| Score | Overall |
| 91.4 | 10 |
| Position | Day |
| 1 | 1 |
| Score | Position | Day | Overall |
| 91.4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Height: | 6' 2" | Weight: | 304 lbs |
| Hands: | 9.5 | Arms: | 32.38 |
| 40 YD Dash: | -- | 10 YD Split: | -- |
| Vertical: | -- | Broad: | -- |
| Shuttle: | -- | Cone: | -- |
| Height: | 6' 2" | Hands: | 9.5 | 40 YD Dash: | -- |
| Weight: | 304 lbs | Arms: | 32.38 | 10 YD Split: | -- |
| Broad: | -- | Cone: | -- | ||
| Vertical: | -- | Shuttle: | -- |
| Height: | 6' 2" | Hands: | 9.5 | 40 YD Dash: | -- | Broad: | -- | Cone: | -- |
| Weight: | 304 lbs | Arms: | 32.38 | 10 YD Split: | -- | Vertical: | -- | Shuttle: | -- |
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2023)
1st Team All-Big Ten (2022, 2023)
Consensus All-American (2023)
Nagurski Trophy finalist (2023)
2nd Team All-American (2022)
Prototypical 3-technique size and athleticism. Newton is a dense, muscularly built fire hydrant. He has an insanely powerful upper body and well well-built lower half. He has decent length for the position. Newton is a great athlete on tape and plays with a lot of balance and control. It is worth noting, though, that due to his foot injury, we didn’t get any official testing numbers from him.
Excellent get-off and closing burst. Newton’s burst off the line of scrimmage is blinding, especially impressive when you consider he plays at over 300 pounds. He can win a lot of reps on pure quickness alone. After a clean win, he has the closing speed and agility to track down running backs and quarterbacks in the backfield.
Full pass-rush arsenal at his disposal. He is as polished as they come from a pass-rush perspective. In my 10 draft classes of doing this, he might very well be the most developed interior rusher to come out. He has excellent hand usage and works to never let his chest plate get compromised. He boasts a wicked club/swim, club/rip, and has a variety of chops and swipes as well. He can win with pure power or quickness, and he is agile enough to wreak havoc on stunts and twists. From a pass-rush standpoint, he is the complete package.
Insane motor with huge gas tank. Newton is an unrelenting force. He plays all out on every single snap. He is a hustle freak and is a candidate to rack up clean-up pressures and sacks year over year. He has and has the capacity to play a ton of snaps — in his final year at Illinois he averaged 62 snaps a game, which would far exceed the workload of any interior defender in the NFL this past season.
Better pass-rusher than run defender right now. I wouldn’t call him a liability defending the run, but anatomical issues and technical inconsistencies prevent him from being a consistent force down in and down out. Newton is so well put together and muscular that he is actually pretty lean and lacks the general width to be a space eater. He also needs more consistent anchoring, locking out his arms, and shedding to hold the integrity of his gap. His pad level is a bit inconsistent as well and he can come into engagements a little high, which leads to surrendering position. Newton likely isn’t a fit to be a high-volume run defender in a two-gap system.
He needs to be a better finisher. Newton missed a good bit of tackles and fell off some would-be sacks. Some of it is over-eagerness and his ridiculous size-to-range ratio, but some of it is poor wrap technique. It should be a relatively easy cleanup.
"Johnny" Newton is one of the best defensive players in the draft. He is an absolute stud and offers high-level pass-rush ability from day 1. He has some work to do to improve his overall consistency, especially defending the run, but possesses all the tools to be a high-level starter are there. His burning hot motor makes him a coach's dream, and he has the type of stamina that you don’t typically see from a 300+ pounder. Officially, he scores as a top-10 player for me in the class.
| Score | Overall |
| 90.3 | 18 |
| Position | Day |
| 2 | 1 |
| Score | Position | Day | Overall |
| 90.3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Height: | 6' 1/2" | Weight: | 297 lbs |
| Hands: | 10.25 | Arms: | 32.38 |
| 40 YD Dash: | 4.87 | 10 YD Split: | 1.69 |
| Vertical: | 33 | Broad: | 111 |
| Shuttle: | -- | Cone: | -- |
| Height: | 6' 1/2" | Hands: | 10.25 | 40 YD Dash: | 4.87 |
| Weight: | 297 lbs | Arms: | 32.38 | 10 YD Split: | 1.69 |
| Broad: | 111 | Cone: | -- | ||
| Vertical: | 33 | Shuttle: | -- |
| Height: | 6' 1/2" | Hands: | 10.25 | 40 YD Dash: | 4.87 | Broad: | 111 | Cone: | -- |
| Weight: | 297 lbs | Arms: | 32.38 | 10 YD Split: | 1.69 | Vertical: | 33 | Shuttle: | -- |
2nd Team All-American (2023)
Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year (2023)
1st Team All-Big 12 (2023)
Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (2021)
Excellent athlete. Murphy has the trifecta of DT athletic traits in power, burst, and strength. He shows good flexibility on tape and is a pretty fluid mover in space. His first step is twitchy, and he can play right through the outside shoulder of guards.
Excellent power rusher. Murphy is like a charged-up bowling ball, and the opposing OL is the pins. His first step is explosive, and his first strike is jarring. From there, he can win to the outside of the blocker. He has a violent club/rip as a go-to move that he has a huge amount of success with.
Excellent run play disruptor. Murphy’s lateral quickness really pops in run defense. He uses his powerful hands to displace blockers and then fluidly shuffles to get to a new gap. His first-step quickness is more than enough to disrupt the timing in the backfield, and he has the power to squeeze rush lanes quickly.
Awkward size. At barely 6 feet tall and about 300 pounds, Murphy has this weird, uber-dense frame. He doesn’t have the worst length, but it certainly isn’t a strength either. His frame is probably at full capacity right now, especially considering the amount of lean muscle he already carries.
Can get washed out in the run game. He is more than capable of making multiple splash plays defending the run per game, but is sort of boom-or-bust in that department. His awkward size prevents him from holding up at the point of attack against big, powerful players. The length issues also prevent him from shedding cleanly at times and he can get run right out of his gap.
One-year wonder. Murphy is only a one-year starter and doesn’t have much experience on the field — especially when you consider the fact that even though he was a starter, he split time as part of an excellent rotation. He played just over 30 snaps a game.
Murphy is a spark-plug defensive tackle. He has a great physical profile and some developed tools as a pass-rusher. Deafening the run is where you really see some anatomical limitations, but ultimately, he has the technique and mindset to overcome them pretty quickly. Officially, he scores as a round 1 pick for me and is worthy of a top-15 pick.
| Score | Overall |
| 85.6 | 37 |
| Position | Day |
| 3 | 2 |
| Score | Position | Day | Overall |
| 85.6 | 3 | 2 | 37 |
| Height: | 6' 3 1/2" | Weight: | 292 lbs |
| Hands: | 9.38 | Arms: | 31 |
| 40 YD Dash: | 4.78 | 10 YD Split: | 1.68 |
| Vertical: | 33.5 | Broad: | 117 |
| Shuttle: | 4.37 | Cone: | -- |
| Height: | 6' 3 1/2" | Hands: | 9.38 | 40 YD Dash: | 4.78 |
| Weight: | 292 lbs | Arms: | 31 | 10 YD Split: | 1.68 |
| Broad: | 117 | Cone: | -- | ||
| Vertical: | 33.5 | Shuttle: | 4.37 |
| Height: | 6' 3 1/2" | Hands: | 9.38 | 40 YD Dash: | 4.78 | Broad: | 117 | Cone: | -- |
| Weight: | 292 lbs | Arms: | 31 | 10 YD Split: | 1.68 | Vertical: | 33.5 | Shuttle: | 4.37 |
3rd Team All-American (2023)
2nd Team All-ACC (2023)
2nd Team All-MAC (2022)
Named top defensive lineman by his OL teammates at the Senior Bowl
Top-shelf athlete with a unique build. Fiske is a 99th-percentile athlete for the position across the board. He has insanely quick feet and lateral movements, with a lightning-fast first step. He plays fast and moves like a defensive end. He is super lean with a barrel chess and muscular build. He has super short arms but still has a wingspan similar to Johnny Newton and Byron Murphy II due to his super wide chest and shoulders. If you are trying to replicate Aaron Donald or Calijah Kancey’s ways of winning, he is the guy in this class to do that, albeit a lesser version.
Pass-rush specialist. The quickness off the ball is so good that he has many wins on tape on which his opponent didn’t even get a hand on him. Fiske also plays with unique power and explosiveness in his hands. He can win with straight power bullrushes or with violent club/rips and club/swims.
A+ football IQ and awareness. His ability to diagnose run concepts and gadget plays is top tier. I can’t remember an interior defender making an impact on as many screen passes as Fiske did in 2022 and 2023.
Liquid hot motor with bottomless pit of energy. Fiske brings that culture-building competitive energy to the table. He is fired up from the first snap to the last and plays all out. He was certainly aided by a rotation at Florida State that allowed him to let his hair down a bit while on the field, but he is a defensive tone-setter
Not a lot in the run-defense toolbox. Fiske’s lack of length really shows up when he is in run defense. While he probably plays a little bit bigger than his size from an ability anchor standpoint, he has a hard time keeping his chest plate clean and loses the leverage battle to longer offensive linemen on the regular.
Doesn’t have developed counters as a rusher. Fiske is 100% reliant on winning with his first idea. When he doesn’t win he can get washed out or completely stalled out as a rusher. He does have the relentless hustle and motor at his disposal, but that will only take him so far and won’t help him clear blockers. He needs to develop secondary pass-rush plans.
Older prospect. Fiske is already 24 years old and was a six-year college player (first five years at Western Michigan). By the same token, he does have 43 starts under his belt. Experience matters.
My first exposure to Fiske was at this year's Senior Bowl, where he lit up every offensive lineman in his path. Fiske brings a disruptive pass-rush presence to the table with an elite athletic profile. For defensive linemen, I value pass-rush ability and athleticism so much that I am willing to look past his issues as a run defender in order to get that spark defending the pass. He scores as my IDL3 and has a high 2nd-round grade from me.
| Score | Overall |
| 77.4 | 88 |
| Position | Day |
| 5 | 2 |
| Score | Position | Day | Overall |
| 77.4 | 5 | 2 | 88 |
| Height: | 6' 4" | Weight: | 294 lbs |
| Hands: | 9.38 | Arms: | 34 |
| 40 YD Dash: | 4.89 | 10 YD Split: | 1.67 |
| Vertical: | 32 | Broad: | 116 |
| Shuttle: | -- | Cone: | -- |
| Height: | 6' 4" | Hands: | 9.38 | 40 YD Dash: | 4.89 |
| Weight: | 294 lbs | Arms: | 34 | 10 YD Split: | 1.67 |
| Broad: | 116 | Cone: | -- | ||
| Vertical: | 32 | Shuttle: | -- |
| Height: | 6' 4" | Hands: | 9.38 | 40 YD Dash: | 4.89 | Broad: | 116 | Cone: | -- |
| Weight: | 294 lbs | Arms: | 34 | 10 YD Split: | 1.67 | Vertical: | 32 | Shuttle: | -- |
3rd Team All-ACC (2022, 2023)
Earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees while at Clemson
ACC Honor Roll (2020, 2022)
Didn’t play his first football game until 2017
Insanely gifted athlete. Orhorhoro is yet another ridiculous athlete in a class full of gifted interior defenders. He is quick and explosive. He plays with balance and has flexible ankles with bend.
Plays with excellent leverage. Orhorhoro has great length and is disciplined about hand-fighting to maintain superior leverage. He uses his quickness to ensure the first strike. He is good at locking his arms out and shedding blockers to either side.
Lateral quicks to slip blocks. On run downs, he has a deep toolbox. In addition to the aforementioned leverage and shed ability, he can beat blockers straight up with quickness and penetration.
Elite closing burst. Orhorhoro can be a high-level finisher with his length and speed to close. If he wins early in the rep, he can be highly disruptive.
Undeveloped as a pass rusher. Orhorhoro has gotten by purely with his athleticism and motor. He doesn’t have any repeatable go-to moves, nor is he consistent as a pure power rusher. He has only his first-step quicks as a functional tool to win as a pass rusher right now.
Double teams can wash him out of plays. Length and play strength can take Orhorhoro far as a run defender, but given he lacks mass and the ability to anchor, he is inevitably at risk of getting blown off the ball by double teams.
As of now he is more a collection of parts than a developed player. Someone is going to draft Orhorhoro and have all the parts necessary to build themselves a Ferrari. The problem is there aren’t a ton of people qualified to build Ferraris. If he lands in the right situation, I would not be surprised in the least if he turns into an absolute stud. This isn’t super uncommon for Clemson defensive linemen, who traditionally have had a steeper developmental curve.
This draft class is full of freak-athlete 3-techniques. If you need a guy to bolster your pass-rush, this is a great draft. And Orhorhoro might be the most gifted physically of them all. He has all the necessary ingredients to be great but needs to develop actual skills. In the end, betting on the traits is easy, but it's hard to look past the runway that will be needed to get him to his ceiling completely. Balancing the coin on its side, I scored him as a mid-day 2 prospect whom I am most comfortable taking in the 3rd round.
| Score | Overall |
| 74.9 | 113 |
| Position | Day |
| 9 | 3 |
| Score | Position | Day | Overall |
| 74.9 | 9 | 3 | 113 |
| Height: | -- | Weight: | -- |
| Hands: | -- | Arms: | -- |
| 40 YD Dash: | -- | 10 YD Split: | -- |
| Vertical: | -- | Broad: | -- |
| Shuttle: | -- | Cone: | -- |
| Height: | -- | Hands: | -- | 40 YD Dash: | -- |
| Weight: | -- | Arms: | -- | 10 YD Split: | -- |
| Broad: | -- | Cone: | -- | ||
| Vertical: | -- | Shuttle: | -- |
| Height: | -- | Hands: | -- | 40 YD Dash: | -- | Broad: | -- | Cone: | -- |
| Weight: | -- | Arms: | -- | 10 YD Split: | -- | Vertical: | -- | Shuttle: | -- |
Outland Trophy Winner (2023)
Unanimous All-American (2023)
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (2023)
1st Team All-Big 12 (2023)
Prototypical nose tackle build. Sweat stands over 6’4" and weighs in at around 365 pounds. He is an absolute mountain of a man. Obviously, with that much size, athleticism will be sacrificed to some degree. He also has pretty decent length, with arms over 33” and a wingspan over 81”.
Staunch against the run. Sweat is an Ent — a tree that can move. He is super wide and plays with excellent balance. Moving him is like trying to move a cement column. His anchor is so good and so deep that double teams did not phase him. That tree might not move fast, but it’s also not going to be moved. He will squeeze rush lanes with relative ease.
Pocket-pushing ability as a pass-rusher. He is capable of swallowing blockers whole, and while he isn’t going to be a run-and-chase kind of player, he can certainly crowd the pocket and take away step-ups and escape lanes for the QB. He has a decent number of reps pushing his man right into the lap of the quarterback.
More disruptive than a finisher. The idea of Sweat and the role he will play in the NFL is more about tactics than production. You put him on the field to take away the point of attack and force running backs to make tough decisions. He frees up linebackers and absorbs double teams. It's the ultimate team role designed to make life easier for those around him. It’s dirty work. While that is a good thing, you are basically conceding that he isn’t going to make a lot of plays on the ball carrier, whether a running back or a quarterback on a pass play.
Limited athletically. His ceiling as a player and the role he could eventually have is very limited due to his size (too big to be functionally athletic) and lack of movement skills.
Off-field concerns. Sweat was recently arrested in Austin, Texas, for driving while intoxicated.
Sweat plays a functional and necessary role that some NFL teams still covet as a run-defending specialist nose tackle. For a defense, there is a lot of utility in getting your opponent into predictable run-vs.-pass situations, so the value of a guy like Sweat is probably a little higher than most realize. With that said, guys with his skill set are relatively easy to find and have very limited ceilings for development. Officially, he scores as a late-day-2/early-day-3 prospect for me.
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