Blocking Drills

- Interesting that in the first walk through, Carimi is working at LG.

- Kevin Kowalski didn’t look to be very strong. He struggled to push back some of the lineman in one drill.

- Jason Pinkston was playing with great leverage and had good strength. He was moving people around and at the same time was hard to push back.

RB/TE vs LB/S 1 on 1′s

- Mike McNeill dropped a pass in 1 on 1 drills.

- Lance Kendricks with a very nice move to get open on Lefeged.

- Lawrence Wilson made a nice play to break on the ball and knock it away.

- Da’Rel Scott blew by Herzlich for a deep route. Nice over the shoulder catch.

- Mason Foster was holding like mad on one play. Was definitely PI.

- Lawrence Wilson looks very good in coverage.

- Casey Matthews with a nice play in coverage on DeMarco Murray.

- Searcy showed some  horrible ball skills.

WR/CB 1 on 1′s

- Kendric Burney got burned deep by Niles Paul.

- Vincent Brown makes a very nice catch in tight coverage by Rashad Carmichael.

- Titus Young with a very nice route.

- Great coverage by Burney on Dwayne Harris.

- Quinton Carter did a good job of forcing Austin Pettis to the sideline.

- Titus Young drops a high pass. Looks really out of control running his routes.

- Titus Young makes a nice adjustment on a deep ball.

- Vincent Brown drops a pass that was pretty far outside. He could have had it though.

- Titus Young drops the reverse but then makes a nice move to make Quinton Carter miss.

11 on 11 Drills

- Jake Locker throws a nice pass to Vincent Brown who makes another great catch away from his body.

- Carmichael with great coverage on a go route.

- Titus Young catches a screen and probably would have taken it for a TD in a real game.

- Kaepernick makes a nice throw to Vincent Brown.

7 on 7 Drills

- Jake Locker throws high and Carmichael makes the gimmie pick.

- Locker throws the check down but again too high.

- Titus Young jumps offside. Come on man its practice lol.

OL/DL 1 on 1′s

- Gabe Carimi with a great pass-block in a 1 on 1 drill against Jeremy Beal.

- Solder sticks with Pierre Allen and his spin move in pass-pro.

- Solder with another nice block forcing Allen to take a wide angle.

- Ian Williams just threw Kowalski to the ground. Kowalski got him back on the next play though holding his ground.

- James Brewer with a very nice block on Ballard. Strong punch.

- Ryan Kerrigan destroys Solder with an outside fake and then inside.

- Solder with a good recovery on Beal after the fake inside move.

- Fusco with a very nice block on Fua throwing him to the ground.

- Pinkston with a nice punch

- Great lateral agility by Pinkston stopping Allen in his tracks.

- Carimi is having his way with Beal.

Overall Thoughts

There we’re quite a few impressive players today. Jason Pinkston, Nate Solder and Gabe Carimi all stood out in OL drills. Neither of them ever got beat in 1 on 1′s. They didn’t show a lot of the RB’s except for the receiving drill and it was hard to really gauge anyone on that. Some of the WR’s really stepped up though. Titus Young and Vincent Brown we’re probably the most impressive. Niles Paul also looked good. Austin Pettis looked really slow but he was able to get some separation. This was in 1 on 1 drills though so the offense for the most part is SUPPOSED to win. Rashad Carmichael was  the most impressive CB. He had a pick on an overthrow from Locker but had tight coverage all day.

There weren’t a lot of guys that stood out on the negative side. Lefeged didn’t look comfortable at all in coverage and was beaten deep a few times. Jeremy Beal was also having a rough day on the DL. He was routinely stopped but you could see he was working really hard. This only confirms my initial thoughts on him being just a high motor guy that will never be a pass-rush specialist in the NFL.

There wasn’t much to take away from this first practice as some of the QB’s were clearly rusty. They will get better though, as will everyone, so we should be able to see more plays being made in the upcoming days of practice.

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Senior Bowl Roster

January 21, 2011 No comments

Here is a list of players that have received invites to play in the 2011 Senior Bowl.

Click the players name for a scouting report, if I have one up yet.

Last Updated: January 21, 2011

QB – Jake Locker – Washington
QB – Ricky Stanzi – Iowa
QB – Christian Ponder – Florida State
QB – Greg McElroy – Alabama
QB – Colin Kaepernick – Nevada
QB – Andy Dalton – TCU

RB – Noel Devine – West Virginia
RB – Roy Helu Jr. – Nebraska
RB – Bilal Powell – Louisville
RB – Anthony Allen – Georgia Tech
RB – Kendall Hunter – Oklahoma State
RB – Derrick Locke – Kentucky
RB – DeMarco Murray – Oklahoma
RB – Daniel Thomas – Kansas State
FB – Owen Marecic – Stanford

WR – Ronald Johnson – USC
WR – Titus Young – Boise State
WR – Austin Pettis – Boise State
WR – Greg Salas – Hawaii
WR – Niles Paul – Nebraska
WR – Jeremy Kerley – TCU
WR – Leonard Hankerson – Miami
WR – Terrence Toliver – LSU
WR – Edmund Gates – Abilene Christian

TE – Luke Stocker – Tennessee
TE – D.J. Williams – Arkansas
TE – Lance Kendricks – Wisconsin
TE – Mike McNeill – Nebraska
TE – Preston Dial – Alabama

OT – Anthony Castanzo – Boston College
OT – Nate Solder – Colorado
OT – Gabe Carimi – Wisconsin
OT – Derek Sherrod – Mississippi State
OT – DeMarcus Love – Arkansas
OT – Lee Ziemba – Auburn
OT – Marcus Gilbert – Florida
OT – Jason Pinkston – Pittsburgh
OT – James Brewer – Indiana

OT/OG – Clint Boling – Georgia
OG – John Moffitt – Wisconsin
OG –  Steve Schiling – Michigan
OG – Rodney Hudson – Florida State
OG – Danny Watkins – Baylor
OG – James Carpenter – Alabama

C/OG – Mike Pouncey – Florida
C – Kris O’Dowd – USC
C – Brandon Fusco – Slippery Rock
LS – Danny Aiken – Virginia
LS – Christian Yount – UCLA

DE – Ryan Kerrigan – Purdue
DE – Adrian Clayborn – Iowa
DE – Allen Bailey – Miami
DE – Sam Acho – Texas
DE – Pierre Allen – Nebraska
DE – Cameron Jordan – California
DE – Pernell McPhee – Mississippi State
DE – Brooks Reed – Arizona
DE – Jeremy Beal – Oklahoma

DT – Stephen Paea – Oregon State
DT – Christian Ballard – Iowa
DT – Phil Taylor – Baylor
DT – Sione Fua – Stanford
DT – Jarvis Jenkins – Clemson
DT – Chris Neild – West Virginia
DT – Drake Nevis – LSU
DT – Cedric Thornton – Southern Arkansas

LB – Mason Foster – Washington
LB – Mark Herzlich – Boston College
LB – Josh Bynes – Auburn
LB – Ross Homan – Ohio State
LB – Nate Irving – North Carolina State
LB – Greg Jones – Michigan State
LB – Casey Matthews – Oregon
LB – Colin McCarthy – Miami
LB – Von Miller – Texas A&M
LB – Kelvin Shepperd – LSU
LB – Quan Sturdivant – North Carolina
LB – Chris White – Mississippi State
LB – Lawrence Wilson – Connecticut
LB – K.J. Wright – Mississippi State

CB – Jalil Brown – Colorado
CB – Johnny Patrick – Louisville
CB – Davon House – New Mexico State
CB – Rashad Carmichael – Virginia Tech
CB – Curtis Marsh – Utah State
CB – Shareece Wright – USC
CB – Curtis Brown – Texas
CB – Kendric Burney – North Carolina
CB – Ras-I Dowling – Virginia
CB – Marcus Gilchrist – Clemson
CB – Chris L. Rucker – Michigan State

S – Ahmad Black – Florida
S – Quinton Carter – Oklahoma
S – Zac Etheridge – Auburn
S – Joseph Lefeged – Rutgers
S – DeAndre McDaniel – Clemson
S – Da’Norris  Searcy – North Carolina
S – Jaiquawn Jarrett – Temple

P – Chas Henry – Florida
P – Alex Henery – Nebraska
K – Josh Jasper – LSU
K – Kai Forbath – UCLA

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Nate Solder Scouting Report

December 27, 2010 One comment

Nate Solder

Height: 6’8
Weight: 315
College: Colorado
40 Time: 4.90
Class: Senior
Stock: Down
Projected: 3rd Round

Overview:

Nate Solder is widely regarded as one of the best OT’s in college football. He has shot up draft boards and some draft sites have him rated as a 1st rounder. I must be out of the loop because when I turn on the tape of Solder, he really doesn’t impress me. He is athletic but he struggles to play with a good pad level because he is 6’8. He is outmatched by speed-rushers who easily blow by him and turn the corner. I can’t even imagine what NFL players would do to him. I can’t grade him any higher than a 3rd rounder, because right now he is nothing more than a developmental prospect that could start down the road.

Scouting Report:

Positives

- Great size
- Outstanding athlete
- Gets into his stance quickly
- Good run blocker
- Moves well in space
- Does a good job of getting to the 2nd level
- Can hit people in space because of his athleticism
- Doesn’t bend at the waist
- Seals the edge and is also a good down blocker
- Good potential

Negatives

- Needs to get stronger
- Doesn’t have quick feet to stick with speed-rushers
- Will get to deep and is susceptible to counter/inside moves that he struggles with
- Plays with poor leverage
- Gets bull-rushed too much because of his pad level and lack of strength
- Lacks a mean punch
- Poor use of his hands and struggles to stay engaged at times
- Will get called for holding quite a bit
- May be best suited as a RT only

Skills:
1-poor, 2-weak, 3-above average, 4-very good, 5-elite

Strength: 2.0
Pass Blocking: 2.5
Run Blocking: 3.0
Footwork: 2.5
Technique: 2.5
Mobility: 4.0
Mean Streak: 3.0
Pro Potential: 3.5

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