Bruce Feldman's Freak List 2024.

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Quote:3. Kenneth Grant, Michigan, defensive tackle
The Wolverines have produced more freak defensive linemen in the last half-dozen years than anyone, from Rashan Gary (first-rounder), Kwity Paye (first-rounder), Aidan Hutchinson (first-rounder) and Mazi Smith (first-rounder) to Kris Jenkins (second-rounder). The 6-3, 350-pound Grant is the biggest of all of them. As a sophomore, he helped anchor the nation’s No. 1 defense for the national champion Wolverines, making 29 tackles, 5.0 for loss, with 3.5 sacks; six quarterback hurries, five pass breakups, one interception and one fumble recovery. When Grant arrived in Ann Arbor as a three-star recruit from Indiana, Jim Harbaugh raved about the then-360-pounder running a sub-5.0 40. Anyone doubting Grant’s speed (a max of 18.75 mph on the GPS) only needed to see him run down Penn State running back Kaytron Allen in the open field last year. His ability to fly up Michigan’s reactive plyo stairs test, a series of seven 26-inch-high stairs that players attempt to jump up as fast as possible, is truly freakish. This offseason, Grant pressed a 115-pound dumbbell 34 times on his right and 27 times on his left. He vertical-jumped 29 inches and did a Turkish get-up with a 150-pound dumbbell.

“Watching KG move is like a work of art,” said Justin Tress, Michigan’s director of strength and conditioning. “He plays and trains violent and explosive.”

Quote:4. Jaeden Roberts, Alabama, offensive lineman
The 6-5, 322-pound junior is one of the most impressive-looking lineman in football. He has 18 percent body fat and 272 pounds of lean muscle on his frame. There are many Bunyan-like tales of his feats of strength growing up. Since arriving in Tuscaloosa, Roberts, the Tide’s starting right guard, has continued to power up. He squatted 825 pounds, benched 525 and power cleaned 405 this summer.

The day I met @jaedensta he told me he wanted to hold the gym record for most weight ever pushed on the sled.

Today, at 16 years old, he did it; 1400 pounds ?@StackSports @bestweightroom@SportsCenter @DeFrancosGym@GPCwallace @JPRockMO @AllenTrieu @BleacherReport @rivalsmike pic.twitter.com/HkKzP7Pdon

— Joseph Potts (@TopSpeedLLC) May 31, 2019

Quote:22. Da’Quan Felton, Virginia Tech, wide receiver
One of the ACC’s top big-play threats, Felton had 38 receptions for 667 yards and eight TDs last year in his first season in FBS after shining at Norfolk State. Felton has blossomed into a matchup nightmare. He is 6-5 and 221 pounds, up eight pounds from last year. He has hit 22.40 mph, broad-jumped 10-8 and run a 4.42 in the 40 to go with his 36.5 inch vertical.

Quote:43. Dylan Fairchild, Georgia, left guard
Of all the elite talent in their program, Georgia coaches said Fairchild is their biggest freak. A former two-time Georgia state heavyweight wrestling champ who went 67-0 with 67 pins in his junior and senior years of high school, Fairchild bench pressed 440 pounds, squatted, 570 and power cleaned 370 this offseason. The 6-5, 315-pound fourth-year junior has a 26-inch vertical and broad-jumped 9-2.