Scouting Notes
- Streaky player, with plenty of streaks of high-end dominance, but a few streaks of really poor play.
- Lateral mobility is unreal, especially given his size.
- Average-sized and average-power rushers didn’t stand a chance against him. He is too big to get around, and too massive to get through.
- Surprisingly not overly powerful, despite his size. He got tossed around a few times.
- Very limited due to his physical stature, but made the most of it.
- Needs to learn to better redirect his weight to optimize his hand checks and leg-drive.
- Poor vertical mobility affected his run support, as he couldn’t get to the spot consistently.
Short Summary
Dawand Jones is known as just a huge tackle, but he played much better than that. The first few plays of 2022 didn’t go very well, and that painted a pretty horrible prospect picture. However, since then, he’s done nothing but impress. He showed so much more than just being big, he was dominant and pretty technically sound. Sure, he had a few too many penalties, but he was generally pretty clean and masterful.
His size and relative movement skills are drool-worthy, and his great tape made me fall in love with him as a prospect. His limited athleticism may hinder his NFL production, but I’m willing to bet on the talent since the ceiling is so higher.
Scouting Card Key
- Age refers to the age of the player come draft night, rounded to the nearest half-age.
- Percentage numbers in the Player Info and Combine Stats sections – This refers to the percentile that number belongs to among all players at his position, going back nearly a decade.
- Percentiles in the Advanced Stats portion for cumulative stats are snap-adjusted. In other words, naturally, a player with more snaps will allow more sacks. Therefore, the percentiles are calculated using the snap-adjusted number, rather than the straight-forward total.
- PBLK Grade – PFF Pass Block Grade.
- RBLK Grade – PFF Run Block Grade.
- HitA, HurryA, PressA, SacksA – Hits Allowed, Hurries Allowed, Pressures Allowed, Sacks Allowed.
- Efficiency – A PFF signature blocking stat.
- L.Mobility, V.Mobility – Lateral and Vertical mobility.
Credit
Advanced stats – pff.com
Scouting card template / idea – Jordan Pun @Texans_Thoughts
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