He's a giant human that'll be a near two-year starter at left tackle for a pretty good Power 5 program. The giant human is doing a lot of the heavy lifting there.
I'm curious to see what he'll look like this year because he wasn't always clean and yeah, he looked a bit slow at times. We'll see.
Jalen Rivers was drafted in the 5th round and Markel Bell's presence facilitated Rivers to a full time move to the interior, which he'll now play in the pros. Tackle has a higher premium. I know he's got warts, but I think its not unfair to think he can be in that draftable projection right now. If you look at any draft, you'll find that R5-R7 OT (starting late in R4 for some teams, too) are filled with selections of these 6'5"-6'8", 310 to who-knows-what-weight P5 offensive lineman with warts they try and develop. Maybe thats him or maybe thats him on the UDFA side of things.
I said this before he even enrolled here...but he didn't come here to play school. He always seemed like a player that took his development serious and had a plan to be out of here in two years. He seems on track to do just that, but we'll see if he's just another in a long line of talented players that give us 75 cents on the dollar here.
, Bell steps up big time then I feel bad for opposing dlines (not really).
