(02-28-2025, 07:33 PM)pulses Wrote: and nfldraftbuzz has him as a 3rd rounder I just looked

(03-01-2025, 02:36 PM)Jpoore Wrote: You know how I feel about Donovan Jackson. A guard who can play LT in a pinch? Yes please. Imagine the offense tbh is year if we had Donovan Jackson there instead of our backup LT. but that being said I feel confident you can get him in a trade down. Rd 2 looks like the meat of this draft.

(03-01-2025, 05:29 PM)pulses Wrote: We're not drafting Jackson we never even met with the guy.

Quote:INDIANAPOLIS — Donovan Jackson offered a simple reason for accepting a move to left tackle last fall.


“At the end of the day,” Jackson said, “I just like winning more than anything else.”

As injuries piled up at tackle, the Buckeyes needed Jackson to move from left guard and make a midseason switch to patch up their offensive line and preserve their national championship aspirations.

After making 31 starts at left guard since 2022, Jackson took over as the Buckeyes’ starting left tackle in November and remained in the role for the rest of the season.

While Jackson’s quick transition was a critical development as Ohio State went on to win a title two months later, it also might have given him a boost as a professional prospect, raising his stock for this year’s NFL draft.

“It shows my versatility a little bit,” Jackson said. “It shows my athleticism as well. I feel like it certainly helped.”

The switch to tackle is not likely a permanent one. Jackson, who had met with nearly half of the league’s teams during the scouting combine this week, said a majority see him as a guard.

“I mean, I’ve played the position for a majority of my career,” Jackson said, “but a lot of teams had a good impression of me playing different positions.”

Jackson drew a tough assignment in his first start at left tackle. As the Buckeyes visited Penn State for a top-five matchup, he faced Abdul Carter, an explosive pass rusher who is in contention to be the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Carter twice got around Jackson to sack quarterback Will Howard.

But Jackson never surrendered another sack as the starting left tackle. Over Ohio State’s final eight games, including four in the College Football Playoff, he allowed only seven quarterback pressures, according to Pro Football Focus.

The experience at tackle helped elevate his pass protection and should carry over as he appears likely to return to guard.

“There are times at guard when there is still going to be an end on you,” Jackson said. “Guys can come out in a rushmen package, sack package or anything like that.”

He said he appreciated the opportunity provided by the move to tackle.

“I’m very grateful for the experience,” Jackson said. “Unfortunately, the way I got it wasn’t the way I wanted it to go. We had fantastic guys who were playing the position. But when my number was called, I went into it with the best mentality”

Asked if he had a preference between guard and tackle in the NFL, Jackson smiled.

“I just like playing offensive line,” he said. “I like playing anywhere around the line.”

(03-01-2025, 05:37 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Don't you mean haven't met with him yet? They'll likely be attending the OSU Pro Day, it's not like it's all that far away.

He seems to me to be the exact sort of OL that the Bengals would be interested in. He's a team player and just wants to play wherever he's needed to help the team.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/how-donovan-jacksons-move-to-left-tackle-for-ohio-state-impacted-his-nfl-draft-stock/ar-AA1A3qUJ?ocid=BingNewsSerp

(03-01-2025, 03:56 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Those sites are slow/lazy about updating their prospect boards/rankings. NFL.com has Donovan Jackson ranked as the #18 OA prospect.

https://www.nfl.com/combine/tracker/participants/

(03-01-2025, 07:44 PM)pulses Wrote: If he's there in the 3rd yes but not before that.

(03-01-2025, 08:01 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: He's the 18th best rated prospect by NFL.com, and you're saying he's a 3rd round pick at best? Dude, you're going to lose a lot of draft credibility if you keep following those bullshit sites. The NFL site is pretty much the gospel.

Tyler Booker
School: Alabama

Height: 6045
Weight: 321
Arm: 34 ½”
Hand: 11”

— The Draft Network (@TheDraftNetwork) March 2, 2025

(03-02-2025, 12:22 PM)Synric Wrote:

Tyler Booker
School: Alabama

Height: 6045
Weight: 321
Arm: 34 ½”
Hand: 11”

— The Draft Network (@TheDraftNetwork) March 2, 2025

(03-02-2025, 01:01 AM)pulses Wrote: Mike Renner whose on NFL.com all the time said he's a third rounder.....

(03-02-2025, 08:31 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: I think they're getting ready to replay Ratledge's group coming up on NFL Network. 

(03-02-2025, 02:51 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I listened to a Booker interview on Sirius yesterday and he seems like a great kid. Had no aspirations to play Tackle but would if a team asked. 

I have a feeling some online coach somewhere thinks I can make this long-dude a LT

(03-03-2025, 08:46 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: I think Bengals go Edge first round.  Maybe, just maybe Starks if he is there.

(03-04-2025, 01:13 PM)XsandOs Wrote: I look at this as a basic approach. We have cut a DT and RG. So, should the approach for the draft be G and DT? Of course, all this discussion changes if we get a FA G.

As we know, Guard talent is sparse in the draft, whereas DT class is deep. So do we go G in the first and DT in the second? Also, keep in mind that if Will Johnson falls to us in the first, I don't see how we pass him up. I would not want Jahdae Barron.

Tyler Booker or Membou, if we go G in the first round. If they are gone, then hoping for Jackson, Milum or Zabel in the second.