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TYLER DAVIS | Clemson 6020 | 301 lbs. | 5SR Apopka, Fla. (Wekiva) 11/1/2000 (age 23.48) #13

BACKGROUND: Tyler Davis, one of four children, grew up in Apopka (20 miles north of Orlando). He started playing football at the youth level and played throughout middle school. Davis enrolled at Wekiva High School and saw immediate varsity snaps as a freshman defensive lineman (coached by former NFL defensive lineman Kenard Lang in 2015). As a junior, he helped lead Wekiva to a 12-2 record, including the first district championship in school history. As a senior, he finished with 34 tackles, 14.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, one interception and a 23-yard touchdown catch on offense. Davis was named an Under Armour All-American and played on a 2018 squad that included seven teammates who signed with FBS programs. A four-star recruit, Davis was the No. 12 defensive tackle in the 2019 recruiting class and the No. 18 recruit in Florida. His first FBS scholarship offer (UCF) arrived after his sophomore season, then his first major offer (Florida) followed. Davis eventually narrowed down a total of 30 offers to Clemson, Florida State, Miami and Ohio State. On signing day, he committed to Clemson and graduated early to enroll in January 2019. Davis took advantage of the extra year of eligibility and returned to Clemson for his fifth season. He graduated from Clemson with his degree in management (December 2022). He accepted his invitation to the 2024 Senior Bowl. His older brother (Tim Jr.) played defensive tackle at UAB (2007-10). His older brother (Tre) played linebacker at Citadel (2010-11) and Jacksonville University (2012- 15). He has a younger sister (Tyra). His father (Tim Sr.) is a retired veteran of the Orlando police force. The family made national news in October 2011 when Tim Sr. shot and killed Tim Jr. during an altercation. Tim Sr. was charged with second-degree murder but was found not guilty after he argued self-defense (February 2013).

YEAR (GP/GS) TKLS TFL SACK FF PD INT NOTES
2019: (15/13) 43 9.0 5.5 0 2 0 Second Team All-ACC; Most starts by a true freshman DL in school history; Enrolled in January 2019
2020: (7/7) 13 5.0 2.0 0 0 0 Missed five games (sprained MCL)
2021: (9/8) 23 2.5 2.5 0 0 0 First Team All-ACC; Missed three games (torn bicep); Missed one game (COVID-19)
2022: (12/11) 31 9.5 5.5 0 1 0 Second Team All-American; First Team All-ACC; Team captain; Missed two games (injury)
2023: (13/13) 45 3.5 0.5 0 0 0 First Team All-ACC; Team captain; Had one carry for minus-6 yards on a fake punt attempt
Total: (56/52) 155 29.5 16.0 0 3 0
HT WT HAND ARM WING 40-YD 20-YD 10-YD VJ BJ SS 3C BP
COMBINE 6020 301 9 1/4 31 3/8 75 5.02 2.88 1.71 28 1/2 9’0” 5.00 - 29 (no 3-cone — choice)
PRO DAY 6021 300 9 1/2 31 1/4 75 7/8 - - - - - 4.78 7.74 - (stood on combine; shuttle, 3-cone only)

STRENGTHS: Naturally dense body type … quick off the ball with coordinated athleticism for his size … moves well laterally to cross the face of blockers or efficiently redirect his momentum … go-to move is a fast club-swim … squares up blockers, and his active hands help him separate … can drive single blockers in reverse … has the body control to keep his feet versus cut blocks … outstanding chase effort on plays away from the line … excellent backfi eld vision versus the run … lists “screen hunter” on his resume under specialized skills … voted a two-time team captain … set the Clemson record for most career starts (52) by a defensive player.

WEAKNESSES: Undersized with short arms and tightness in his hips … strong at the point of attack but not overpowering and lacks pop with his hands … inconsistent countering his moves after Plan A is stopped … lack of length leaves him falling off ball carriers … overall pursuit range is just average … unable to put down roots versus double teams … missed two games as a super senior because of injury (September 2022); torn bicep (September 2021) and required surgery but missed only three games; missed several games and parts of others with sprained right MCL (September 2020) … lack of backfield production in 2023 sticks out like a sore thumb.

SUMMARY: A five-year starter at Clemson, Davis was a versatile defensive tackle in defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin’s four-man front, lining up as both a nose and three-technique. Despite a career low in sacks as a super senior, he put together his best tape as a run defender in 2023, earning All-ACC honors for the fourth time in his five years. Davis plays aware versus the run with his feel for play development and the violent hands to free himself and show off his range. As a pass rusher, he doesn’t show a consistent plan but can reset the line of scrimmage with his bull rush and flashes a closing burst when he sidesteps blocks. Overall, Davis doesn’t have high-upside traits that NFL teams generally desire, but he reads well, stays active and offers the experience to add depth to an NFL defensive line room. He projects as a rotational nose tackle in the NFL, although it might be tough for him to become much more than that.

GRADE: 6th-7th Round

[RAMMAN76]

Welcome to the Rams Tyler.

[Elvis]

[RAMMAN76]

The Rams’ strategy of beefing up the defensive front continued in Round 6 with the selection of Clemson defensive tackle Tyler Davis. It’s the second time they’ve selected a defensive tackle in this draft and the fourth front-seven player they’ve taken, doing everything they can to solidify the D-line without Aaron Donald.

Cameron DaSilva
April 27, 2024 2:03 pm PT

Davis is 6-foot-2 and 301 pounds, fitting well at defensive tackle in the Rams’ 3-4 scheme. He brings some much-needed size to the table for a team that’s a bit small up front – something that showed at times last season.

While he may not be a great pass rusher, he is a stout run defender. He was so productive that he earned All-ACC honors four times in college (three first-team, one second-team), finishing his career with 155 tackles and 29.5 tackles for a loss. He also had 16 sacks, though he had only a half-sack in 2023.

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JORDAN WHITTINGTON | Texas 6005 | 205 lbs. | 5SR Cuero, Texas (Cuero) 10/1/2000 (age 23.57) #13

BACKGROUND: Jordan Whittington was born and raised in Cuero (a small town 90 miles southeast of San Antonio). His father (Quincey) once l ed Cuero to a football state championship. Whittington started playing football at the pee-wee level. Once he got to middle school and realized he had the talent to go far in the sport, Whittington began taking football seriously, including training with his older brother. He attended Cuero High School and won a starting role on varsity, first at safety and then at receiver, and he earned first team All-District honors on both sides of the ball. As a sophomore in 2016, Whittington was named District MVP with 1,825 all-purpose yards and 22 total touchdowns (12 receiving, four receiving, one passing, two punt returns, one kick return, two interception returns), as he led Cuero to a 13-1 record and the district title. As a junior, Whittington earned first team All-State honors at wide receiver with 73 catches for 1,457 yards and 16 touchdowns. He also earned honorable mention All-State honors at safety with 45 tackles and five interceptions (three returned for touchdowns), adding another touchdown on a
punt return. Whittington missed the first four games of the 2018 season because of a groin injury, but he finished with 1,794 total yards (948 receiving, 846 rushing), including a
legendary performance in the state championship game. Lining up as a wildcat quarterback, he set the championship-game record with 334 rushing yards (breaking
Eric Dickerson’s 4A record) and six total touchdowns, as Cuero won its first state title in 31 years. Whittington was named the game’s MVP on offense and defense. He earned All-State honors again as a senior and finished his prep career with 60 total touchdowns and more 5,400 all -purpose yards. Whittington also played basketball and ran track (sprints and relays) in high school, setting a personal best of 22.51 seconds in the 200 meters.
A five-star recruit, Whittington was the No. 2 athlete in the 2019 recruiting class and the No. 6 recruit in Texas (three spots behi nd Garrett Wilson). He was ranked No. 34 nationally (sandwiched between QBs Bo Nix and Jayden Daniels). With his older brother as his trainer, Whittington created a workout tape after his freshman season and drew a scholarship offer from Baylor (May 2016). He added eight more offers before his sophomore season even start ed, then picked up several major offers during the 2016 season (Ohio State, Oklahoma and Oregon). Whittington finished with more than 40 offers before he narrowed down his choice to F lorida, Texas, Texas A&M and UCLA. He’d grown up rooting for the Gators but had butterflies about leaving the state and committed t o Texas after his junior season (March 2018). Whittington was the No. 3 recruit in head coach Tom Herman’s 2019 class. Though he signed as a receiver, the coaching staff moved him to running back. He
was projected to play a major role as a true freshman but suffered a season-ending injury. Whittington moved back to wide receiver prior to the 2020 season. His older brother (Quincey) was a star running back at Cuero High School and signed with SMU in 2008 (same signing class as WR Cole Beasley). Quincey is now a professional bodybuilder and personal trainer and has worked with several future Division I athletes, including Jordan and New England Patriots QB Bailey Zappe. Jordan’s uncle (Arthur Whittington) played running back at Cuero and then at SMU. The Oakland Raiders selected him in the seventh round (No. 176) of the 1978 NFL Draft, and he won a Super Bowl in 1981. Jordan Whittington was a five-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and graduated with his sports
communication degree (May 2022). He accepted his invitation to the 2024 Senior Bowl but was unable to participate because of injury.

YEAR (GP/GS) REC YDS AVG TD DROP NOTES
2019: (1/0) 2 17 8.5 0 0 Redshirted; Missed the final 12 games (groin); Moved to RB; Enrolled in January 2019
2020: (5/2) 21 206 9.8 0 0 Missed five games (meniscus); 15-yard rush TD; Pandemic-shortened season
2021: (8/3) 26 377 14.5 3 4 Missed four games (clavicle)
2022: (13/12) 50 652 13.0 1 3 Honorable mention All-Big 12
2023: (14/8) 42 505 12.0 1 3 Honorable mention All-Big 12; Team captain
Total: (41/25) 141 1,757 12.5 5 10
HT WT HAND ARM WING 40-YD 20-YD 10-YD VJ BJ SS 3C BP
COMBINE 6005 205 10 30 3/8 73 5/8 - - - - - - - 18 (no workout — left hamstring)
PRO DAY 6004 206 10 30 3/8 73 3/8 - - - - - - - - (position drills only — left hamstring)

STRENGTHS: Well-put-together athlete with quickness and strong strides … gets upfield quickly and looks like a running back after the catch, churning extra yardage with his run balance (27 forced missed tackles combined over the last two seasons) … plucks the football with good-sized hands … uses his body strength to gain positioning and attack like a power forward … understands route leverage and drops his weight quickly for tight breaks … will ing to get after defenders as a blocker … injury history was challenging but says he “wouldn’t change a thing,” because it developed his mental toughness (head coach Steve Sarkisian: “I don’t know i f there’s another guy in our locker room who’s more respected than Jordan Whittington.”) … experienced at multiple receiver positio ns across the offense.

WEAKNESSES: Average top-end speed and burst … wasn’t asked to consistently create passing windows in the Texas offense … struggled to find the end zo ne in college (twice as many career drops as touchdown catches) … NFL press coverage will be a challenge … extensive injury history that started in high school — groin injury running track as a junior (May 2018), which required hernia surgery and sidelined him for the first four games of his senior year; tore the same groin muscle as a true freshman in Texas’ 2019 season opener (second career carry) and required two surgeries; torn lateral meniscus in right knee (September 2020) and underwent surgery; broken clavicle (October 2021) and missed four games after surgery; wasn’t able to work out at the combine because of a left hamstring injury (March 2024).

SUMMARY: A two-year starter at Texas, Whittington was primarily an inside receiver in head coach Steve Sarkisian’s spread, RPO offense (82.2 percent slot in 2023). A former five-star recruit, his Longhorns career didn’t go as planned — primarily because of injuries — but he contributed when on the field and was a team captain as one of the more respected “program” guys on campus. Whittington is well-built, strong and athletic with a good-sized catch radius and competitive balance with the ball in his hands. But he didn’t consistently create for himself as a route runner and never felt like a big-play threat on tape (caught a touchdown once every 28.2 receptions at Texas). Overall, Whittington’s college career was one of perseverance, and although it will take more than that to carve out an NFL career, his dependable and athletic skill set will speak to pro coaches. He projects as a back-end roster receiver with inside-outside ability and special-teams upside.

GRADE: 7th Round-Priority Free Agent

[RAMMAN76]

Welcome to the Rams Jordan.

[Elvis]

BEAUX LIMMER | Arkansas 6045 | 302 lbs. | 5SR Tyler, Texas (Lee) 6/10/2001 (age 22.88) #55

BACKGROUND: Beaux Limmer, who has one sister (Miranda), grew up eastern Texas. He played multiple sports in childhood and picked up football in second grade. Limmer attended Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler and played primarily at defensive tackle as a freshman. After lining up as a blocking tight end as a sophomore, he started at right tackle as a junior and helped Lee to a 6-4 record and playoff appearance in 2017, after the program had won only two games in 2016. As a senior, Limmer earned All-Conference honors at tackle and helped the program tally more than 3,500 yards of offense. He was also a competitive powerlifter in high school with personal bests of 515 pounds in the squat, 360 in the bench and 485 in the deadlift (485). A three-star recruit, Limmer was the No. 10 center in the 2019 class and the No. 83 recruit in Texas. His first FBS offer came from Texas State midway through his junior season, followed by Houston, North Texas, SMU, Tulsa and UTSA after the season. Several Power 5 programs also got into the mix, including Baylor,
Northwestern and Oklahoma State. Lee head coach Kurt Traylor had a connection at Arkansas (his brother, Jeff Traylor, was the Razorbacks’ assistant head coach before becoming the head coach at UTSA in 2020), and Limmer earned an offer from Arkansas at the school’s junior day and committed less than a week later. He signed as an interior offensive lineman and was the No. 17 recruit in head coach Chad Morris’ 2019 class, which also included QB KJ Jefferson and WR Treylon Burks. Limmer was planning to declare for the NFL after the 2022 season, but head coach Sam Pittman promised to better prepare him for the pros with one more year in college (and a move to center). He accepted his invitation to the 2024 Senior Bowl.

YEAR (GP/GS) POSITION NOTES
2019: (4/0) Redshirted; Enrolled in May 2019
2020: (7/5) RG Pandemic-shortened season
2021: (13/11) RG Started the final 11 games
2022: (13/13) 12 RG, 1 OC Moved to center for the bowl game after Ricky Stromberg opted out
2023: (12/12) 11 OC, 1 LG
Total: (49/41) 28 RG, 12 OC, 1 LG
HT WT HAND ARM WING 40-YD 20-YD 10-YD VJ BJ SS 3C BP
COMBINE 6045 302 9 1/2 31 7/8 77 7/8 5.22 2.98 1.75 36 1/2 9’2” 4.57 7.47 39
PRO DAY 6045 304 9 1/4 32 1/4 77 1/4 - - - - - - - - (stood on combine testing)

STRENGTHS: Good-looking frame with powerful shoulders and low body fat … considered the “strongest” player on the team, according to his Arkansas teammates, and his weight room feats are legendary in the program (39 bench press reps of 225 pounds led all participants at the combine; squatted 700 pounds in July 2023 and could have done more if they let him, according to Arkansas strength and conditioning director Ben Sowders) … the term “MAN” (mean and nasty) showed up numerous times in my notes … flexibly lowers to swing his hips when fitting blocks … leads with his physical hands without sacrificing balance … alert eyes and takes efficient angles on climbs and combo blocks … durable and dependable (36 consecutive starts in the SEC) … starting experience at all three interior line positions.

WEAKNESSES: Plays a tad top-heavy with a good amount of his body mass concentrated in his upper half … inconsistent base strength and ability to easily sit down to halt power … will lose his center of balance at times and needs to play with more consistent leverage points … doesn’t have ideal arm length and often lunges for his hands to reach his target quicker … tends to play hurried, which leads to oversets and cross-up opportunities for defenders (Arkansas had a 37-yard touchdown pass negated on the 2023 LSU tape after he was flagged for holding) … eager to slam his hands into his target but would like to see improved positioning for prol onged sustain, especially at the second level.

SUMMARY: A four-year starter at Arkansas, Limmer replaced Ricky Stromberg at center in former offensive coordinator Dan Enos’ balanced run scheme. After playing predominantly at right guard his first four years in Fayetteville, he made the shift inside to center i n 2023 and continued to build on his NFL resume. Known for his strength in the weight room and on the field, Limmer also developed a competitive edge as a blocker and has ironman toughness, rarely coming off the field (led Arkansas in snaps played in 2022 and 2023). He is very quick with his initial post-snap movement, along with the range to spring outside runs or screens, although he needs to discipline his footwork and narrow posture, especially in pass protection. Overall, Limmer must continue to fine-tune his leverage points and play with better overall control, but he has the functional athleticism and finishing demeanor to continue developing. He projects as an immediate backup (center and guard) with starting potential at center, ideally suited for a wide-zone scheme (similar to Jake Brendel).

GRADE: 4th Round

[RAMMAN76]

Welcome to the Rams Beaux.

[PARAM]

Well this certainly was a meat and potato draft!!! Defense with 5 of the first 6 picks, with the one offensive pick being a very good RB. We know McVay could only watch that so long and after taking care of one more item of business (PK), he went offense/offense. I'd bet the final pick could be a QB (Pratt? Hartman?) or another offensive player (TE? Trey Knox?).

[majik]

Certainly seems like a value pick with that 4th round grade and his versatility of playing Guard or Center is something McSnead values