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Oshane Ximines – Edge/DE Old Dominion.
6'3 253 lbs. Oshane had an underwhelming combine. He had a bad 40 time and 20YS. A below average VJ, BJ and 3CT; and a good bench. Overall pretty poor results compared to what you hope for. But nothing that disqualifies his ability to be a good player or severely limits his upside. As for his production in college, he had a lot with multiple years of tape to look it. This makes him one of the safer options as we know it wasn't a flash in the pan season. Not to mention he showed improvement each year. While I couldn't find out his age it is fair to assume as a 5th year player he's older than most other prospects which may limit his upside. While he had good stats he rarely played elite competition.
Here are a few things I love to see edge players do. Defend passes and force fumbles. Oshane does these both a decent amount. He seems like a solid run defender which is surprising considering his weight. I wonder if that will change when he enters the NFL and faces bigger and more athletic guys. While he seems like a good pass rusher, nothing really sticks out. His bend is okay, his burst is okay, his bull rush is okay, his hand fighting is better than okay. That's probably the best part of his game. How well he uses his hands to win the position. He is able to set his guy up to win both outside and inside and has the ability to do both provided he wins the hand fight contest.
He's sometimes in too big of a rush to get up field and takes himself out of the play. While I worry about his size potentially making it hard for him to be an every down player he certainly has starter potential. There isn't likely to be a situation you need to take him off the field for unless he needs a break and that is something I find very valuable. While he isn't 270 that doesn't mean he can be an every down DE. A lot of DEs are able to take on a very load at that weight. The I'm confident that his pass rush will translate okay, but the run D will be questionable. He rarely has every had to face anything that close to an NFL quality OT. That makes me hesitate. Grade 5.3
While I really like your reports, I wish you'd double-check position averages. This thread is a must read for me, but if I can offer some critique, you consistently call combine results poor or disappointing when they're actually above average. How is 62 percentile for EDGE 40 yard dash a "bad"time? Your expectations are unrealistic, other than for high first round athletes.
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