Strengths

• Average quickness and power and his bull rush will be stonewalled. Comes off the snap high, losing leverage.
• Combines strength and footwork to fill holes inside, as well. Recovers from cut blocks or falling on his way to make a tackle.
• Tall, solid frame with adequate length and has done a nice job losing the bad weight and firming his body.
• Excellent hustle-and-chase tackler. Good closing speed with change of direction to corral mobile quarterbacks.
• Rarely goes to the ground, showing good balance from his high school wrestling days.

Weaknesses

• Misses tackles, even when he gets his hands on the ballcarrier. Needs to improve hand placement and technique.
• Lacks the speed to turn the corner consistently and is too often washed out by stronghanded blockers.
• Average athletically with average straight line speed and tight hips. Not a natural bender. Lacks secondary pass-rush moves.
• Only average lower-body strength and struggles to anchor at the point of attack. Bit of a defensive end/defensive tackle "tweener" who struggles in traffic with multiple blockers, not always using his limbs effectively to disengage.
• Might be limited to one-gap systems. Agility isn't a question but misses tackles when he doesn't square and break down.