With the 135th pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals chose to select Arizona State defensive lineman Marcus Hardison. Investing in Hardison seems hardly surprising given his elite level of versatility. While playing for the Sun Devils, despite being 6’3″, 307 pounds, Arizona State often employed him as a defensive end. Conventional wisdom says that a player of such size would play at defensive tackle, but not in Hardison’s case.
Where the Sun Devils chose to line up Hardison seemed irrelevant last year as he finished with 10 sacks and 15 tackles for loss.