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NFL Draft 2016: Finding Playmaking Defensive Tackles
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...aft-2016-finding-playmaking-defensive-tackles
...None of the defensive tackles drafted last year managed a high sack total in his rookie season, so I've left out the 2015 rookie class altogether.
It is worth noting that last year's DT draft class had only one player with a Production Ratio above 1.5, and that was Xavier Williams out of Northern Iowa. Northern Iowa plays in the unheralded Missouri Valley Football Conference, not exactly a hotbed for future NFL talent. One thing to always keep in mind with these numbers is that they don't factor in the level of competition a player faced in college, and as with all college stats, you'll probably have significantly discount the production ratio numbers for players who faced weaker college competition. Williams wasn't drafted and signed with the Cardinals as a free agent.
Also worth noting: in all five years listed above, a player not drafted in the first round makes the list of the most disruptive defensive tackles. As a general rule, if you want a disruptive guy in the middle, chances are you'll have to get him in the first round. However, if we were to extend the table above, we'd find more players from later rounds, an indicator that it may be worth looking a bit closer at the college production of defensive tackle prospects, especially in the later rounds.
Again, the mandatory caveat: There are a multitude of factors that determine how well a prospect will do in the NFL. College production is just one of them, but at the very least, the correlation shown above is intriguing.
2016 Defensive Tackle Prospects...
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...aft-2016-finding-playmaking-defensive-tackles
...None of the defensive tackles drafted last year managed a high sack total in his rookie season, so I've left out the 2015 rookie class altogether.
It is worth noting that last year's DT draft class had only one player with a Production Ratio above 1.5, and that was Xavier Williams out of Northern Iowa. Northern Iowa plays in the unheralded Missouri Valley Football Conference, not exactly a hotbed for future NFL talent. One thing to always keep in mind with these numbers is that they don't factor in the level of competition a player faced in college, and as with all college stats, you'll probably have significantly discount the production ratio numbers for players who faced weaker college competition. Williams wasn't drafted and signed with the Cardinals as a free agent.
Also worth noting: in all five years listed above, a player not drafted in the first round makes the list of the most disruptive defensive tackles. As a general rule, if you want a disruptive guy in the middle, chances are you'll have to get him in the first round. However, if we were to extend the table above, we'd find more players from later rounds, an indicator that it may be worth looking a bit closer at the college production of defensive tackle prospects, especially in the later rounds.
Again, the mandatory caveat: There are a multitude of factors that determine how well a prospect will do in the NFL. College production is just one of them, but at the very least, the correlation shown above is intriguing.
2016 Defensive Tackle Prospects...
