College Football Week 2 Scouting Report Watchlist Top Defensive Lineman

[OhioColt]

Call it old fashioned trimming of players but eliminated many players that don't meet standard NFL measurements.  If you don't see a name, I may have deleted it purposely or like ND players Rylie Mills and Howard Cross should have declared last year after seeing them play first few weeks and their stock has fallen sharply. 

 

• RDEdge Princely Umanmielen (Ole’ Miss) 6’4” 255 pounds - Week 1 on 18 snaps earned an elite 90.6 PFF grade.  Week 2 earned an 80.5 PFF grade (89.8 overall season grade).

• RDEdge Tyler Baron Miami (FL) 6’5” 260 pounds - Week 1 Barron earned a 73.6 PFF grade as an impact player with 3 TOT, 2 TFLs and 1 sack.  Baron earned PFF ACC TOW 2 honors filling in for injured Reuben Bain and is off to an All-American start.  Week 2 Against Florida A&M earned an impressive 92.4 defensive grade, 90.8 pass rush grade. with 5 TOT (3 solo / 2 AST) and 3 sacks, 5 QB pressures, 41% win-rate and a 90.8 pass rush grade.  Baron ranks 3rd in the nation in career QB pressures with 107.

• LDEdge Jack Sawyer (OSU) 6’4” 265 - Week 1 Sawyer posted an 83.1 PFF grade with 2 tackles, 1 QB hit and 4 pressures on 31 snaps R20.  Beast mode with another strong outing 85.3 PFF grade (89.6 overall season grade).  Sawyer has now tied for the national lead with 4 QB hits and leads OSU with 6 total pressures.

• NT/DT Walter Nolen (Ole Miss) – 6’4” 290 pounds - 2023 R4 in SEC with 9.9% pass-rush win rate.  Week 1 on 20 snaps earned an 84.5 PFF grade with 1 hurry and 1 batted. Week 2 earned an 81.6 grade (87.7 overall season grade).

• Edge/Viper (RDE) Ben Bell (Texas St) 6’2” 250 pounds –Week 1 PFF grade 66.3 and 86.8 pass rush grade recording 3 tackles, 1.5 sacks.  Week 2 earned National and Group of 5 TOW honors with another 4-pressure game including a sack to an impressive 93.5 overall PFF grade also forced a fumble against UTSA.

• DT-3T T.J. Sanders (South Carolina) 6’4” 290 pounds – Week 1 posted an 88.0 overall grade and an 82.5 pass-rush grade as a 3-Tech DT recording 5 total pressures and a 21.4% pass-rush win percentage R7th nationally.  Week 2 against Kentucky a 61.5 PFF grade (78.9 overall season grade).

• DT Rayshaun Benny (Michigan) 6’4” 296 – Week 1 earned an 80.8 grade on 23 snaps with 5 TOT (2 solo / 3 AST) and a sack.  Week 2 against #3 Texas earned a 74.4 grade with 2 TOT (solo) on 28 snaps.

• Edge Nic Scourton (Texas A&M) 6’4” 285 pounds – Week 1 on 55 snaps earned a 72.8 PFF grade R77th.  Week 2 79.8 PFF grade (77.8 overall grade).

• Edge/RDE Elijah Alston Miami (FL) 6’2” 256 – Week 1 earned 78.2 defensive grade on 33 snaps finished with 3 tackles, 1.5 TFLS and 0.5 sacks and 1 PBU tied the team lead with 3 pressures.  All-American start named to PFF ACC TOW 2 honors after 4 TOT, 2.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks.   Week 2 had 1 TOT and 1 sack.

• NT/IDL Deone Walker (Kentucky) 6’6” 345 pounds - SEC DT Week 1 honors on 26 snaps earned a 76.8 PFF grade. Week 2 solid outing 70.5 PFF grade, 66.7 RDEF, 75.6 Tackling, 69.3 PRSH (75.2 overall season grade).

• LDEdge Jah Joyner (Minnesota) – 6’5” 265 pounds - Week 1 on 46 snaps earned a 73.0 grade with a 78.5 run defense grade was the highest on the team with 6 TOT (2 solo / 4 AST), a half sack and FF.  Week 2 earned a 69.6 grade.

• NT Rene Konga (Louisville) 6’4” 290 pounds – Week 1 earned a 78.0 grade on 21 snaps with 2 TOT (solo).  Week 2 on2 8 snaps had a 72.5 grade with 1 TOT (solo).

• Edge Brian Ugwu Miami (OH) 6’3” 256 pounds – Poorer 35% tackler in 2023, pass rush 69%, and a 68% run defense grades.  Week 1 earned a 74.5 PFF grade.

• LDE/DL Jordan Burch (Oregon) 6’6” 290 pounds. Made #10 on Bruce Feldman’s Freaks List and was #4 in 2023. Improved his vertical jump 35” and hit 20.75 MPH.  Week 1 on 42 snaps earned a 73.2 defensive grade, 69.0 rush defense grade and a 76.1 tackling grade with a 68.6 pass rush grade.  Week 2 on 65 snaps had a 72.8 defensive grade, a 67.6 rush defense grade, a 75.8 tackling grade, 64.0 pass rush grade, and a 60.0 coverage grade.

• LDEdge Tyler Batty (BYU) 6’5” 275 pounds – 2023 received a 63.5 coverage grade.  Ranks 5 in the nation in career QB pressures with 102.  Week 1 had a 71.8 overall grade with 1 QB pressure playing 52% of the snaps with 2 TOT and a 66.7 pass rush grade.  Week 2 had 5 TOT and 1 PBU.  Batty now has 5 pressures after two weeks.

• RDEdge Khris Bogle (MSU) – 6’4” 240 pounds runs great 4.65s-Forty (Latu 4.64) with excellent vertical 37.5 (would T4 at 2024 Combine) and shuttle 4.28s (good for 3rd best 2024 combine behind Chop 4.25).   Week 1 had 5 TOT (3 solo / 2 AST) and 1.5 sacks.  Week 2 had 4 TOT (3 solo / 1 AST) and 1 sack.

• DT Ty Robinson (Nebraska) 6’6” 310 pounds.  In 2023 led all Huskers with 11 QB hurries and blocked an FG against Iowa.  Avg. 4 TFLs a season.  Week 2 against Colorado had a stout game with a 72.4 grade.

• LEdge Elijah Roberts (SMU) – 6’4” 278 pounds, 2023 College Football All-AAC Team. Roberts had a stellar 2023 with 37 TOT (21 solo/16 AST), 9.5 sacks, 2 *, and 2 PDs.  After 2 weeks has 4 TOT, 1 FF and 1 FR.

• Edge/LB David Walker (Central Arkansas) 6’2” 260 pounds – Week 1 had a monster day with 4 TOT, 2.5 sacks, and 1 FF against ARST with a remarkable 88.7 grade.  After 2 weeks Walker has 10 TOT (8 solo / 2 AST), 4.5 sacks, 1 FF.  Walker is proving to be an elite DE.

• LDEdge Davin Vann (NC State) 6’2” 280 pounds – Made #6 on Bruce Feldman’s Freaks list.  Last year ranked #40.  Shaved a full tenth of a second off his 40-yard dash 4.69s at 276 pounds.  Bench-pressed 440 pounds, 33” vertical.  Short arm span.  Ranks 3rd in the nation in career QB pressures with 104.  Week 1 against WCU earned a 75.9 grade and was the 7th highest graded DE in the ACC with a run defense grade of 75.0. had 3 TOT and 0.5 sack. Week 2 against ranked Tennessee earned a 65.1 grade on 44 snaps with 3 TOT and 1 PBU.

 

 

[MikeCurtis]

We need DL and LB in the offseason