BTB: 2016 NFL Combine Tale Of The Tape: Defensive Tackles (metrics based)

[RS12]

There are five guys who tick all four boxes in this table.

• This is where potential 1-technique Andrew Billings really comes into his own. He was lost in the wash in the first table that looked purely at athletic markers, and Billings simply isn't the fastest guy around. But he has a strong track record of production, he's explosive in his upper and lower body, and has good speed for his size.
• Javon Hargrave is a prospect with exciting potential as a 3-technique, but as a small-school guy faces questions about his level of competition in college.
• Hassan Ridgeway, Henry Willie, and Connor Wujciak are potential third-day picks with interesting athletic markers.
• Rankins and Nkemdiche each tick three of the boxes, Rankings narrowly missing the cut on the speed score, and Nkemdiche coming up short on college production.

A few other observations about the numbers:

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...-tackles?_ga=1.166170298.588044499.1381943182

 

[RS12]

Late round prospects? If you sum up the green cells in both tables above, there are a few interesting late-round prospects assembled here. Michigan's Willie Henry leads all prospects with 10 green boxes (Aaron Donald also had 10 green boxes), Connor Wujciak out of Boston College comes in with nine green boxes, Javon Hargrave (South Carolina State) and Joel Heath (Michigan State) follow with eight. All are third-day prospects, all show intriguing athletic potential, but all will also need a lot of development to succeed at the NFL level.

 

[tm1119]

Love Willie Henry. He's going way under the radar here. Looked really good here vs Mich St...even if you don't want to watch the whole video just watch the last minute or 2 where he's primarily rushing the passer. Really impressive burst and he's relentless.