Now we're all like, "yeah, they're both fine, wake me up when some team drafts them on Friday so I can decide if they're worth a fantasy pickup." Utah State's Deven Thompkins led the nation with 32 deep receptions. "Once Im on that field Im in go mode. Scouting reports mentioned his size, 'violent' hands, upper and lower body strength, and run defense as positives about his game. A catalyst in the national championship-winning Georgia Bulldogs defense, their versatile defensive end prospect has seen his stock gradually rise during the season. Given the fact that most collegiate defensive linemen come into the NFL without the advanced techniques they need to deal with the best professional blockers, its a transitional thing. Theres a lot of expectations that come with it. 148. 2022 Prediction Wrap-Up: Did Anyone Believe in the Chiefs? He finished third in the conference to teammate Travon Walker and Alabama's Phidarian Mathis among players listed as defensive tackles with 29 pressures in 2021. But a lowest-in-the-nation blown block rate certainly isn't a bad thing. Sign up for the Touchdown Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Of the analysts, four of the five had him going first overall, and all of them had him going top five. Size and speed are easy enough to quantify. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. This a coaching matter, not a fatal flaw, but it does bear notice. Incidentally: How on earth did Bryce Young take 39 sacks? A team that needs immediate offensive line help will need to look to a more polished player. Travon Walker, EDGE/DL. His high-school graduating class was so small the commencement ceremony lasted just over an hour. Yikes. In reply to Another interesting wrinkle by Travis. Unfortunately, he struggles to disengage when tasked with going against double teams. And it comes with No. The skinny. There are a lot of things that go into production, Baalke said of that issue. selected Georgia defensive end Travon Walker, Analysis on every pick in the first round. Hanson had the Cardinals taking him at 23rd, Kiper and McShay had the Cowboys picking him at 24th and 27th respectively, while Reuter didn't have a team taking him until the second round. The 6-foot-5 and 272 pound Walker showcased his strength, speed and athleticism at the NFL Scouting Combine. 1/10/22 - Indianapolis - Georgia Bulldogs defensive lineman Travon Walker (44) pressures Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Bryce Young (9) during the first quarter at the 2022 College Football. or is this ANOTHER case. Allen had 10.5 in 2019 and Walker believes he can come up with more. He's No. "You try to preserve your body. And now for the flip side of Smith's dossier: he led the nation with 12 holding penalties. Tsss, In reply to We all know itshouldbe by fynsta. He played some very good football through the course of the year., Playing end at the University of Georgia is very different, Walker said at the scouting combine. 2022 Panini Illusions Travon Walker/ Michael Strahan "Rookie Idols" Patch. 1 overall pick will come with some lofty expectations. And then a little bit further down the list we get to Travon Walker. Former Cowboys DE Taco Charlton throws NFL draft shade back at Jerry Jones after owner's joke, one of the best defenses in college football history, when they drafted defensive end Taco Charlton, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. GRADE: A-. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Because at University of Georgia, we play a lot of different defenses, and so therefore you can be scattered all out on the field from playing a five technique, a four I on the front, you play a three. Obviously they weren't really interested in order of operations. It's frustrating that such a simple, important data point is not free and one click away for everyone. When Lloyd and Josh Allen are moving in from the edge, imagine packages in which Walker then kicks inside. Walkthrough just likes pass-rushers who, you know, rush the passer a little more effectively. 1 overall. We know you are here for the FREE analytics, not the ads. NFL DRAFT TRACKER: Analysis on every pick in the first round. but Smith is not at all like Travon Walker. 2 on the FO 40. Don't miss breaking news! A high sack rate is something a top prospect improves upon before reaching the draft. Walker holds his ground and anchors well when getting blocked by a double team and can collapse running lanes quickly. Pete Carroll and John Schneider knew they had to change their draft philosophy in 2022, and they explained it at the scouting combine. However, the positive part about the loss is that their starters played well. Alabama's Evan Neal and Mississippi State's Charles Cross, two of the top three tackle prospects in the 2022 class, tied for 14th at 1.3% (against much stouter competition of course). "Those are the things we felt like in the pre-draft process that we were kind of spot on with him with the people we talked to, and weve just been excited with him and looking forward to the regular season with him this whole training camp.. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Frankly, Walker's Vernon Gholston/Dion Jordan toolsy bust potential is just too great for me to swallow high in the first round of a draft class loaded with excellent defensive prospects. Travon Walker Stats, News and Video - OLB | NFL.com Loading Travon Walker OLB #44 Jacksonville Jaguars active Info Stats Player Info Height 6-5 Weight 272 Arms 35 1/2 Hands 10 3/4. Travon Walker ED #44 Jacksonville Jaguars DOB 2000-12-18 ( 22.1) Height 6' 5" Weight 275 Speed College Georgia Bulldogs Draft Year 2022 Draft Team Jacksonville Jaguars Round 1 Selection 1 Home Fantasy Free Agency NFL Draft Profile View in Premium Stats Get the best of PFF with PFF+ Sign Up An error occured while loading Player Draft Profile. Jacksonville: Sauce Gardner, CB, Cincinnati. Travon Walker wasted no time recording his first NFL sack. The 33rd Team's 2022 NFL Draft Do-Over. It takes buy-in from players. The defense gets team credit for the sack. The Buccaneers blitzed on a league-high 40.8% of their snaps, and had a pressure rate of 28.6%. None of this, mind you, seemed to faze Walker as he spoke to media on a Zoom call while celebrating his big moment with family at a hotel in Atlanta. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. They call it an inexact science for a reason, which is why Tom Brady, the man with more Super Bowl rings than anyone, lasted until the sixth round (199thoverall) in 2000. Enagbare was a relatively consistent pressure-creator, and Tom filled in nicely along the offensive line. So, it wasnt one or two guys getting all the pressures, and everyone else taking a back seat. Being picked No. And it's OK to prefer Walker. This is where the relative lack of advanced technique shows up. Its a process, but he checked the boxes as we went through the process. Only one of them Myles Garrett recorded more than 5.5 sacks during their rookie season (Garrett had 7). Its not at the end of the day just how many sacks they tally or how many pressures they have. Allgeier is a 230-pound bruiser who led the nation with 45 broken tackles but also added 30 missed tackles. In Johnson's case, a low blown block rate helps flesh out his scouting report. Travon Walker's draft stock has soared in recent weeks, and the Georgia defensive standout has emerged as the consensus favorite to be the first overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft. The Football Database has sack data on individual player pages, including sack yards lost. The pressure rate table above also restores Thibodeaux to what Football Outsiders believes is his rightful place atop this year's edge rush class. How many sacks does Travon Walker have? With the first pick in the 2022 NFL draft, the JacksonvilleJaguars select Georgia EDGE Travon Walker. Jacksonville also traded up to the 27th pick in the first round to select Utah linebacker/edge-rusher Devin Lloyd, who might have been the Pac-12s best player in 2021. And its really a good thing that you can do all of that, play defensive end at University of Georgia. DOB 2000-12-18 ( 22.1) Height 6' 5". Sack! Same with Virginia's Dontayvian Wicks, who tied Addison. They are different types of receivers, but they finished the 2021 season tied for fourth in the nation with 23 receptions of 15-plus air yards. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Jaguars send wide receiver Laviska Shenault to Carolina Panthers, Jaguars announce 10 cuts, including wide receiver Laquon Treadwell ahead of Tuesday's deadline, Jaguars' Pederson gets set for tough decisions after loss to Falcons, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Its a different deal, and a different set of defenses. Johnson became a Senior Bowl legend when he practiced his center snaps in the rain between squad practices, when most NFL writers were shivering in their rental cars with the defrosters blasting and wipers thumping. Also, the top prospect should lead his team to lots of lopsided wins, taking away potential sack opportunities. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. He also needs work in certain areas, so its time to see where the first-overall pick fits in an NFL defense. Football Outsiders content published by ESPN. We feel very comfortable about his production run and pass with a lot of upside.. When you look at the whole picture, it becomes easier to see why Baalke and his staff were so eager to bet on what Travon Walker already is, and may become over time. He's going to be fun to watch, I think, all season.'. Also imagine packages in which Jacksonvilles suddenly-talented group of linebackers (Lloyd, third-round pick Chad Muma from Wyoming, and free-agent stud Foyesade Oluokun) moving around and creating offensive disruption through scheme. Let's circle back to pass pressures for edge rushers. Plenty of schools sign top-10 classes, only to go 6-6 and play in some middling bowl game. Experts had viewed this as a reach pick even after it happened, and Jacksonville has work to do in order to develop him. That Walker was able to do so anyway is a testament to his combination of power, lateral agility, and speed to the pocket. I have no idea how these are handles; because the NCAA doesn't track sacks allowed, it's not clarified within the statistician manual. Do you have a blog? What's surprising is that Hutchinson's pressure total isn't near the top of his scouting report at every draft site on the Internet. 1 pick Travon Walker through the years at Georgia. Another interesting wrinkle is the down-without-contact rule in NCAA -- you can fall down and auto-sack yourself in a way you can't under NFL rules. Dont make it any bigger than its supposed to be.. 3 defensive tackle in the country for the 2019 class, per 247 Sports. Last season, per Pro Football Focus, Walker lined up 11 times in the A-gap (either over center or between the center and the guard), 105 times in the B-gap (over the guard or between the guard and tackle), 97 times over the tackle, and 366 times on the edge. Anyway, we all know that Hutchinson can play. Or write about sports? Travon Walker signed a 4 year, $37,372,621 contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars, including a $24,360,088 signing bonus, $37,372,621 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $9,343,155. Or in considering a less-accomplished example from the history of defensive ends taken No. The two have for lack of a better phrase been attached at the hip. Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Pro Football Reference Database. He's a 330-pounder who blasts defenders in the open field, and he just turned 21 two weeks ago, so the upside is there. So, theres a lot of ways to look at production.. 1 overall pick, hoping the defensive stalwart can pair with quarterback Trevor Lawrence to steer . Sports Info Solutions keeps track of both broken and missed tackles, divides them by rushes, and creates a Broken Tackle + Missed Tackle per Attempt rate. 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Walker has superior size and length with elite athleticism and top-level speed - ran a ridiculous 4.51 at the combine while weighing in at 272 lbs Has the long arms you look for - that allows him to keep offensive lineman at bay Can make the impressive chest-to-chest bear hug tackle in the hole due to his ability to wreak havoc in the backfield . He's accounted for three total. He could very well be the top corner in the league for years to come. I don't think the NCAA officially tracks sacks-allowed. Those who are aware of general manager Trent Baalkes history know that hes more than fine betting on athletic projects, and in the end, thats what happened. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft took down Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jarrett Stidham at the halfway point of the first . The comments below have not been moderated, By Dean and fellow linebacker Channing Tindall (26 pressures in 2021, exactly as many as Devonte Wyatt, who the Packers took with the 28th pick) were lust as likely to bring pressure as anybody from the line was. Per ESPN Stats & Info, new Jaguars DE Travon Walker is the first player selected first overall in the common draft era (since 1967) that never made an All-Conference or All-American team in college. This is a position of need for the Jaguars, as well. Avocadoes rot too fast to be a reliable sandwich ingredient and there's way too much toast there. The rookie explained that sometimes Allen will want to implement something into his game, watching extra film or working on a different move. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Nor did it happen when Jalen Carter blocked a field goal. 1 pick overall in the NFL draft on. Whether or not that work has started to happen, or if it's paid off, won't be truly seen until the season gets underway. We all know itshouldbe abbreviated (BT+MT)/A. Murphy is going to be viewed a lot like Travon Walker was last year: a blank canvas with limitless potential. 'Really, you just like the get off. In reply to A post-fumble completion for by Travis. Weight 275. Hometown: Thomaston, Georgia. The write-up in the NFL Guide for Statisticians is a little confusing, but the controlling language is on page 32: When a player (passer) fumbles behind the line of scrimmage while attempting to pass, charge him with a sack and a fumble, and all yardage lost as yards lost attempting to pass (sack yardage.) Once Saturday afternoon arrives, NFL teams can do a heck of a lot worse than drafting the guy who led the nation in hurries and led a Power 5 conference in sacks. Height: 6-5. Walker was mostly a three-point stance player at Georgia, where he was. 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