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Round | Team | Pos. | School | Name
Michael Roos
OT (6-6, 320, 5.3)
Eastern Washington
Grade: 66
Comments
Is a developmental prospect with limited experience at the OT position but a lot of upside due to his size and athleticism. Has good initial quickness and naturally quick feet. Shows the ability to change directions quickly. Is very good in space as a run blocker his size. Can hit the moving target. Has very good range in pass pro. Gets a deep set quickly, plays with balance and rarely gets caught over-extending. He has long arms and can become much more effective at using them in pass pro if he learns better hand-placement. He can mirror and slide when he recognizes the double move coming. He also can shuffle back inside to help versus blitzes and stunts. Small school level of play in college is an obvious concern. He continues to add bulk to his frame but he still has a lot of room to improve in terms of his base and overall strength. Lack of lower body strength is more glaring but upper body power is just decent. He's a late-bloomer with limited football experience and even less experience at OT position. He is unpolished still in terms of his footwork and hand-placement. His angles need to be more consistent. He struggles to get a push against more powerful DE's in the running game. He gets beat by some double moves in pass protection due to his inconsistent awareness. He also needs to improve his consistency when it comes to playing with leverage and handling the bull rush. Roos is a small-school, late-bloomer that was born in Estonia and moved to the USA in 1992. Roos only played one year of high school football and he played TE and DE during that season. He redshirted as a TE in 2000 and split time between offense and defense in 2001. He switched to left tackle fulltime in 2002, started all 11 games the next two seasons (2002-'03) and was named All-Big Sky honorable mention both years. Roos once again was a fulltime starter at LOT as a senior in 2004, when he garnered first-team All-Big Sky honors. Roos has developmental upside with very good athleticism for his size. The former tight end continues to get bigger and stronger. He also continues to improve his technique and efficiency as a blocker. Roos has room to improve in terms of his consistency with leverage and his overall strength (just 19 reps of 225 lbs at the combine), but he shows enough potential for a team to take a chance on him in the middle rounds of the upcoming draft. He had an impressive showing at the Senior Bowl and also was above average in all of the agility drills at the combine. In our opinion, Roos is worth taking a chance on in the fourth round as a developmental prospect that will need time to improve his technique and strength upper and lower body but with enough upside to eventually develop into a starter.
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