Cody Ford, the Oklahoma OT, sits at No. 22 on the consensus board across 27 public boards. The tier model reads him as a role player — 6% elite, 30% starter.
Physicality
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “As a tackle, he's a developmental, high-risk/reward talent.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Ford offers a rare combination of physical and athletic traits that will have NFL teams dreaming of his upside.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a swing-tackle.
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“…Ford offers a rare combination of physical and athletic traits that will have NFL teams dreaming of his upside. He is raw and relatively inexperienced as a starting tackle with exploitable holes that will need to be patched before he can thrive in the pros. As a tackle, he's a developmental, high-risk/reward talent. The safer (and better?) route might be to play him as a guard where he will face less exposure in pass…”
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