Photo by Jack Reeber-Central Michigan Athletics

Height	Weight	Arm Length	Hand Size
6'8"	374 lbs.	36 3/8"	11 5/8"

40 Yard Dash	Bench Press	Vertical Jump	Broad Jump	3-Cone Drill	20 Yard Shuttle
5.35 Sec	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Pros 

• Rare size for the position.

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• Longest arms ever recorded through out the predraft process and uses them well. 

• Very powerful punch out of stance in both pass protection and as a run blocker.

 

• Understands leverage when engaging edge rushers and can knock them off kilter with great consistency.

 

• Very good at finishing blocks in pass when his defender misses their move. 

 

• Nasty to opposing defenders that hit the turf as he piles on top of them. 

 

• Great at using immense length and size to uproot edge rushers and rag doll them. 

 

• High football IQ is on display in blitz recognition as well as picking up stunts and twists directed at him. 

 

• Rarely gives up his inside gap in pass protection often as he has the advantage if his opposing defender has to go around him due length.

 

• He's nearly impossible to stop in the run game once he gets his pads down and starts driving. 

 

• Turns defenders out of the hole with ease.

 

• Uses length to keep opposing defender upright to drive them back.

 

• He will maul defenders in front of him if he gets his chance.

 

• Good motor and very competitive.

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• Improvement in play from 2021 vs. 2022 is very substantial.

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• Was apart of one of the best offenses in college football and played very well against the National Champion Georgia Bulldog defense. 

Cons

• Weight concerns have been and will be an issue.

• Athleticism is average due to immense size.

• Limited range when pulling.

 

• Pad level is a concern both in pass pro and as a run blocker.

 

• Agility in pass protection when mirroring edge rushers is average.

 

• He can attack high on edge rushers when punching which can give them chances to slip by.

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• Size and average athleticism makes him strictly a right tackle prospect in my opinion. 

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• Track record of players his size making it in the NFL is not great in recent years. 

Overview

If Dawand Jones had declared in last years draft, I am not sure he would have heard his name called until Day 3 of the draft but after a stellar year at right tackle and a fantastic senior bowl performance Jones has seen his name rocket up draft boards. Dawand Jones is not going to post freak numbers at the combine like we have seen others do the past few years but the film in 2022 shows a player that realizes this and adjusted his play accordingly to not just reliable but highly productive at the tackle position. Currently he wins battles by using his immense size and length to simply overwhelm his opponents and while that worked very well in college, good NFL edge rushers have their contingency plans for that. There is also the roll of the dice currently on plays his size because for every Orlando Brown Jr. and Sr. as well as Jonathan Ogden theirs about 10 others don't work out. If he can perform well at the combine, the skies the limit for him on his potential as well as draft stock but assuming he does what's expected of him, I see a potential decade long stalwart right tackle that is highly reliable on the right side.