Revenge of the Birds
The Texas A&M edge rusher had some insane production in his time at Purdue, what happened with the Aggies?
We have gone through the consensus board, now we have to look at the players who the Arizona Cardinals have met with.
It won’t be as many, or there is overlap, we will not look at them again, but it will allow us to continue to build our board with some confidence.
This time, we are just using the Walter Football meeting tracker, and going in alphabetical order, and only top 30 visits.
Next up is one of my favorite prospects in this class, Nic Scourton, the former Purdue pass rusher, who went to Texas A&M and saw his production drop dramatically in one of the worst schemes for edge rushers in college football.
From Lance Zierlein:
Physical edge presence with the potential for creating havoc on all three downs. Scourton can power across the blocker’s face and into gaps but is an average “set-and-contain” run defender. He plays with adequate hustle and range in pursuit and hits runners with heavy pads. He’s an eclectic rusher with a mature rush plan and rarely shows opponents the same look on consecutive plays. He won’t outrace or bulldoze tackles, but he utilizes tempo alterations and a bag full of moves and counters. Teams threw chips and double-teams his way out of concern and respect. Scourton’s size, demeanor and rush talent give him a chance to become a productive three-down starter off the edge.
From PFF:
He has a strong upper body but plays with high pad leverage when aligned as an OLB — naturally better from three-point stance. At Purdue, he showed a wide variety of pass-rush moves, both in power and finesse. He also has a really nice spin move that he goes to when tackles over set to the outside. In 2024, we didn’t see all those moves as much or as effectively, but they are still there. His hand work is fast but felt more ineffective this season when it came to staying clean and truly winning a rep.
Scourton looked different at Purdue. Not just from a play perspective, but from an overall size perspective.
He was playing at the weight he came into the combine at, coming in at 6-3 and 257lbs, but they bulked him up and he was allegedly playing in the 270’s at A&M which makes sense why he seemed slower and less explosive.
I think Scourton would be a nice addition on day two, would give the Cardinals a nice young rusher in the rotation and he can take over if someone doesn’t work out, Browning or Ojulari.
The question becomes, does he make it to 47?
