STRENGTHS
Dylan is the new style linebacker with the size, speed, football IQ, length, and multi-position skills, that teams are looking for in their new 4-2-5 defenses. He shows agility and coverage skills to be effective against the passing game along with the speed and burst to go sideline to sideline shutting down the run. Dylan has been an excellent linebacker for his team and shows leadership skills on the field that could make him attractive to teams in this draft along with his athletic talent and overall skills.
CONCERNS
Injuries have robbed Dylan of his impact but what injuries have also robbed Dylan of is, his passion to play the game at his highest level. I don’t know if that passion, will ever return to the degree he played with, in his early college years.
BOTTOM LINE 4.33
You can fix injuries but you cannot fix a player’s passion. Once they lose the passion to be one of the best, but still have the talent to be the best, they become average, at best. If some team can find a way to re-introduce the passion in Dylan’s play then he could become a core player and a fan favorite for the team that selects him but for the purposes of this draft, I don’t see that happening. My guess, Dylan will become a solid player for the team that selects him. After his first contract, he will go from team to team making a lot of money in free agency… a good late-round selection….that is unless the passion returns.
