Virgil Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Jamon Meredith | OTScouts Inc. Grade: 792008 NCF STATS No Information Available at this Time Height: 6'4⅝" Weight: 304 lbs Overall Rank: 66 Position Rank: 8 College: SOUTH CAROLINA Round | Player | NCAA School | Position | NFL Team|All Ranked Players|NFL Draft History Scouts Inc. Player Evaluations ProfileNewsESPN LocalBlog NetworkGrading Scale ConversationESPNDB Overall Football Traits Production 2 Meredith appeared in just one game and NCAA later granted him a red shirt year with the stipulation that he sit out the first two games of the 2008 season. He started four games at right tackle in 2005. Meredith started all 13 games seven at right tackle and six at left tackle in 2006. He started all 12 games at left tackle in 2007. Meredith started nine of the 11 games he appeared in during the 2008 season and lined up at left tackle and left guard. Height-Weight-Speed 2 Adequate bulk, adequate height and above-average top-end speed. Durability 2 Injured ankle during 2008 preseason and re-injured it later in the year. Ankle injury limited him in three games but he didn't miss any games. Character 1 Presented the Andrew Sorensen Scholar-Athlete Award for Football during the 2006 spring game. Named the Outstanding Offensive Lineman in the spring of 2007. An ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection in 2007. Earned the Harold White GPA Award for the offense in the spring of 2008. Graduated with a degree in Sports Management and a 3.7 GPA in August of 2008. Has shown a willingness to line up at different positions. Offensive Tackle specific Traits Strength/Toughness 3 Plays with an edge, appears to have adequate lower body strength and flashes the ability to finish blocks though inconsistent in this area. Shows above-average upper body strength in the weight room but rarely delivers a violent initial punch. Agility 2 Overall agility is not elite but better than average. A quick, balanced athlete with good lateral mobility for size. Awareness 2 Excellent experience playing at the highest collegiate level. Knows assignments and rarely shows hesitation. Especially skilled at recognizing blitzes/stunts in pass protection. Pass Protection 2 Gets set quickly and gets excellent hand placement. Adequate arm length, locks arms out and can ride edge rushers past the pocket. Good balance and shows above-average body control but overextends on occasion and going to have a harder time recovering at the NFL level than did at the collegiate level. Doesn't always sink hips low enough and struggles to anchor working against powerful bull rushers. Run Blocking 3 Rarely takes false steps and generally gets into excellent initial position but doesn't always stay lowing coming out of stance and has some problems rooting defenders off the ball when plays too high. Takes sound angles to downfield blocks and flashes the ability to get into position at the second level. However, base narrows and doesn't show the same body control in space as he does in the short area so he has some problems sustaining downfield blocks. Trait Scale 1 = Exceptional 2 = Above average 3 = Average 4 = Below average 5 = Marginal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I have to think that we have more than enough offensive linemen. How do they fit in? I have no idea. But the FO better know, since they spent two first day draft picks on them. Bell Walker Butler Hangartner Wood Levitre McKinnie ... B. Rodd? (joke) Does Butler kick outside? I don't know. But at some point you have to address OLB and TE, and you're running out of time...fast. There are FA OLB's out there. Not the case at TE. Go get Coffman, but do NOT give away 2010 picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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