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Analytics to evaluate college offensive tackles

I recently used the NFL’s partnership with Amazon Web Services to look at their ability to project NFL success for college tight ends and running backs, but what about offensive lineman, for which there exists almost no production data. Can the same methodology be applied? Let’s dig in and find out.

From 2003-2025 there have been 706 OTs who participated in the NFL combine. Of those 101 have earned a draft score of 79 or better (50-100 scale). The draft score looks at athleticism and productivity and NFL performance of those that came before and assigns a draft grade similar to NFL.