Jacksonville Jaguars’ best sleeper draft pick: Myles Cole, EDGE, Texas Tech
What does Jaguars GM Trent Baalke love above all else, outside of pounding press box tables when his teams are losing (I know this from personal experience)? Draft prospects with ridiculous tools who are still looking to put it all together in a technical sense. Baalke certainly got one of those guys with Texas Tech edge-rusher Myles Cole.
At 6-foot-6 and 278 pounds, Cole has measurables right out of science fiction, and with four sacks and 27 total pressures in 281 pass-rushing reps last season, his tape is starting to back it up. Like a lot of collegiate defenders with ridiculous physical skills, Cole has yet to develop his hands for maximum impact against blockers — more often, he would just Godzilla those poor guys, and that would be that. So, maybe he’s a year away from doing any real damage, but when you get a guy like this with the 236th overall pick in the seventh round, you can afford to wait.
“Size, length, he’s a developmental guy for sure,” Baalke said of Cole after the pick was made. “Kind of got onto him later in the process just with his measurables, they just stood out. At that stage of the draft you’re looking for traits to develop, and he’s certainly got some.”
Jaguars GM Trent Baalke likes toolsy guys who need development, and he got one in Texas Tech 7th-round EDGE Myles Cole. His spider chart is ridiculous (ran a 4.67 40 at 6'6", 278) and had 27 pressures in 281 pass-rushing reps. 86¼" wingspan is 98th percentile for edge-rushers. pic.twitter.com/l1frztNNv9
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