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Rob Rang
NFL Draft Analyst
With all due respect to the quarterbacks, receivers, tight ends and cornerbacks, the best positional group of the 2024 NFL Draft is — without a doubt — the offensive tackles.
I’ve covered the NFL draft for half of my life (I just turned 48) and this is as good a class as I’ve ever seen. I believe there is a clear-cut top prospect among the group, but teams who miss out on Notre Dame’s Joe Alt will be overjoyed with their consolation prizes.
Five offensive tackles earn top-20 grades this year, and I think as many as eight tackles will be selected in the first round, leading all positions.
This is the order in which I expect them to come off the board.
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1. Joe Alt, Notre Dame, 6-8, 322, Junior
Overview: There are few things NFL teams love more from offensive tackles than size, power and experience in a pro-style offense. Alt possesses each of those things, along with the fact that he began his college career at tight end — which speaks to his athleticism — and that his father was a two-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs.
While his career began as a pass-catcher, the prototypically built blocker quickly transitioned to left tackle as a true freshman, starting the final eight games there in 2021 and all but the Sun Bowl to cap the 2023 season, since, a string of 33 consecutive contests, earning unanimous All-American honors this past year before making the early jump to the NFL.
Strengths
Three-year starter, all at left tackle in a pro-style offense that asked him to block out of both the two and three-point stance.Prototypical build with broad shoulders and weight perfectly distributed over his frame with a powerful lower-half.Uncoils at the snap with long arms and heavy hands.Composed and balanced…
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Publish date : 2024-02-29 15:00:14
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