STRENGTHS
Tim is a powerful, athletic, quick twitch athlete in a boy’s body. He comes off the line gaining leverage and quickness that most offensive lineman at the college level struggle to deal with. His size and bulk make it very hard to control him and when Tim uses good, smart techniques it is near impossible for an offensive lineman to handle him one on one. Tim can play in a 1gap or 2gap system and in spite of his size and girth can play multiple positions on your defensive line. In fact if he plays on the outside and has more open space and his hand usage and foot quickness along with his strength gives him the advantage over less athletic offensive tackles. Tim is a disrupter and will give you some sacks and tackles behind the line of scrimmage from the nose tackle or defensive tackle position. If you decide to play him outside in a 3/4 defense I’m convinced he could be even more disruptive and have double digit sack totals. Tim is the type of player that offensive coordinators will have to account for when setting up game plans and offensive line blocking schemes. He can be as impacting as Rams Aaron Darnold.

CONCERNS
Tim has to keep his weight down or he will eat himself off the field. As he matures Tim should gain the mental and physical stamina needed to play his position at the next level if he controls his weight and becomes more of a student of evaluating his opponent’s strengths and weakness. Tim’s work ethic will be the key to him improving at the next level.

BOTTOM LINE
This kid explodes off the line at the snap of the ball. He can be a bigger version of Aaron Darnold but at this point in his development he lacks the maturity and football IQ that Aaron has and that is to be expected. The reason Aaron is so impacting is that he knows his strength and weakness and he understands mentally how to set up his opponent. Aaron also has excellent mental and physical stamina so when the 4 quarter comes around Aaron is still exploding off the line of scrimmage into very tired offensive lineman. Tim has to gain this mental and physical strength and stamina and if he does the sky’s the limit on his ability to impact. My guess is after the combine Tim will be moving up everyone’s draft boards and he could very easily be selected in the 1st round but everything will depend on Tim’s workouts and interviews. He’s the question; will a team select Tim in the 1st round? I think a playoff team with a strong group of defensive lineman like the Eagles and Patriots would be very smart to select Tim in the first round but like I said as far as some other teams like the Rams or Titans or Bills it will come down to his interviews and workouts and how mature they believe Tim is. Otherwise look at Rob’s board to get a feeling about his status in this draft. Tim has the potential to be a first round draft pick because he has first round talent but remember it takes more than talent to play in the NFL.

Drew Boylhart   FEB.2018