Trevor Penning OL/OT Northern Iowa

STRENGTHS
Reminds me of Titans Taylor Lewan. He is nasty, with good size and length to play one of the tackle positions. He has good enough feet to be an excellent run blocker and shows leadership skills through his play on the field. Trevor has solid lateral agility and does a good job once he gets his hands on his opponent in locking him down and not allowing any depth on a bull rush. He has excellent strength in both his lower and upper bodies to be moved inside and become an impact player on the offensive line for the team that selects him.

CONCERNS
Trevor struggles with his balance, change of direction, quickness out of stance, and struggles against second moves. If you get Trevor going one way, he struggles to change direction. His lack of changing direction skills will also affect his ability to make his blocks at the second level too.

BOTTOM LINE: 2.61
My guess is that teams might select him thinking he can play one of the tackle positions but the truth is, I believe they will have to move him inside for him to be an impact offensive lineman. Most of it is because of his nastiness and the fact he will be committing penalties because of that nastiness. The other reason is that his techniques for the tackle position are not disciplined enough. Those techniques are not consistent enough, and he gets lazy and surprised by pass rush moves and when this happens he commits penalties. All of that being said I think he could be a hell of a guard and I think he has excellent potential to be a dominating pulling guard. Nevertheless, playing the tackle position is not totally out of reach for him in the future once he matures and understands what is expected of him to be a tackle in the NFL. I believe for the purposes of selecting him in this draft I would think most teams will be evaluating him as a potential impact guard. At least for me, that’s what I see. If most teams are looking at him as a tackle he will be selected earlier than I would select him so look at Rob’s board for that information but for me, I’m thinking he is a potential dominating guard.