ILB Jordan Zumwalt, UCLA -- Zumwalt is easily one of the best ILBs to come out in this year's draft. Zumwalt's lanky body (6'4", 235) doesn't quite match his hard-hitting, line-of-scrimmage crashing style of play, but it's hard to argue with the results. He's very strong crashing the line of scrimmage, with a penchant for shedding blocks like water and getting into the backfield. He's less comfortable dropping back into coverage, and that's only going to get worse in the NFL. His best fit is as a 2-down ILB in the 3-4, although I'm sure he can be a situational linebacker in some 4-3's.
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