Lucas Niang, the TCU OT, sits at No. 68 on the consensus board across 23 public boards. The tier model reads him as a role player — 7% elite, 20% starter.
Athleticism
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Dancing bear with good agility and a great football IQ.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “He doesn't carry his weight proportionally and looked heavier/slower in 2019, but he clearly has NFL starting talent.”
Technique
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Niang is a scheme-diverse run blocker with athleticism for move blocks and technique/leverage to open running lanes with power.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a swing-tackle.
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“…Dancing bear with good agility and a great football IQ. He doesn't carry his weight proportionally and looked heavier/slower in 2019, but he clearly has NFL starting talent. Niang is a scheme-diverse run blocker with athleticism for move blocks and technique/leverage to open running lanes with power. He plays with top-notch awareness and instincts in pass pro, but he's an early opener in his pass sets and I'm not com…”
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