STRENGTHS
Daviyon has good overall movement skills for a player his size. He has good feet and when he sees the play in front of him he shows excellent strength and burst to make the play. He has enormously long arms that help him to bat down balls at the line of scrimmage. Daviyon has excellent overall potential to play more than one position on a defensive line and looks to be smart and learning on the field, understanding down and distance. He shows good lateral agility to string sweeps and dominate on screens. All in all, Daviyon has excellent developmental talents to play at the next level for the team that selects him.
CONCERNS
Daviyon struggles to get off blocks at times in just about every game. He also seems to handle double teams against him better than he handles being singled up. He refuses to use those long arms and pass-rushing techniques to his advantage when rushing the passer and settles too quickly slowing his feet, once he is engaged or stopped on his initial surge. I’m not convinced he is happy playing on the inside of the defensive line and I’m not sure I disagree with him but that means he has to lose weight and be more consistent with his techniques. Right now, Daviyon lacks the lower body strength to be dominant on the inside of a defensive line and is carrying too much weight, affecting his athleticism, to be effective on the outside of a defensive line.
BOTTOM LINE 3.89
Daviyon has the athletic talent to play on the outside as a power rusher in a 4/3 defense very much like Jason Pierre Paul but he has to lose weight and gain strength to do that. I believe with his talent that’s where he belongs, at defensive end in a 4/3 defense. Inside as a DT or even a DE in a 3/4, his lower body is just not strong enough to handle a 16-game schedule. That being said on obvious passing downs line up over the center he is too quick to handle right now so moving him around your defense at some point in the future would be beneficial. As far as playing inside all the time, he does have the option of going into the weight room and gaining more muscle in his lower body but that will take time. With his athletic talent and the right passion to play, he just might turn into a hell of a defensive lineman because the talent, is there to develop.
