Washington Football: Joe Tryon full steam ahead towards 2021 NFL Draft

From Washington Football to the 2021 NFL Draft, Joe Tryon is turning pro

Opt outs aplenty, Washington Football has lost one of their top defensive players in edge rusher Joe Tryon as he has declared for the 2021 NFL Draft. He has become the first player from the PAC-12 conference to opt out of the 2020 season amid the cancelation of their season due to the ongoing health crisis.

In a shallow crop of running backs, Tryon has the chance to land in the top-five of the class and can see his draft stock rise before the 2021 NFL Draft.

What Joe Tryon brings to the 2021 NFL Draft

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Listed at 6-5 and 262, Tryon brings essential length off the edge for the Washington Football program and hopes his game translates to the next level. As a sophomore with the Huskies a year ago, Tryon has shown great production as a pass rusher in the PAC-12.

As the Huskies fell short of a conference championship, Tryon racked up eight sacks and 12.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage for Washington in 2020. In a class led by Gregory Rousseau, then a significant drop off in talent, Tryon has a chance to push himself over the top at the NFL Scouting Combine, which he will now spend the next six months training for.

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The opt outs do not look like they are going to stop anytime soon, especially with two of the Power Five conferences postponing their seasons until potentially either late Fall or the Spring. Sitting on just one full season of tape, Tryon is going to have to put on a show at the combine in order to show NFL scouts and general managers he is ready for the next level.

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