STRENGTHS
Tristian shows excellent athletic talent and size to play Right Tackle or potentially Left Tackle. His set up is excellent when pass blocking showing his balance and nimble foot quickness to mirror his opponent. Tristan has the athleticism to go to the second level and make blocks and can be used to pull and for sweeps and screens making blocks in the open field. He shows on film excellent upper body strength and burst out of his stance to overpower his opponent when run blocking and the leverage to dominate. Tristan looks to be very coachable bringing what he learns in practice into the game. He shows leadership skills through his play on the field and the pride when pass blocking to protect his quarterback on every down and distance. Tristan has the mental strength and work ethic to become a pro bowl offensive tackle for the team that selects him but what really attacks me to his play is that he has the potential to become a Franchise Left Tackle if he continues to develop.
CONCERNS
Tristan has all of the pure talent needed to become an excellent offensive tackle but for the purposes of this draft and this profile, he does struggle at times to stay with his blocks overall. This is just a maturity issue and I have no doubt with his mental strength and physical stamina that he will improve quickly. It’s just an issue of keeping his feet moving after he engages.
BOTTOM LINE 1.60
Tristan plays right tackle for his team and to suggest that he has the athletic talent and mental make up to be moved to the Left side is purely a projection from what I see on film. That being said I know he can play on the right side and that is how teams should be looking at him for the purposes of this draft. With less and less teams using Tight Ends to block and no full backs right tackles are left on an island and teams will put their best pass rushers on the left side of their formation so, right tackles really need to move as well as most left tackles. Tristan can do that and can do it very well. I expect Tristan to be selected early in this draft after he works out and teams see how athletic he is. I also expect that although he will need time to develop at the next level it should not be long before he is starting at one of the tackle positions for the team that selects him. It’s not an insult to be considered the “Baby” of this group of talented offensive lineman in this draft because usually, the baby winds up being the best. Tristan has that baby face that makes you think underneath that he doesn’t have the killer instincts to dominate but those that might think that will be dead wrong.
