Player Bio: Ross Blacklock prepped at Elkins High School in Missouri City, TX a suburb of Houston. Blacklock was rated as a four-star by 247Sports.com as a defensive tackle. His senior year at Elkins, he recorded 56 tackles (10 tackles for loss), three sacks, and 11 quarterback hurries. He received an invite to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl after being ranked as the #18 defensive tackle in the nation. 

​ACCOLADES
2020 NFL Combine Invite
2019 All-Big 12 First-Team 
2019 AP All-Big 12 Second-Team 
2019 Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year Honorable-Mention 
2017 FWAA Freshman All-American
2017 Big 12 Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year

Strengths: He has good power and very athletic, which is impressive for a undersized nose tackle that lines head-to-head over the center. He has the right size but now has the body of most nose tackles in the league. However, he makes up for with a tremendous explosive step off the ball and impressive speed for player at his size. His excellent power allows him to bull-rush the blocker to impede the play in the backfield. He demonstrates good fluid hips and elasticity with his ankles to beat the blocker to the edge. His repertoire of moves of beating the blocker is incredible as he displays swim, rip, and chop. He can play one gap and control double team blocks and still enforce pressure on the play. He is an excellent cerebral player who can recognize RPO, and stay consistent with his pad level, and chase down plays from behind. He versatility and athleticism all him to play as a one-technique or the three-technique.​

Weaknesses: As an aggressive rusher, he tends to lean too much forward off his toes, which creates him to be on the ground more than favored. On the point-of-attack, he could use more of a punch to rush, especially on interior double-teamed blocks. His hand placement will get a bit high as he needs to work to be more consistent as a pass rusher. Missed the entire 2018 season with a ruptured Achilles tendon and will need to be monitored.

Draft Grade: 6.39

Draft Projection: 2nd - 3rd round

NFL Comparison: B.J. Hill

Player Bio: Kevin Dotson prepped at Plaquemine High School in Plaquemine, LA, as he was a three-time All-District Guard. Dotson help to lead his team to a 13-2 record his senior year losing the Class 4A State Semifinals. Dotson earned Louisiana Class 4A First-Team All-State and was rated the number four guard in Louisiana by Rivals.com. Dotson also was named to the NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune All-Baton Rouge Area Football Team and selected for the Louisiana High School Coaches Association All-Star Game. Dotson started 51 consecutive games for the Rajin-Cajuns and earned numerous awards and selections. Dotson became the first player at Louisiana-Lafayette history and the first representative of the Sun Belt Conference to be selected and named to First-Team AP honors. The AP award is the most prestigious and honorable of college football All-American teams. 
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Accolades
2020 East-West Shrine Bowl
2019 First-Team USA Today All-American
2019 First-Team AP All-American
2019 First-Team S.I. All-American
2018 First Team All-Sun Belt Conference
2017 Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference 
2017 Second-Team All-Louisiana  
2016 Sun Belt Conference All-Newcomer Team

Strengths: Dotson has an abundant body with a stable lower trunk and displays tremendous power. A very cerebral player who understands the game and can alter his play when faced up against higher caliber players. He is a quarterback and running back best friend at the line of scrimmage—Dotson's massive body and very athletic for a player of his size.  Dotson is a freak of nature run blocking mauler who destroys the defenders lined-up over him. Has unbelievable leverage blocking straight ahead or blocking down, with driving his legs and continues to drive until the end of the play. He puts a smile on our face the way he pancakes the defender or clears out the holes for the backs. As a pass blocker, his large frame gives him extra protection range against the rusher. He has a good base, sets a good anchor, with a powerful punch. Versatile- can play all five positions on the offensive line. In the East-West game, he established him considerably against the dominant West line. Over 50 starts his collegiate career displays his durability and toughness.​ A 2020 NFL Combine snub, Dotson has a huge chip on his shoulder and have a lot to prove.
 
Weaknesses: As a physical lineman that demolishes the defender, we can always find some flaws. Dotson's aggressiveness as a mauler, he does tend to lunge at the defender and become off-balanced at the point-of-attack. He will miss his projected target leaving him lost in space. He does not block well under the thighs and will need to work on better chop blocks. He is not very productive running laterally, where speedy and sound pass rushers with great moves can hang him out to dry. 
 
Draft Grade: 6.25

Draft Projection: 3rd - 5th round

NFL Comparison: Andrus Peat

Player Bio: Anthony McFarland attended DeMatha Catholic HS in Hyattsville, MD. At DeMatha Catholic, he played running back and missed his entire senior season due to an injury. In his junior year, he rushed for 527 yards and eight touchdowns and caught 25 balls for 386 yards and four touchdowns.
He was named the 2015 Washington Post All-Metro Second-Team and Honorable Mention in 2014. In his sophomore year, he rushed for 1,124 yards, 15 receptions for 312 yards, and 12 touchdowns. Despite missing his senior year, schools were still recruiting hard to land him at their respective Universities. The four-star recruit turned Alabama, Miami, Penn State, and Georgia to keep his talent at Maryland. His biggest collegiate game came in 2018 when he torched the Ohio State Buckeyes for 298 yards.​

ACCOLADES
2020 NFL Combine Invite
2019 Maxwell Award Watch List
2019 Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Second-Team 
2019 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big Ten Second-Team 
2018 FWAA Freshman All-American
2018 Media All-Big Ten Second-Team 
2018 All-Big Ten Third-Team  
2018 AP All-Big Ten Second-Team 
2018 Phil Steele All-Big Ten Second-Team 

Strengths: This kid is FAST! Just ask the defense of the 2018 Ohio State Buckeyes as McFarland torched for 298 yards on 21 carries. He has tremendous speed, the breakaway speed that a team's offense demands. His speed stretches defenses to over pursue getting them outside of their containment or explodes to the gaps. He has excellent agility and very fluid, and rarely does the defense get a square hit on his body. He is short and compact and very elusive, who breaks many tackles by spinning and keeping his leg driving forward. The smallest daylight, he can bust a play to the house with his home run speed.

Weaknesses: He lacks experience as a pass protector and will need work; he has no solid anchor to protect. He has a comprehensive history of injuries throughout his playing career. Will be a liability in short-yardage, size question if he can get the short-yardage downs. Primarily responsibility will be a third-down or change or pace back.

Draft Grade: 5.96

Draft Projection: 4th round

NFL Comparison: Devonta Freeman

Player Bio: Sewo Olonilua prepped at Kingwood High School in Kingwood, TX. His senior year at Kingwood High, he rushed for 1,073 yards and 14 touchdowns U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He would be named the Glenn Davis Army Award recipient at the end of the game. Kingwood also played linebacker in his junior and senior year at Kingwood and accepted a scholarship to TCU. He graduated early for Kingwood High and enrolled at TCU to participate in the spring practices that spring year. ​

ACCOLADES
2020 NFL Combine Invite
2018 Cheez-It Bowl Offensive Most Valuable Player

Strengths: He has a robust and powerful built body that is durable to demand a heavy workload. At his size, he has an unbelievable combination of speed and power when running the ball. He can get skinny and fire through the most impenetrable holes. At 6-foot-3, he good at his change of direction ability for someone of his height, sticking his foot in the ground with sudden cuts. Will run by a defender that sleeps on his size. Upright run style is unimaginable how he can manage to distribute so much power at the point of contact. Has reliable hands and have the ability to catch the ball of the backfield.

Weaknesses: He has less than speed then he assembles in power. Probably be at best if he loses about 10-pounds if not, is two biscuits away from becoming a full back. Pass blocking skills need work, as he does not give a good pop being so big. His hand placement irregularly placed on the body of the defender. He will need to work on routes as a receiver out of the backfield.

Draft Grade: 5.51

Draft Projection: 5th round

NFL Comparison: Brandon Jacobs

Player Bio: Tavien Feaster attended Spartanburg High School in Spartanburg, SC. His senior year, he was selected as the 2015 Mr. Football in the State of Carolina. His senior year rushed for 1,121 yards and ten touchdowns, and also, he had 976 receiving yards with 12 receiving touchdowns. His junior year rushed for 1,153 yards, 15 touchdowns, and also had 1,016 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. As a sophomore, he rushed for 1,429 yards with 15 rushing touchdowns and had 723 receiving yards with 11 touchdowns. He ended his career with 3,703 yards rushing, 40 rushing touchdowns, 2,715 receiving yards and 35 receiving touchdowns. 247 Sports selected Feaster as the number one overall running back and football player in the state of South Carolina in 2015. He received an invitation to play in the U.S. Army All-American game and was the USA Today All-American First-Team selection. Feaster also ran track, and in 2015 he was selected as South Carolina Mr. Track. Selected as the Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year in South Carolina, all-region in a track from eighth grade through his junior year, all-state all four of those years, a four-year region champion and the state champion in the 100-meter dash and 200 as a sophomore and junior year. Feaster currently holds the South Carolina's state record in the 200 at 21.11, and fast 100-meters was a 10.42. He received a scholarship to Clemson, where split carries with Travis Etienne. He graduated and transferred to South Carolina to have a prominent season splitting carries with Rico Dowdle.

ACCOLADES
2020 East-West Shrine Bowl Participant
2019 PFF All-SEC Honorable Mention 

Strengths: Feaster has the ideal size for an NFL running back whose physicality is on another level. He has sturdy legs that continue to keep his feet, moving and pushing through his tackle. One tackler rarely brings him down in one-on-one matchups. He has excellent balance even after contact and fights for extra yardage. He eats up yardage when he runs the ball after securing a 6.0 yards-per-carry. He has excellent field vision and shoots the holes quickly. He is a good downhill runner and durable to carry a heavy load. A snub from the 2020 NFL Combine results of a massive chip on his shoulder. Feaster has the ability to catch the ball out the backfield and is a threat in the open field.

Weaknesses: Not much film on pass protection, therefore, we will express how much work he will need to address. Not very active as an outside runner and not agile with his fluidity, which limits his moves. He does have a strong start and stop speed while in space, allowing the defender to close in quickly on him. His power typically has him attempting to run through everyone.

Draft Grade: 6.10

Draft Projection: 4th - 6th round

NFL Comparison: ​​​Mark Ingram

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Player Bio: Zach Moss attended Hallandale High School in Hallandale Beach, FL. Before Hallandale High School, he attended and played at Mater Academy Charter, playing both offense and defense. His three years at Mater Academy, he rushed for 461 yards, 104 receiving yards, and five total touchdowns. However, his senior year at Hallandale, he rushed for 1,098 yards, 25 receptions for 425 yards and 21 total touchdowns. At the Rivals Camp Series in 2015, he earned running backs MVP award. He received a scholarship to Utah where he talent paid off early in his freshman year. Moss is the younger cousin of former NFL receivers Sinorice and Santana Moss.​

ACCOLADES
2020 NFL Combine Invite
2020 East-West Shrine Bowl Invite
2019 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year 
2019 Pac-12 All-Conference First-Team 
2019 Pro Football Focus All-America First-Team 
2019 CBS Sports Second-Team
2019 FWAA All-America Second-Team
2019 AP All-America Third-Team 
2018 All Pac-12 Second-Team

SCHOOL:  UTAH                          |      CONFERENCE:  PAC-12
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HEIGHT/WEIGHT:  5-9  / 223         ARMS: 31 1/4"          HANDS: 9 1/4”       PROJECTED 40-TIME: 4.55         

COMBINE RESULTS
BENCH   |   40 YD DASH    |   VERTICAL JUMP  |  BROAD JUMP |   3 CONE DRILL   |    20 YD SHUTTLE  |   60 YD SHUTTLE
​    19       |         4.65           |            33”             |          DNP        |           DNP           |            4.37             |             N/A

PRO-DAY RESULTS
BENCH     |   40 YD DASH   |   VERTICAL JUMP      |  BROAD JUMP    |   3 CONE DRILL   |    20 YD SHUTTLE    |   60 YD SHUTTLE 
​   N/A       |          N/A          |          N/A                  |           N/A           |            N/A          |               N/A             |             N/A

Strengths: Moss is a big firm, powerful running back that is very determined to get up the field quickly. His lower body is compact and can run through tackles. He has an unexpected burst while in space and is runs brutal below pad level. As a big back, Moss has surprising nimble feet and is a potent runner. At the point of contact, he is always looking to fight for extra yardage, bouncing off the hits and remaining impartial.  Rarely does he get knocked back, but typically falling forward at the end of the run. He can contemplate running lanes with a good vision of the field. He does catch the good out of the backfield and provides proper pass protection before leaking out.​

Weaknesses: Moss was a workhorse at Utah as he had over 700 carries in his career, much wear and tear on his body. Disappointing 40-time at the 2020 NFL combine, home-run speed to the finish line on long horizontal runs will be questioned. He tends to bounce his runs outsides, which causes run with loss yardage. He has limited athleticism, hips not that fluid, and will not shake a defender in open space. As a pass protector, he fills but does not use his body to knock the rusher off course. He has just average hands that are not soft, which caused natural drops.

Draft Grade: 6.34

Draft Projection: 2nd - 3rd round

NFL Comparison: Marion Barber

Player Bio: Patrick Taylor prepped at Atascocita High School in Humble, TX. He was a two-year starter who had eight games where he rushed for over 100 yards. His senior year, Taylor ran the 214 times for 1,431 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns. He managed to rush for over 200-yards twice that season with games of multiple touchdowns. Taylor helped his team reach the UIL Class 6A Region 2 Champion Game. He earned All-District 16-6A First-Team selection as well his senior year. He earned a scholarship to Memphis and helped a potent rushing attack for the Tigers.

ACCOLADES
2020 NFL Combine Invite
2020 East-West Shrine Bowl Participant
2019 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2018 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2017 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

Strengths: Taylor Jr is a beast of a specimen at the running back with a larger lower body, wide shoulders, and a muscular frame. As a runner, he has good vision and patience that will observe his linemen blocking and typically make the right choices. He runs the ball powerfully downhill and stays north and south while running. At the point of contact, he continues to push forward with his legging continue to pump and always lands forward after the tackle. He has a tantalizing run stride that eats up much field after his burst to turn the corner. He is resentful with the ball, which has a great knack to finish an on short-yardage or goalline runs. He is a good participant in past protections that get his body square and will take on the first pass rusher. He has gentle soft hands with the ability to catch the ball at the backfield. ​

Weaknesses: As a powerful running back who gets up field does not have the breakaway speed on long runs. He does not have the right balance and while trying to cut typically slips or stumble. Not fluid in the hips and tends to run stiff. He is not a good change-of-direction runner and labors while making cuts in the open field. His speed is deceptive on the field as his combine suffered from his 40-time. His playtime was limited at Memphis because he took the back seat to current Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard, Los Angeles Rams running back Darryl Henderson, and injuries last season.​

Draft Grade: 5.69

Draft Projection: 6th - UDFA

NFL Comparison: Leveon Bell

Player Bio: Albert Okwuegbunam prepped at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School in Springfield, IL. He was a 6'5" 223-pound wide receiver. He was unstoppable in high school as he once quoted of saying that in the first four games as a senior, he went untackled. Okwuegbunam also starred as a basketball player at Sacred Heart-Griffin, which lured the coaches from the University of Missouri to watch him play. The spoke with him to coming in and putting on weight and playing tight end. Former quarterback Drew Lock was impressed on Okwuegbunam and became one of his favorite targets once he landed at Mizzou.​

ACCOLADES
2019 All-SEC Second-Team
2018 John Mackey Award Finalist
2018 Preseason All-SEC First Team 
2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List
2017 AP All-SEC Second Team 
2017 ALL-SEC First-Team
2017 Freshman All-SEC Team 

Strengths: Okwuegbunam has a high full frame that screens defender away from challenging passes. Has great speed who will become a nightmare for linebackers and safeties. He has excellent leaping ability and can make the acrobatic catches. He displays a large catch radius and the ability to win most 50/50 balls. His soft hands pluck the ball out of the air with relative ease. He is a severe vertical threat who applies his body and obtain the ball. He can track the ball in the air and adjusts his body to the trajectory of the ball. Multi-dimensional and versatile as he can line up inside or outside as a receiver and in the backfield. A physical player with the ability to break tackles after initial contact. He is an average blocker that is capable of sealing outside blocking strategies.​

Weaknesses: He needs to get stronger as he lacks the ideal strength to be a drive blocker. His pad level is questionable as a blocker and cant dip his hips to get a good drive. He usually is overpowered and allows the run game to blow up. His large frame as a blocker does not reward in the run game as his blocks are at a deadlock. His approach at reading blocks is limited and seems to display uncomfortable blocking in space. As a route runner, he is limited with his route tree and will need to develop consistency in new routes.

Draft Grade: 6.00

Draft Projection: 2nd round

NFL Comparison: Mark Andrews

Player Bio: Cameron (Cam) Brown prepped at Bullis School in Burtonsville, MD. He played outside linebacker and defensive end in high school. His only offer was from Penn St, and he signed only playing at 210 pounds. He made the ESPN All-Freshman team his first year. He is the cousin of former NFL wide receiver Andre Davis who played at Virginia Tech.

ACCOLADES
​2020 NFL Combine Invite
2019 All-Big Ten Third-Team
2019 Media All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
2019 PFF All-Big Ten Third-Team 
2019 Phil Steele All-Big Ten Third-Team
2019 Preseason Butkus Award Watch List
2016 BTN.com All-Big Ten Freshman Team  
2016 ESPN.com All-Big Ten Freshman Team​

Strengths: He is a very versatile athlete that can play all over the defense, even can lineup in space or outside. He has a long and lanky body with long arms to his wingspan. A tremendous hitter who plays the run well, and will demolish a ball carrier. He squares up well and can is elusive from blocker while attacking the line of scrimmage. He can take on blocks and shed and make it to the ball carrier. Has the ability to come downhill on a blitz from the gaps or the outside.

Weaknesses: He probably would benefit by putting on more weight with muscle mass. His build is of small NBA forward with his slim frame and including his lower body. When we first watch him on film, he looks like a violent and angry tackler by trying to smash the runner. However, in the process, he takes inconsistent angles, making bad decisions missing many tackles by not wrapping. He will typically run by the tackle or shed the wrong side to make the tackle. Will need to work on coverage skills, the double move by a back or tightend he struggles to recuperate with the routes.

Draft Grade: 5.97

Draft Projection: 4th - 5th round

NFL Comparison: Leonard Floyd

Player Bio: Jordan Elliott prepped at Westside High School in Missouri City, TX, a suburbs outside of Houston. In his senior year at Westside, he recorded 30 tackles (10 tackles for loss), four sacks, three passes deflection, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery. His junior year, he recorded 78 tackles (31 tackles for loss), 12 sacks, two fumble recoveries, and nine forced fumbles. Elliot earned the AP 6A All-State First-Team, the 2014 Texas Sports Writers Association Second-Team, and All-District 20-6A First-Team. Elliot received an invite to play in the 2016 U.S. Army All-America Bowl. He signed his letter of intent to the University of Texas and transferred to Missouri in 2017.​

ACCOLADES
2020 NFL Combine Invite
2019 All-SEC First-Team
2018 PFF All-SEC Second-Team 
2017 Team Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year
2017 Team Lifter of the Year Award

Strengths: He has the ability to play one or two gap position. Has the good lateral quickness to defend against zone and counter runs. He has an exceptional explosion off the ball and the ability to shoot and control gaps. He posses a significant impact when penetrating with quickness and swims move. Uses strong hands with a punch with the ability to stack and shed the blocker to the ball carrier.

Weaknesses: Despite some a right swim moves, he constrained on his rushing moves. He is not steady on passing downs, and on double team block, he appears to anchor down. Can use his hands more effectively to prevent blockers from smothered on him. Does not that ideal speed to close on runners entering his zone. Back pursuit is limited and will need to work harder to make tackles and not appear to give up on the play..

Draft Grade: 6.36

Draft Projection: 4th - 6th round 

NFL Comparison: Kawaan Short

Player Bio: Jonah Jackson prepped at Penncrest High School in Media, PN. He played both ways on the defensive and offensive line, at the tackles position. He shifted from left tackle to the guard position because he issues protecting the quarterback blindside. A great move that made as he earned All-Delaware County and All-Central Athletic League First-Team his senior year. As a junior, he also was named All-Central Atheltic League First-Team and All-Delaware County as an Honorable Mention. 
He received an invitation to the 2014 Rivals Camp Series and the Nike Football Training Camp held at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, N.J. Jackson was offered a scholarship to play at Rutgers University, where he played three seasons before transferring to Ohio State as a graduate transfer. In his efforts, he was able to get to his first bowl game throughout his collegiate career.​

ACCOLADES
2020 NFL Combine Invite
2019 All-Big Ten First-Team
2019 Media All-Big Ten Second-Team
2018 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention  
2018 Media All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
2018 Academic All-Big Ten

Strengths: He is very physical and intense, who does not have a problem combining them both against a defender. He is a practitioner at his job who has an excellent balance for an offensive lineman. He is a versatile lineman that can play either inside or the tackle positions. He gives a good punch, and hands are always in a position to deliver. A cerebral lineman- he can climb to the second level of defenders or even with pass protection, and great recognition of defensive stunts. Throughout his collegiate care, we rarely found many plays that he was not beating on.

Weaknesses: As an interior offensive lineman, he does not have a substantially lower body bulk, which shows when he initiates contact and does not drive his feet as a blocker. He is a victim to power or bull rushers when he allows them underneath his pad level. Whenever he does get beat, he does not overcome well to get to the defender. He will need to work on lower body strength for the next level. In the grand scheme of things, if he can get stronger will become a pro-bowler for years to come.​

Draft Grade: 5.87

Draft Projection: 4th - 7th round

NFL Comparison: Ereck Flowers

Player Bio: Davon Hamilton played football at Pickerington Central High School in Pickerington, OH. At Pickerington, he started on both sides of the ball on the line for three seasons. His senior year he was named as the Ohio Capital Conference Ohio Division Player of the Year, Division I Central 
District Player of the Year and AP All-State First-Team. He finished his senior season with 67 tackles (23 tackles for loss), which he was named as the All-Metro #6 player in the state. He signed with Ohio State to have a good career and became a starter in his final year.​

ACCOLADES
2020 NFL Combine Invite
2020 Reece's Senior Bowl Invite
2019 All Big-Ten Third Team

Strengths: First look at Hamilton, the first thing that sticks out is how explosive he is off the snap. To complement his explosiveness off the ball is how he displays his power strength. From that, combine his power and strength to demonstrate a tremendous bull-rush. You have to see his ability on how he can get skinny and slaughter double-team blocks. Very flexible to change course and dip under to make tackles. Hamiloton uses his hands well to shed blocks and stack the gap—a good cerebral player with an impressive IQ to recognize plays and maintain his gap integrity. He is a very versatile defensive lineman that can play either in a 3-4 or 4-3 alignment. Demonstrated effective plays at the 0-tech, 3-tech, and the 5-tech, and defensive tackle in the 4-3 alignment. Has good effective moves the demonstrate club-rip, bull-rush, and swim moves.

Weaknesses: We can only find limited flaws in Hamilton's game other than him attempting to be elegant at times. He tends to try to outmaneuver the blocker as opposed to just relying on his athletic play and power, which leaves over pursuing plays. Aggressive tackler but does not try to cause turnovers by either stripping or punching out the ball.​

Draft Grade: 5.98

Draft Projection: 4th round

NFL Comparison: Pat Sims

Player Bio: ​Boss Tagaloa a Polynesian player who prepped at the legendary De La Salle High School in Concord, CA. Tagaloa became the first freshman in the history of the De La Salle football program to become a starter. He would win three State Titles for the Spartans with back-to-back titles in his junior and senior years. He started both ways on the defensive and offensive line while at De La Salle and in his senior year, he recorded 65 tackles with eight sacks. He was named the Nor-Cal Defensive Player of the Year and earned himself a scholarship to UCLA. He played on the defensive line and special teams his first two seasons before being converted in mid-season to play center. The Bruins running game was not productive until the switch, as it help produce back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing for Joshua Kelly, Bruins running back.

Player Bio: John Simpson prepped at Fort Dorchester High School in North Charleston, SC. He was a three-year starter while Fort Dorchester, who was a finalist as South Carolina Mr. Football. He was named Palmetto Lineman of the year his senior year, and the #2 overall player in the state of South Carolina. He received an invitation to play in the US Army All-American game, and named Rival #3 prospect. As a junior, he won the state in wrestling. Being highly sought by Florida and LSU, he chose to enroll at Clemson, where he was a four starter.​.

ACCOLADES
2020 NFL Combine Invite
2020 East-West Senior Bowl
2019 AFCA Consensus All-American First-Team
2019 Consensus All-American First-Team 
2019 FWAA Consensus All-American First-Team
2019 Sporting News Consensus All-American First-Team
2019 WCFF Consensus All-American First-Team
2019 AP All-American Second-Team
2019 All-ACC First-Team
2019 Outland Trophy Semi-Finalist
2018 AP All-ACC Second-Team 
2018 All-ACC Third-Team

Strengths: He has a very massive body with great size and length and very strong. Very powerful with the ability to push the defenders out of their gaps responsibility. He is a versatile lineman who can play both of the interior guard's position. Simpson moves well as a pulling guard from both guard positions on the line and can get up to the second level of defenders. He has ample awareness and great recognition of the attacking defenders from blitz and stunts. He lowers an excellent anchor that can resist the bull rushers and more reliable defender.

Weaknesses: Despite being a good blocker, however, his hand deployment in inconsistent. In outside zone blocking, he lacks the ideal speed and as well on screenplays. As a run blocker will halt his feet and depend on his anchor to stall the penetration. He needs to work on reaction timing because he always seems to be the last lineman out of his stance—Will over lean too far forward from high hips causing him to become unbalanced from lunging. Too many penalties compromise his concentration on full-start throughout his career.

Draft Grade: 6.35

Draft Projection: 3rd - 4th round

NFL Comparison: Kelechi Osemele