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Jeff Legwold
Indianapolis-El Tackle offensive to LSU Will Campbell was a selection of All-America consensus last season, it was once the first team of first team in his career with Los Tigres, he won the coveted Jacobs lock trophy of Jacobs of the SEC and is one of the best qualified players in the NFL draft.
But in the combination of exploration this week, it has been formally welcome in the world full of criticism of the race draft with the fact that the duration of its arms is suddenly a hot topic.
“I think I’ve shown everything I need, you know, they show that I can play Tackle at the elite level,” Campbell said Saturday. “You can go to look at my tape, there is no work there that when it is beaten, say that it is because it has shorter arms … obviously I don’t have stereotyped offensive arms. I am aware of that. People have to bother something. I have heard my whole career.
Just before the training of offensive linens in the field on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium, Campbell’s arm length was measured at 32 5/8 inches. Campbell was measured at 6 feet 5 7/8, 319 pounds in general and ended with the fastest 40 -yard board (an official 4.98) among the first group of offensive linens at work in the field.
Campbell also had the best large jump (9 feet, 5 inches) among the first group of lines to exercise on Sunday.
Campbell, who is the best qualified offensive Tackle and the number 10 player in general on the last great ESPN board on the last big board, began his three seasons in LSU, 38 games in general. On Saturday, he estimated that he has blocked against “about 15 types that will go in the first or second round [of this draft]”In the powerful sec.
But in the arduous process of Draft analysis, as the teams gathered their meetings, many NFL personnel executives want to have enough reach to fight against the best league pass corridors, often with an arm of 34 inches in length as the minimum reference.
Multiple sources of exploration said on Saturday that Campbell’s arm had measured 33 ° inches in the spring of 2024 in LSU. And Campbell, who appeared in 6 feet and 6 inches, 323 pounds in LSU, said on Saturday that the teams have discussed in their formal interviews this week how he adjusted their technique in any way to accommodate their body type and if he would be willing to change position to protect if he is requested.
“If you would tell me that I was going to start in the right guard versus being a support in the left Tackle, I will tell you to put me in the right guard,” Campbell said. “… I will play everything I need, to get to the field, but I feel that I can play Tackle … [but] I’ve been working on everything. I am a versatile player. I can play where I need to play and do what you have to do to get to the field. “
Campbell said his level of play at the most competitive soccer conference in the nation, as well as the conference that routinely has most players selected in the NFL draft every year, should counteract any questions about their weapons. Campbell was part of an offensive LSU line that allowed the least amount of captures in the SEC this season (14).
Kiper described LSU’s partner in Campbell, Emery Jones, like Guard number 8 available in the Draft.
“Being in the SEC is the best and the closest to the NFL,” said Campbell. “So I feel that the boys who leave the sec will have the closest understanding for [the NFL]. It will be an adjustment … but being in the SEC, I was lucky to see some of these types that are now professional corridors, so I know what to expect. “
