2020 NFL Draft: Jonathan Greenard is falling under the radar
By Seth Steere
Greenard deserves more respect
Let me be the first to tell you, Jonathan Greenard is a stud and deserves your respect. One of the first games I put on was the Georgia game; if you were to look at his box score after the game you would come away unimpressed, but that’s why you don’t box score scout.
Andrew Thomas is Georgia’s left tackle and is widely viewed as the best offensive tackle in the 2020 class and Greenard embarrassed him on several occasions.
Andrew Thomas doesn’t end up on the ground too much, but it happened a couple times against Jonathon Greenard. Once Greenard can learn some pass rush moves and improve on his hand technique, he will be a terror at the next level. Probably going to be higher in him than most. pic.twitter.com/r5Z2HMVefO
— Steere (@SethSteere) November 20, 2019
The video above is one example, of Greenard getting the best of Thomas. It doesn’t end in a sack, but Greenard forces Fromm to step up in the pocket and throw the ball sooner than he’d like too. If you were just looking at the box score, you would miss plays like this. He may not be the biggest or the fastest, but he has a great understanding of leverage and a great feel for the game.
He attacks every play with a plan and perhaps his best trait is his ability to make adjustments to his pass-rush plan. In the first half against the Bulldogs, Greenard struggled to get into the backfield, but when the second half rolled around things changed.