Good point. At the same time, the degree of competition might've worked against Kneeland in an interesting way. He was moved inside a lot at Western Michigan, since at 270 or whatever he was a viable DT at that level. And since he plays with loads of power, which translated awfully well at the Senior Bowl.thunderspirit wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:45 pmI dunno. Since 2016, the two non-Power 5 conference edge defenders who've gone before Round 3 (Marcus Davenport in 2018 and Payton Turner in 2021) haven't lit the league on fire, and both were bigger than Kneeland — and neither were from a conference as weak as the MAC.
He's only 2-3 inches shorter than Turner or Davenport, and weighs about the same. With longer arms. And--this is what caught my eye--he's much, much quicker than them. And most edge defenders who've ever run an agility drill at the combine. And Jordan Addison, for that matter. Testing-wise, he's Will McDonald with the 30 pounds of extra muscle everyone wished Will McDonald had.
Kinda blue-skying it for now, but Kneeland was the first guy who jumped out at me George Kittle style this year.