2016 NFL Draft scouting report: Kenny Clark

The Tennessee Titans hold the number one pick in the 2016 NFL Draft (for now) and they have top picks in every round except the fourth. With 5 picks in the top 140, they will have plenty of assets to manipulate the draft to find some great players.

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Whether they move up or down is up to them, but it is time that most of the fans start to really look at the players the Titans could and should be targeting. That is why I will start publishing some of my scouting reports on players in the following weeks.

There are some things I don’t have access to, and neither do most people outside of the NFL. Medical records, extensive background checks, personality tests, charisma, intangibles, and true football intelligence like play comprehension are things that I can only judge based off of the film and what I see and hear about players.

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However, from a pure on the field standpoint I can grade how these players might develop in the NFL and whether or not they are a fit for the Titans. Before I publish these, I look at a moderate sample size (at least three games) thanks to the great folks at Draftbreakdown .com and the work they are doing.

My grading scale looks like this:

-Absolute must take, the next Reggie White: 100

-Blue-chip player. Dominant at his position and will be a top-5 player in two years: 99-98

-Very good starter, 1st round lock: 97-93

-Above average starter with potential to be very good. Fringe 1st: 92-90

-Day 2 player who will be an average starter from day 1: 89-80

-Could start, but should rotate early: 79-70

-Not a starter, but a developmental player or someone who had great production in college and is worth a look: 69-30

Do not draft: DND

Now that you know all that, here is my scouting report:

Kenny Clark

DT, UCLA

6’3” 310 lb.

Games Watched: Stanford, Arizona, California

Pros

-Definitely has some of that Danny Shelton in him where he plays right over the and just gets in the center’s pads so quickly and bull rushes so well.

-Great job feeling where the blocks are going by using his hands to judge pressure. Sniffs out screens and misdirection easily.

-Flows down the line and does a great job against ZBS.

-Plays with good pad level.

-Again, great hands. Brings them with a pop and combines it with leg drive to get underneath blockers.

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Cons

-When he gets double teamed, if he is losing he doesn’t make a pile which a nose tackle has to do at the next level.

-Should be relegated to a penetrating 1-tech/NT at the next level because he doesn’t really have the lateral agility to get into the backfield and not whiff on a QB.

Summary

-Clark is a really fun player to watch who demands double teams, but one big issue I have is that against the pass he gets into the backfield and then misses the QB often. Has to finish those plays to earn a top-10 caliber grade. Disruption is production is a phrase going around a lot and that is true, but when you pick someone as highly as he could be drafted based on everything else (top 15-20) then you have to finish those plays.

Grade: 93

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