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HEIGHT: 6’6″
WEIGHT: 310
POSITIVES
— Makes use of efficient high-low hand carriage and method in go safety to strike and latch the outer pec of rushers with a responsive catch hand to corral his goal
— Succesful anchor to regain steadiness and die slowly after initially getting jolted towards the bull-rush
— Energetic drag hand with good spacing to overhaul and type out primary line video games and stunts
— Churns and strains to capitalize on drive-block momentum to displace and steer defenders away from the ball
— Does a good job on angle-drive blocks of walling off and securing rush lanes
NEGATIVES
— Upright enjoying type with shaky physique management results in leaning and constantly being overextended, particularly towards the push-pull method
— Struggles to well timed modify and keep in entrance of strikes throughout his face within the run and go sport
— Will drop his exterior foot and open his hips early towards upfield, high-side rushes to create a gentle inside shoulder and two-way gos
— Takes poor angles to backers on climbs leaving him routinely astray on the second-level
NOTES
— Born Feb. 25, 2004
— 3-star recruit from the 2022 class, per 247Sports
— First Clemson non-specialist to start out each sport of the season in each his freshman and sophomore years since Clelin Ferrell from 2016-17 after Ferrell redshirted in 2015
OVERALL
Blake Miller is a three-year starter at proper sort out inside Clemson’s balanced, a number of run scheme. Miller has well-rounded dispersion of weight on his body with stable arm size, sufficient athletic skill and play energy.
Miller wins as a run blocker with a stable preliminary burst out of his stance to get into his matches shortly on angle-drive blocks and wall off opponents on quick-hitting runs. He churns and runs his ft via contact to make the most of a defender’s momentum towards themselves as soon as caught leaning, which results in some flashes of displacement and an occasional full-body end. He struggles mightily with sustaining blocks towards the push-pull method and sudden strikes throughout his face because of persistently excessive pad stage. He takes erratic angles on climbs to the second stage, which saps his skill to trace targets.
In go safety, Miller exhibits sufficient vary to get to his spot on time with efficient high-low hand carriage to strike and latch the outer pec of the upfield and high-side rushes with a responsive catch hand to corral his goal. This energetic catch hand additionally interprets to dragging and having the ability to kind out line video games and stunts. Whereas Miller has some flashes of discovering his anchor late towards energy strikes, he’s routinely jolted again towards stutter bulls and speed-to-power and can chunk, drift and create gentle edges when being arrange by stutters and hesitations.
Total, Miller is a younger and skilled proper sort out prospect with a sound method in go safety and sufficient bodily traits to perform and compete as a backup within the NFL particularly if he can present some positional versatility through the all-star sport circuit.
GRADE: 5.9 (Backup/Draftable — Sixth-Seventh Spherical)
OVERALL RANK: 126
POSITION RANK: OT10
PRO COMPARISON: Blake Hance
Prospect exercise numbers, measurables (40-yard sprint, hand dimension, and so on.) and 2024 statistics will likely be added at a later date.
