Laurence Gibson, OT - 243rd Overall Pick

Laurence Gibson, Virginia Tech, #63

Height	Weight	Arm	Hand	10 Yd	40 Yd	Bench	Vertical	Broad	3-Cone	Shuttle	60 Yd Shuttle
6-5	305	35 1/8	10 3/8	1.81	5.04	24	33.5	113	7.72	4.56	DNP

Game Film Evaluated:

East Carolina (2014)

Wake Forest (2014)

Pros: Quick feet. Excellent quickness out of his stance, able to get to the 2^nd level. Really good at turning his man out of the hole. Flashed the ability to man handle LBs at the 2^nd level when he connects on his downfield blocks. He can block down and completely collapse that side of the line.

Cons: Bends at the waist when beaten to the outside. Struggles to hit the moving target. Needs to reset his feet and slide instead of reaching and getting off balance. Needs to add bulk, got pushed back into pocket when he let them to his body. Struggles to stay engaged with defenders, needs to add strength. Gives up inside leverage way too often, gets his hands outside and will be flagged for holding. Gets caught reaching and over extended often. Needs to keep his feet moving and push them around the QB.

Summary: Laurence Gibson is an ideal project offensive tackle prospect with significant upside to be a tackle in the future.  He has excellent length and ideal quickness in his feet. His technique is a mess at this point and needs to get in the weight room. He flashes what he is capable of on film, ability to get upfield easily and destroy 2^nd level defenders, collapse the line and open up huge cut back lanes. He gives up leverage often, needs to keep his feet moving and guide the rusher past the QB. He has got to bend at the knees instead of at the waist and improve his hand placement to keep inside the defender. I project Gibson to be a backup left tackle prospect who has high upside for a zone blocking scheme if he can add strength and take to coaching to become an excellent swing tackle on game day within a few years. 5^th round value.