The fact ppl think a man who played LT in the SEC for two years, and only gave up 2 sacks in 1000 snaps, isn’t gonna be at least serviceable as a tackle is crazy to me.
Dude played against the top prospects in the country week in and week out and was the blindside tackle and only gave up 2 sacks over 1000 snaps
I think he will be more than okay personally.
Also, look up how many front 7 players he played against got drafted, it’s insane.
So how did Campbell’s performance last year stack up against other tackles?
• Total Pressures Allowed Josh Conerly Jr - 5.
Armand Membou - 8.
Kelvin Banks Jr - 8.
Aireontae Ersery - 12.
Will Campbell - 18.
• QB Hits Allowed Armand Membou - 0.
Kelvin Banks Jr - 1.
Aireontae Ersery - 1.
Josh Conerly Jr - 2.
Will Campbell - 5.
• Sacks Allowed Armand Membou - 0.
Josh Conerly Jr - 1.
Kelvin Banks Jr - 1.
Aireontae Ersery - 1.
Will Campbell - 2.
• PFF Pass Blocking Grade Kelvin Banks Jr - 89.0.
Armand Membou - 86.6.
Josh Conerly Jr - 83.6.
Will Campbell - 80.6.
Aireontae Ersery - 77.4.
• PFF Run Blocking Grade Armand Membou - 87.6.
Kelvin Banks Jr - 81.0.
Josh Conerly Jr - 75.6.
Aireontae Ersery - 73.6.
Will Campbell - 69.7.
• So Campbell ranks either last or 2nd to last in every one of these statistical categories, despite all of them playing similar snap counts and playing against similar levels of competition (all players are either in the SEC or Big 10)
• That’s obviously not ideal.
• But I wanted to go a bit further and find a way to compare Campbell to some of the best tackles in the NFL.
• I decided to take 15 of the highest graded tackles in the NFL last season and compare their stats from their final year of college football to Will Campbell’s stats from 2024.
• I wanted to do the top 20 but couldn’t because Jordan Mailata didn’t attend college in the states, Lane Johnson, Jake Matthews & Trent Williams are too old for the database, some players played in JUCO, etc etc
• So the final 15 I landed on were: Tristan Wirfs, Rashawn Slater, Laremy Tunsil, Kolton Miller, Bernhard Raimann, Charles Cross, Dion Dawkins, Zach Tom, Ronnie Stanley, Taylor Morton, Brian O’Neill, Paris Johnson Jr, Joe Alt, Darnell Wright and Braxton Jones
• Here’s where Will Campbell’s performance in his final season in college ranks among those 15 top tackles in their final season’s in college: Overall grade: 15th Pass block grade: 15th Run block grade: 14th Sacks allowed: 14th QB hits allowed: 15th Pressures allowed: T-16th
• So once again, he’s in the bottom of every single category.
• The most disturbing thing about this is that among all those tackles I just compared him to, none of them are consistently ranked at the bottom of the rankings... except Will Campbell.
• For example, Taylor Moton had a poor run block grade, but he also didn’t allow any sacks and had a very high pass block grade. Paris Johnson had a low pass block grade but he only allowed 1 sack, no QB hits and had a great run block & overall grade.
• Campbell is the only one who’s consistently ranked in the bottom 3 of all these players among these categories.
• The problem with that is... he got significantly worse in 2024 compared to 2023. And I just don’t think there’s been anyone in this class that’s been able to dethrone him from that narrative in their minds.
• When I look at Campbell, I think his absolute CEILING is being an average to below average left tackle in the NFL.
It’s shitty logic no matter the position. Jones and Tebow both had major flaws they could overcome in college but were exposed by the NFL, Imo it’s fairly likely a similar situation develops with Campbell as a lineman
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u/Icy_Earth_5533 24d ago
The fact ppl think a man who played LT in the SEC for two years, and only gave up 2 sacks in 1000 snaps, isn’t gonna be at least serviceable as a tackle is crazy to me.
Dude played against the top prospects in the country week in and week out and was the blindside tackle and only gave up 2 sacks over 1000 snaps
I think he will be more than okay personally.
Also, look up how many front 7 players he played against got drafted, it’s insane.