Late round LB

[Burma]

There is a kid from Vanderbilt named Stephen Weatherly that has caught my eye.  He's a 6'4" 267lb DE who Vandy moved to a 3-4 OLB in 2015. I can not find much info on him online yet, other than his stats and his combine performance.  I don't know enough about Vanderbilt to know what their defense philosophy was and how that influenced his stats. But he turned in a good combine performance and really impressed at his Pro-day where he ran linebacker drills.  

I compared his testing results from the combine  with some of the other linebackers projected high as well as a few mid round prospects and the Forrest kid from Kentucky the Bengals were interested in. He compared very well, to even the elite prospects.

• 8th in the 40 @ 4.61 (Darron Lee 4.47, Leonard Floyd 4.60, Joshua Perry 4.68, Ragland 4.72, Eric Striker 4.8, Josh Forrest 4.91)
• T-2nd in 10 yard split @ 1.59 (Lee 1.55, Floyd 1.6, Perry 1.65, Ragland 1.66, Striker 1.69, Forrest 1.7)
• T-5th in 3 cone 7.07 (Lee 7.12, Floyd DNP, Perry DNP, Ragland DNP, Striker 7.3, Forrest DNP)
• T-11th in Short Shuttle @ 4.42 (Lee 4.2, Floyd DNP, Perry DNP, ragland 4.28, Striker 4.46,  Forrest DNP)
• T-12th in Vert @ 31" (Lee, 35.5, Floyd 39.5, Perry 33.5, Ragland 31.5, Striker 30, Forrest 30.5)
• 9th in Broad @ 9'-9" (Lee 11-1, Floyd 10-7,Perry 10-4, Ragland 9.8, Striker 9.8, Forrest 9-10)
• T-2nd in Bench @ 23 (Lee 17, Floyd DNP, Perry 20, Ragland DNP, Striker 23, Forrest 11)
  

Here are his season stats which are only for 12  games. Some, like Ragland had 15.

Player_____ FF__Solo__Asst_Total__TFL__Sacks__INT__PBU__QB Hurries
Weatherly ___2___29____17___46___9.5_____3.5_____0___3_____9
Darron Lee___2___36____30___66___11______4.5_____1___2_____7
L. Floyd_____0___37____37___74___10.5_____4.5_____0___3____10
J. Perry_____0___53____52___105___7.5_____3.5_____0___4_____4
R. Ragland___2___60____42___102___6.5____2.5_____0___7_____6
Eric Striker__1____41____26___67___19______7.5_____1___3____11
J. Forrest____1____39____54___93____6_____3.5_____2___5_____2

He checked off all the boxes, big, fast, agile, strong, and productive when he gets near the QB.  He could be a very useful pickup that could split time at DE and SAM. I would hope he is considered if he's still on the board after the 5th round.