The Seattle Seahawks traded up in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft, taking Tennessee’s Darrell Taylor with the 48th overall pick. Taylor is an edge rusher who’s coming off an 8.5 sack season in which he played through a stress fracture in his shin.
He may not be one of the bigger names in terms of pass-rushing options in this year’s class, but he has that initial speed and bend that Pete Carroll consistently desires out of his defensive ends. Here’s the scouting report on him from The Draft Network:
PROS: Excellent athlete with freaky-deaky bend, good short-area quickness, and an explosive first step when he’s tasked with teeing off the line of scrimmage.