Overview

Position: EDGE

College: Notre Dame

Class: Senior (RS)

Age: 23

 

Measurables

Height: 6’3 3/8”

Weight: 255 lbs.

Arm length: 33 1/4″

Hand size: 9 3/8”

 

Athletic testing

40-yard dash: N/A

10-yard split: N/A

Vertical jump: N/A

Broad jump: N/A

Bench press: N/A

3-cone drill: N/A

Short shuttle: N/A

 

Strengths

Prototype overall size. Exceptional length. Plays with outstanding overall effort. Tremendous strength. Powerful hands on impact and staying attached when grabbing opponents. Excellent fundamentals as a run defender. Square and strong setting the edge. Will use one arm to extend and force runs inside by holding the edge. Terrific strength taking on blockers. Consistently extends to keep blockers off his frame. Will overpower tight ends. Works to get off blocks. Uses spins to get off blocks. Flashed quickness to split blockers and get into the backfield. Very patient with great technique as a backside defender. Square and wide shuffling down the line of scrimmage while reading things out as the backside defender. Very aggressive going inside to make tackles. Aggressive hand usage when shaded inside. Sets the edge or gets into the backfield before giving effort to work inside and/or downfield in pursuit. Great pursuit and hustles away from the ball. Relentless when he gets close to the ball. Aggressive helping to finish tackles. Experience as a stand-up rusher and with one or two hands in the ground. Quality burst off the ball. Has natural instincts as a rusher. Very active and accurate hands as a rusher. Encouraging ability to string rush moves together. Can get offensive tackles on their heels when rushing with power. Will show an outside rush path and convert to a bull rush. Excellent spin move. Uses two-handed swipes as a rusher. Effective rip move at the top of the rush. Impressive bend and acceleration turning the corner at his size. Good ability to flatten for a power edge. Very quick inside move. Effective swipe move on inside rushes. Will set up inside swim moves after an outside sell. Long reach and shows aggression hitting quarterbacks. Experience rushing as a three-technique. Played with more speed and burst at Duke before transferring to Notre Dame for his final season.

 

Weaknesses

Average athleticism and explosiveness. Stiff overall movements. Too lumbering on stunts. Can be slow reacting at the mesh point and get caught in no man’s land. Too often makes the wrong read at the mesh point in general. Slower finding the ball when faced with pulling blockers.

 

NFL comparison

Clelin Ferrell

 

Conclusion

Overall, Oben is a strong, high-effort edge defender with great technique as a run defender and an assortment of moves as a rusher. If he can reunlock the ability shown at Duke in terms of quickness and speed at his size, Oben can be a steal.

 

Big Board ranking: #85 | Positional ranking: #11