STRENGTHS
Rashan has good size and good enough athletic talent to become a solid defensive lineman for the team that selects him. His strength is in defending against the run. He does a good job getting off blocks and making tackles in and close to the line of scrimmage as a run stuffer. Rashan has the length and size to develop into a solid pass rusher. He has those long arms and legs that make it easy to gain advantage against offensive tackles, getting them off balance in obvious pass rushing situations. Rashan looks the part and has the talent and potential to be an NFL defensive lineman but as I always say, it takes more that talent to play in the NFL.
CONCERNS
There is a big lack of attention to details to Rashan’s overall game and techniques. In spite of his obvious size he struggles to consistently put pressure on the quarterback and change the line of scrimmage in his favor on every down. He is a bit of a tweener in that he doesn’t have the bulk and techniques to play inside and lacks the burst and techniques to play on the outside. Rashan does show good effort but struggles to use second moves when he has been stopped to free himself when pass rushing. If he works hard my guess is that he will fit a 3/4 defense the best and because of his length could become a better than average pass rusher.
TALENT BOARD ROUND 3.72
As of this writing Rashan is listed as a potential top ten player in this draft and he is coming out early to take advantage of that… I suppose. For me personally…I don’t see it! As far as I’m concerned, someone is blowing big time smoke up this kid’s buttocks. The truth is this whole team lacks the attention to detail in its coaching and it shows in their play on the field. Rashan has potential and hopefully he understands that and is coming out early to develop that potential because he doesn’t see it happening if he stays in college. If that’s why he is coming out early than that is hard to argue with. Now I have been wrong before and I hope Rashan proves me wrong this time but you draft with the information you have in front of you at the time of the draft and my information says, Rashan has a long way to go just to become a starting defensive lineman in the NFL. If he can help out rotating and use that time to develop his techniques and bulk up he could become a solid run stuffing defensive lineman with the ability to get effort sacks but as of this writing he is not a dominating force at the college level and that leads me to believe that dominating at the NFL level just might not be in the cards either. The gauntlets been dropped Rashan, I challenge you and welcome you to prove me wrong.
