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Blake Freeland NFL Draft 2023: Scouting Report for BYU OT

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HEIGHT: 6'8"

WEIGHT: 302

HAND: 10"

ARM: 33 7/8"

WINGSPAN: TBD

40-YARD DASH: 4.98

3-CONE: 7.46

SHUTTLE: 4.71

VERTICAL: 37"

BROAD: 10'0"

POSITIVES

— Can effectively track, line up and fit into contact on screens and at the second level on climbs

— Works well in unison with his left guard on zone combo blocks to timely overtake and release

— Shows adequate to solid initial and lateral quickness to cut off the backside of outside zone

— Uses independent hands in pass-protection with a strong inside hand presence to latch and widen rushers up the arc

NEGATIVES

— Plays with marginal leverage and pad level

— Below-average physicality with a tendency to fit into contact rather than explode or drive to finish with power

— Average change-of-direction and redirect skills that leave him a tick late cutting off moves across his face

— Helped extensively in pass-protection with scheme and chip help

— Gains little if any ground out of his stance in pass-protection that causes him to drop his outside foot and swing his hips open early against speed off of the edge, resulting in narrow base and short corner

2023 STATISTICS

— 13 starts at left tackle

— Third team AP All-American selection

NOTES

— Former 3-star tight end/defensive end recruit out of Herriman High School in Utah

— Was a standout athlete at Herriman with state titles in the shot put and javelin, an all-state selection in baseball and a three-time team captain of the football team.