Draft Rewind - 2010 - Dan Williams - Arizona Cardinals

What Ourlads NFL Scouting Services said about DAN WILLIAMS: Tennessee, 6022 327 5.26 Three-year starter. Physical run stuffer and pocket pusher in the pass game. Plays low with good leverage. Strong bull rush. Disruptive player that can split a double team. Space eater. Thick lower body. Explosive first step. Ascending player that gave Mike Iupati all he could handle in the Senior Bowl game. Good effort to pursue to the perimeter. Gets through traffic. Quick to disengage and get to the ball. Powerful and explosive. Fights through blocks. Strong hands with good arm length. Good awareness. Gets his hands up on the pass rush to make the quarterback throw out of a well. Quick to disengage. Power rusher when he goes up the middle. Uses hands well. Good hand and grab strength to knock blocker off balance. Hard to tie up on reach block. Urgent and intense in play. Productive in 2009 with 70 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, and 2 1/2 sacks. OSR:17/20. First round. (A-33, H-10 1/8, BP-27, 10-1.83).

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The Cardinals landed one of the premier interior defensive lineman in the 2010 Draft. Dan Williams is a three-year starter. Physical run stuffer and pocket pusher in the pass game. Plays low with good leverage. Strong bull rush. Disruptive player that can split a double team. Space eater. Thick lower body. Explosive first step. Ascending player that gave Mike Iupati all he could handle in the Senior Bowl game. Good effort to pursue to the perimeter. Gets through traffic. Quick to disengage and get to the ball. Powerful and explosive. Fights through blocks. Strong hands with good arm length. Good awareness. Gets his hands up on the pass rush to make the quarterback throw out of a well. Quick to disengage. Power rusher when he goes up the middle. Uses hands well. Good hand and grab strength to knock blocker off balance. Hard to tie up on reach block. Urgent and intense in play. Productive in 2009 with 70 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, and 2 1/2 sacks. OSR:17/20. (A-33, H-10 1/8, BP-27, 10-1.83).

2010 NFL Draft Defensive Tackles

1. Suh, Ndamukong Nebraska 6037 295 4.95

2. McCoy, Gerald* Oklahoma 6037 300 5.00

3. Price, Brian* UCLA 6020 300 4.95

4. Jones, Arthur Syracuse 6030 302 5.10

5. Odrick, Jared Penn State 6040 305 5.00

6. Williams,Dan Tennessee 6030 327 5.25

(NT) Cody, Terrence Alabama 6035 375 5.80

Ndamukong Suh and his agent should start negotiations with the St.
Louis Rams. He needs the Combine for physical only. This is one player
that will be worth every penny of a 50+ million dollar contract. A Pro-
Bowler in waiting. Gerald McCoy, junior entry that regularly draws
double teams. Intense and explosive. Powerful lower body strength.
Controls blocker with hands and quick shed. Hustles to the ball and makes
a play. Has pass rush skills and ability to press pocket. Brian Price,
junior entry, is another fast twitch disruptive defensive lineman that knows
how to use his hands. Explosive gap quickness to penetrate and get up the
field. Relentless with a burst to the quarterback. Arthur Jones had surgery
on a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee causing him to miss the last 3
games. Strong, quick, athletic, and instinctive. Can play a 4-3 tackle or
project to a 3-4 defensive end. Jared Odrick is another versatile defensive
lineman that can play tackle or end, depending on a team’s scheme. Big-10
Defensive Lineman of the Year. Physical and competitive. Terrence Cody
is the top 3-4 nose tackle in the 2010 Draft. Plays on the line of scrimmage
and stuffs the run game from tackle to tackle. Question endurance. Also is
the lead blocker in the goal-line offense as the fullback. Wide-bodied space
eater. ABOVE AVERAGE

Others with draftable grades: Charles Alexander (LSU), Geno Atkins
(Georgia), Jeffrey Fitzgerald (Kansas State), DeMarcus Granger (Oklahoma),
Lamarr Houston (Texas), Earl Mitchell (Arizona), Mike Neal (Purdue), Vince
Oghobaase (Duke), Jeff Owens (Georgia), Corey Peters (Kentucky), Boo
Robinson (Wake Forest), Jay Ross (East Carolina), Malcolm Sheppard
(Arkansas), D’Anthony Smith (Louisiana Tech), Cam Thomas (North
Carolina), Torell Troup (Central Florida), Kade Weston (Georgia), Dan Williams
(Tennessee), Al Woods (LSU), Doug Worthington (Ohio State)

Underclassmen: Abe Koroma (Western Illinois), Gerald McCoy
(Oklahoma), Brian Price (UCLA)
Average number of defensive tackles drafted per year: 23