Less filling, blocks great
It sounds a little odd - that a 6-6, 305-pound lineman might not be big enough to do what is necessary to succeed in the NFL.
But that is one of the knocks on projected top-five draft pick D'Brickashaw Ferguson from the University of Virginia.
"The question is - can he put on a little more weight? Absolutely," said Scott Wright, the president of NFLDraftCountdown.com, who has Ferguson, a left tackle, going fourth to the New York Jets.
"He's still a young guy. He can still physically develop - once he gets into a pro weight-training plan and good plan, he'll bulk up a little bit," Wright said of Ferguson.
"The thing is, you don't want him to get too big, because you don't want to lose what makes him so great," Wright said. "One of his strong suits is he's very athletic, he's light on his feet. And even though he has put on some weight since his freshman year, it hasn't reflected in his play. He's still just as light on his feet and just as agile and mobile.
"The bottom line on Ferguson is that he's as good a pass-blocker as we've seen in a long time," Wright said.
- Chris Graham