Player: O’Cyrus Torrence
School: Florida
Measurables:
- Height: 6’5”(NFL Combine)
- Weight: 330(NFL Combine)
- 40: 5.31(NFL Combine)
- 10 Yard Split: 1.84(NFL Combine)
- Bench: 23(NFL Combine)
- Vertical Jump: 23.5”(NFL Combine)
- Broad Jump: 8’5”(NFL Combine)
- 3 Cone: DNP
- 20 Yard Shuttle: 4.81(NFL Combine)
- Other Notes: Torrence’s Combine gave me extremely mixed feelings. He looked like a big, powerful mauler on tape but his bench at the combine suggested otherwise. On tape I thought Torrence was an “awkward” mover, but he looked extremely smooth in positional drills and ran faster than I would’ve thought. Overall, he was a winner though.
Graded Offensive Line Traits:
- First-Level Run Blocking: 8.5/10
- Second-Level Run Blocking: 7.5/10
- Pass Blocking: 6.5/10
- Blitz/Stunt Pickup: 6.25/10
- Pulling(if applicable): 6/10
- Footwork: 6.25/10
- Hands: 7.25/10
- Initial Contact: 5.75/10
Prospect Grade: 54/80; 67.5%- Great starter with potential to be a top tier or elite level starter
Projected Draft Day: Early Round 2- Late Round 2
Player Comparison: Teven Jenkins
Player Summary:
O’Cyrus Torrence seems to be the No.1 IOL in this year’s draft class amongst the consensus. He’s just not. I think Torrence is a good prospect, but he does not seem like a first round prospect in my perspective.
I like Torrence as a run blocker, he’s great at the first level. He’s a big mauler who gets the job done. He doesn’t look quite as smooth or quick getting to the second level; however, he is pretty efficient when doing so. Torrence is also a pretty good puller, but only on short pulls where he is asked to block the end man on the line of scrimmage either to the play side or back side. I didn’t see any plays of him “long pulling”, like on a pitch or something like that, but it also didn’t look like he would be able to get out in front of a play such as a pitch. It’s possible I’m wrong but he didn’t look like he moved in a way that would be able to get him out in front plays.
In terms of the negatives, pass blocking. In the tape that I watched Torrence struggled fairly significantly in pass protection. I watched three games of Torrence: Georgia, Tennessee, and Utah. When I watched Georgia and Tennessee, Torrence had pretty rough days pass blocking, struggling against top tier D-Linemen like Jalen Carter and Byron Young. After watching these two games I made a decision to watch Utah. The reason I did this was because I wanted to see if Torrence could pass block against a team that I knew wasn’t known for having elite defensive lineman. The answer was yes, Torrence was good in the Utah game with little to no struggle against the rush.
So why was this an important decision for me to watch Utah? Because it showed me that Torrence will be okay against average D-linemen in the NFL, but will struggle against the top tier and elite D-linemen. First round picks should not struggle as much in pass pro as Torrence had. Can he improve with NFL coaching? Absolutely, but we will only know with time.
UPDATE 3/11:
Despite a pretty good combine, Torrence’s draft projection didn’t change much in my eyes. It changed from Mid Round 2- Mid round 3 to Early Round 2- Late Round 2. Torrence ran faster than I would’ve thought, and looked really good in his movements in positional drills, but I still worry about how he’ll hold up in pass pro, plus his bench was worse than I thought it’d be.