Scouting Blog – Senior OL Notes

2021 NFL Draft

Senior Offensive Linemen Notes

Liam Eichenberg, OT, Notre Dame

-good footwork to push rushers out to the edge

-good awareness in pass blocking

-great pass blocker

-good run blocker

-good technician with blocking angles

-knows how to take on multiple pass rushers

Thayer Munford, OT/OG, Ohio State

-able to take on multiple rushers

-good punch

-is a little slow to the edge, needs a better kick slide

-very good pass blocker

-might be a better fit as a guard

-decent run blocker

-needs to finish his blocks better

Alex Leatherwood, OT, Alabama

-Alabama’s left tackle

-very good run blocker

-good run blocking technique

-willing to take the body to make a play

-moves well as a blocker

-good footwork and anticipation as a pass blocker

-does need to finish his run blocks

Alaric Jackson, OT, Iowa

-good punch

-very good pass blocker

-good run blocker

-needs to sustain run blocks better

-decent lateral movement

-could work on his pad level technique

Walker Little, OT, Stanford

-needs better feet as a run blocker

-needs to sustain blocks better

-decent pass blocker

-needs to get meaner as a run blocker

-was Stanford’s left tackle

-good hand use as a pass blocker

-decent feet as a pass blocker

Deonte Brown, OG, Alabama

-excellent run blocker

-good power as a run blocker

-moves and pulls well as a run blocker

-average pass blocker

-needs better feet as a pass blocker

-I like his physicality in run blocking

Ben Cleveland, OG, Georgia

-needs better feet as a pass blocker

-needs to finish his blocks better

-needs more power as a run blocker

-had some trouble with Alabama

-needs to square better when blocking in space

-needs to finish his blocks better

Trey Smith, OG, Tennessee

-needs better awareness blocking in space

-decent pass blocker from the interior

-decent run blocker

-needs to improve his feet when pass blocking

-does well containing big interior pass rushers

-flashes at times blocking at the second level

Jimmy Morrissey, C, Pittsburgh

-average power as a pass blocker

-very good pass blocker

-good awareness to pick up pass rushers

-decent run blocker

-high effort blocker

-was the center for the Pitt Panthers

Matt Allen, C, Michigan State

-very good run blocker

-good pass blocker

-good feet for a center

-good punch to pick up multiple pass rushers

-plays with some nasty

-center for the Michigan State Spartans