[Direckshun]

OLB Vic Beasley, Clemson -- As soon as the 2014 season ends, war rooms across the NFL will gather and begin discussing how to unlock the potential of Vic Beasley. In Beasley, you have one of the most electrifying passrushers in college football, with lightning speed around the edge, an absolutely gorgeous spin move, and ferocious tenacity that never takes a play off. Beasley is likely to time in the 4.5s, and flies across the field. What Beasley can't do, however, is play defensive end full time. Clemson plays Beasley with his hand in the dirt on 90% of the plays, but Beasley's slight frame of 6'3", 235 lbs is nowhere near NFL caliber for a fulltime end. Instead, Beasley will have to find a home at rushbacker or even an OLB in a 4-3 scheme much like Denver runs. Beasley is not just small, he's apparently not terribly strong: he is a finesse rusher, incapable of pushing back OTs who outweigh him by 80-90 lbs. He is terrible against the run, preferring to dodge blockers and take chances diving for the ballcarrier rather than holding up blockers and shedding them. And while he's perfectly athletic to play 4-3 OLB (which I'd argue he's physically perfect for), he has spent so little time at Clemson standing up and playing coverage. As a result, Beasley is perhaps this draft's most important project; a passrusher this brilliant needs to be unleashed, but a team needs to field him in a way that will utilize his tools without adversely affecting the team by playing him full time. I see him as a Top Ten pick, no question, he's only a little smaller than Von Miller and Barkevious Mingo who both went in the Top 5; Miller is a 4-3 OLB, Mingo is a 3-4 rushbacker.

Post Combine (2/24): Not remotely a worry that Beasley is big enough to be a full-time 3-4 OLB. He weighed in at 245, and it was CLEARLY all muscle. Incredible athlete, I think he's the best passrusher in this draft.