Height: 6-1
Weight: 241
40: 4.75
Year: 4Sr
Quan Sturdivant
School: North Carolina
Position: ILB
Bio: Three-year starter who totaled 61/8.5/3 as a senior, although he missed five games with hamstring issues. All-Conference selection as a junior after posting 79 tackles with 12 tackles for loss. Posted a career-best 122 tackles as a sophomore.
Positive: Aggressive run defending linebacker who makes a lot of plays between the numbers. Breaks down well, has good quickness, and explodes up the field filling gaps in run defense. Chases the action hard, holds his ground against blocks, and gets depth on pass drops. Flashes the ability to run downfield with tight ends.
Negative: Lacks great size and shows minimal force on the blitz. Not a strong open-field tackler and struggles to immediately bring ball carriers down at the point of contact. Easily slowed by blocks. Lacks quickness scraping laterally. Average athlete.
Analysis: Sturdivant was a terrific run-defending linebacker at North Carolina who also showed skill making plays in space. He does not possess great size for a middle linebacker at the next level, and he does not have the cover skills to be moved to the weak side. He may be best on the inside of a 3-4 alignment but will need time to develop and physically mature.
Updated 4/26
| Rank | Rnd | Name | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st | Andrew Luck Stanford | QB |
| 2 | 1st | Robert Griffin III Baylor | QB |
| 3 | 1st | Matt Kalil USC | T |
| 4 | 1st | Trent Richardson Alabama | RB |
| 5 | 1st | Morris Claiborne LSU | CB |
| 6 | 1st | Justin Blackmon Oklahoma State | WR |
| 7 | 1st | Fletcher Cox Mississippi State | DT |
| 8 | 1st | Melvin Ingram South Carolina | OLB |
| 9 | 1st | Quinton Coples North Carolina | DE |
| 10 | 1st | Dontari Poe Memphis | DT |
| 11 | 1st | David DeCastro Stanford | G |
| 12 | 1st | Michael Floyd Notre Dame | WR |
| 13 | 1st | Riley Reiff Iowa | T |
| 14 | 1st | Michael Brockers LSU | DT |
| 15 | 1st | Kendall Wright Baylor | WR |
| 16 | 1st | Cordy Glenn Georgia | G |
| 17 | 1st | Mark Barron Alabama | S |
| 18 | 1st | Nick Perry USC | OLB |
| 19 | 1st | Luke Kuechly Boston College | ILB |
| 20 | 1st | Stephon Gilmore South Carolina | CB |
| 21 | 1st | Ryan Tannehill Texas A&M | QB |
| 22 | 1st | Dre Kirkpatrick Alabama | CB |
| 23 | 1st | Stephen Hill Georgia Tech | WR |
| 24 | 1st | Courtney Upshaw Alabama | DE |
| 25 | 1-2 | Peter Konz Wisconsin | C |