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Ben Rolfe
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Ahead of the Louisiana Tech Pro Day, Milton Williams is receiving significant buzz, with the Dallas Cowboys seemingly extremely interested.
Louisiana Tech Pro Day: Milton Williams, Cowboys connection one to watch | PFN (profootballnetwork.com)
Overview
Pound for pound, Williams can match his toughness and strength with many of the interior defenders in this draft. Determining his best positional fit will be up to the team that drafts him, but he's a good football player who understands leverage and knows how to use his hands. He'll have some bumpy snaps from time to time due to a lack of length and overall mass, but it shouldn't be debilitating for his NFL career. Williams possesses twitchy power and short-area athleticism, but needs to continue the development of working the hands and feet as one to unlock his potential. His pass rush is relatively pedestrian at this time and will need to be upgraded to become more than just a good backup. Teams will weigh the tape and testing against subpar physical traits, but the end result could land him in the middle rounds as an upside talent.
Strengths
"He uses his hands really well, which makes his size less of a problem to me." -- Area scout for AFC team
Ben Rolfe
Published
2 hours ago
Ahead of the Louisiana Tech Pro Day, Milton Williams is receiving significant buzz, with the Dallas Cowboys seemingly extremely interested.
Louisiana Tech Pro Day: Milton Williams, Cowboys connection one to watch | PFN (profootballnetwork.com)
Overview
Pound for pound, Williams can match his toughness and strength with many of the interior defenders in this draft. Determining his best positional fit will be up to the team that drafts him, but he's a good football player who understands leverage and knows how to use his hands. He'll have some bumpy snaps from time to time due to a lack of length and overall mass, but it shouldn't be debilitating for his NFL career. Williams possesses twitchy power and short-area athleticism, but needs to continue the development of working the hands and feet as one to unlock his potential. His pass rush is relatively pedestrian at this time and will need to be upgraded to become more than just a good backup. Teams will weigh the tape and testing against subpar physical traits, but the end result could land him in the middle rounds as an upside talent.
Strengths
- Tapered chest with dense, muscular frame and no bad weight.
- Quick and powerful with above-average leverage.
- Former high school basketball player with capable footwork.
- Lifts with accurate hands and upward thrust into opponent.
- Absorbs contact and keeps eyes into backfield.
- Works with quick-win twitch against single blocks.
- Play strength to displace block and make a play.
- Plants his post leg and battles through the double-team.
- Core strength fuels his balance and keeps him on his feet.
- Hand slap to cave the edge and find pathway to the pocket.
- Quality secondary rush effort.
"He uses his hands really well, which makes his size less of a problem to me." -- Area scout for AFC team