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DE Shawn Oakman, Baylor -- Few things grab your attention more aggressively than a 6'9" passrusher who moves fluidly and with great speed. Oakman is undoubtedly going to be drafted in the Top Ten on measurable alone. Not only, at 6'9", 275 lbs, is he physically perfect for a 4-3 DE, but he seems to be athletic enough to play the 3-4 OLB position if a team actually gambled on him -- which they won't. Oakman's enough of a huge project to just get him to live up to his crazy potential, much less asking him to do something he never did at Baylor and stand up at the snap. The jolly green giant has extremely good explosiveness off the snap, and oftentimes is able to leverage his great size into the chest of the opposing tackle, who doesn't ever seem to be able to get their hands on him first. Oakman needs work on his tackling, and his run defense is suspect. But his get-off is fantastic by itself, and he's sure to blow up the Combine in 2015. Oakman is also a very hard worker on the field, pursuing a play even if it's run to the far end of the field. That said, he has only put up outstanding statistics this year against really bad offenses. The second he plays real NFL-caliber tackles, how will he adjust? He's going to be a massive project at the next level, and he can either use his amazing frame to take off immediately like Jason Pierre-Paul, or post middle stats while the franchise who drafted him waits on his potential like Ezekiel Ansah. I personally would take a hard look at him in the middle of the 1st at the soonest.
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