> OFFENSIVE TACKLE
Jedrick Wills (JR)
Alabama
Measurables: Height: 6’4” Weight: 312 lbs.
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Arms: 34¼” Wingspan: 83½” 40 Time: 5.05 1.82 10-yd split
NFL COMBINE: 34.5” vertical 113” broad 4.84 sec. 20 yd
In a Nut Shell:
College Career:
Pass Pro: Wills displays an elite kick slide, with quick feet, enabling him to cut off edge rushers. Once in his pass set, he mirrors well with a wide base (sometimes too wide) and, with top-notch mobility attributes, easily adapts to any kind of pass rush move. Wills extends his arms to keep rushers from getting into his chest but could stand to throw a more jarring punch. He overreaches sometimes but manages to still keep a solid base and anchor.
Fit with the Packers:
A five-star and top-50 recruit from Lexington Kentucky, Wills spent the last two seasons protecting Tua Tagovailoa’s blind side at right tackle for the Crimson Tide.
Run Block: Wills is fast off the ball and does his best work in short yardage—straight ahead or down blocking is where he just overpowers opponents. Otherwise, when on the move, he doesn’t always lock on and maintain, letting defenders slip away after initial contact. Wills gets to the second level easily and aggressively but needs to improve his targeting.
An All-State selection from Kentucky, Wills considered staying in his home state before opting to take on a bigger challenge at Alabama. And a challenge it was. The top-50 national recruit could not break into the Crimson Tide’s starting lineup as a freshman, although he did see some playing time. Wills won the starting right tackle job as a sophomore and started 28 straight games over the next two seasons, allowing only one sack during that time. Wills has shown massive improvement in his two years as a starter and was named a second team AllAmerican in 2019.
Adding an offensive tackle of Wills’ caliber would be a dream come true for the Packers. With Bryan Bulaga leaving the Packers, Wills could step in as the new starter or, at worse, spend a year as a swing-tackle backup. Wills’ presence would relieve a lot of worries in Titletown, but alas, the Packers don’t possess the top-10 pick it would likely take for this to happen. Sitting at the 30th pick in the draft, they don’t even have the draft capital to trade up significantly.
While he doesn’t have the length of many of his peers, his NFLready skills put him at the top of this list.
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