Here is my scouting report on Nick Bosa, EDGE out of Ohio State:

General Comments:

• Lined up as a 5t, 3t
• Good hands to keep frame clean
• Enough burst to off-balance
• More of a speed to power conversion guy or double swipe rip outside move with a club swim inside move.
• Good chase and effort. Not elite but very solid.

Pass Rush:

• Good club-swim as his inside move
• Has enough power for a bull-rush
• Great bend and hip flexibility to round the corner.
• Good at the swipe and rip around the edge. Gets blocker to stall their feet opening the path for him to rip past.
• Good hip turn. Good hand usage to keep frame clean.
• Good hip bend to rip underneath offensive tackles.
• Has the ability to win inside with a stutter feet and rip
• Great hand usage.
• Good hip turn to aim at the QB.
• Will miss in open space on quarterbacks
• Good hands swipes
• Good use of hands, good quickness.
• Speed and hand placement to get to the edge
• I think he has the ability to create speed to power bull rush but isn’t as refined as his double swipe outside move
• Commanded double teams.
• Cant use tight ends and running backs to stop him.
• Great hand usage on swipe swim move to get inside
• Amazing power and strength. Commanded double teams.
• Enough quickness to penetrate if necessary
• Game against USC was a masterpiece. Constantly in the backfield. Kept fighting and dominating his opponents.
• Can be a dominant speed to power rusher with a one arm stab

Pass rush will fail:

• Can get widened too far when he doesnt set up his hand move
• Has the ability to become a speed to power rusher but I want to see him finish with a bull-jerk.
• Can get decleated on double handswipe when he doesn’t win initially
• Feel like he needs to win with hands early or else his pass rush will stall. First move HAS to connect. Not a ton of pass rush move recovery.

Run Defense:

• You don’t run directly at him unless you are using misdirection/zone read option because he’s too strong and his ability to disengage is too great
• Will occassionally miss handoff exchanges.
• Can lose contain after he disengages and goes inside to make a play.
• Gets up the field too quickly not realizing that plays happen behind on shuffles.
• Can control the edge with a strong, long arm getting inside the chest plate of the offensive tackle.
• Good quickness off snap, forces cutback from interior.
• Great at backside run defense. Strong hands and quickness to penetrate.
• Good hands and moves feet well across line.
• Good strength to seal edge and force run inside.
• Great outside contain ability. Peers inside with good hands and disengages.