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http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingr.../ryanneill.html

Strengths:

Plays faster than he times and closes fast...Tenacious and has a motor that never stops...Smart and very instinctive...Mature player with a good work ethic...Also projects as a pro long-snapping prospect...Had a very productive senior season.

 

Weaknesses: Is undersized and doesn't have the ideal height or bulk you look for...Does not have great speed...Is not a great natural athlete...Gets engulfed at the point of attack...Struggles to shed blockers...Missed the 2003 season with a knee injury.

 

Notes:

A classic overachiever who even though he doesn't have the physical tools and measurables you look for he more than makes up for it with top intangibles...His best chance at the next level will probably come as a backup and special teamer.

 

http://condraft.com/player.php?id=526

2005: 11 games: 25 solos, 40 assists, 20.5 TFLs, 9 sacks, 24 QBHs, 1 FR, 2 FFs. Named first-team all-Big East.

 

2004: 18 solos, 25 assists, 13 TFLs, 8 sacks, 1 int., 1 PD, 4 QBHs, 1 FR.

 

Ryan is a tough lunchpail DE who has been snake-bitten with injuries some during his career at Rutgers. 2004 was his first fully healthy year, and he certainly made the best of it. Then in 2005 he made himself a potential first-day guy in the 2006 NFL draft with an outstanding campaign. Ryan has enough size to be considered as a rotational 4-3 DE at the next level and his very tough, smart and coachable. He may not have that much of an upside despite the injuries to be drafted in the first couple rounds during the 2006 NFL draft, but he should be a solid middle round guy, and will be one of those guys who will be very hard to cut because of his solid work ethic and his willingness to do whatever is asked of him. He excels in the pass rush because of a solid variety of moves. He does not EVER take plays off, plays to the whistle, and works to get better and better all the time. He may not start for you, but he will strengthen your ballclub...PERIOD. Give him a couple years in an NFL training and strength program and look out!

 

Late note: showed up a little smaller and slower than expected at the pro day, and only put up 20 reps

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Weaknesses: Is undersized and doesn't have the ideal height or bulk you look for...Does not have great speed...Is not a great natural athlete...Gets engulfed at the point of attack...Struggles to shed blockers...Missed the 2003 season with a knee injury.

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Sounds a whole lot like all the stiffs we've got now at DE.

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