2020 NFL Draft: Florida Gators prospects to watch in Week 1
By Dan Matney
NT Kyree Campbell
Campbell is a two-down nose tackle that possesses intriguing quickness for someone his size.
He’s a plugger with a 6-foot-3, 303-pound frame and flashes good short-area quickness.
Campbell is disruptive on the interior as a run defender. He times his jump well and is explosive coming off the snap.
He plays with good leverage and can anchor down and force interior runs to the outside. Campbell is a bully at the point-of-attack and can stack-and-shed and can finish when he has the opportunity.
Campbell is also exceptional vs. double teams and does a nice job collapsing them, causing havoc on the interior.
Most nose guards aren’t utilized on third down, and that’s mostly the same for Campbell. This isn’t always the case, though.
Campbell has flashed the ability to collapse the interior as a bull rusher and consistently generates push when he’s one-on-one. He needs to refine his pass rush tool bag but he does flash a swim move.
Campbell is mostly a power rusher but his active hands and his agility leave plenty of room for growth in this area.
He’ll be facing off against an offensive line that is still coming together for the Hurricanes. They have new starters at all three interior spots, although left guard Navaughn Donaldson saw time at right guard and tackle last season. None of them have seen an interior run defender of Campbell’s caliber yet. He’s going to be a pain to deal with at the point-of-attack at game long.