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In the shortened 2020 season, however, Oweh collected zero sacks or forced fumbles while making 38 tackles. He entered the 2021 NFL Draft having made four sacks in his last 18 games,

For the NFL, Oweh's best fit could come as a 3-4 outside linebacker, although he also has the potential to be a 4-3 defensive end. In a 4-3, it could make sense to rotate him a fair amount because offensive tackles who have a 50-70-pound advantage could wear him out, so keeping him fresh as a pass rusher and available to make an impact in the fourth quarter would require rotating him.

Team sources believe Oweh could go late in the first round or early in the second round during the 2021 NFL Draft. They say his track record and tape are that of a second-day pick, but because he is a workout warrior, they think a team could fall in love from his pro day and ends up taking him late in Round 1 or early in Round 2.

VikingLord wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:30 pm This is his writeup on the Walterfootball site:

https://walterfootball.com/scoutingreport2021JOweh.php

A couple of highlights from that:

In the shortened 2020 season, however, Oweh collected zero sacks or forced fumbles while making 38 tackles. He entered the 2021 NFL Draft having made four sacks in his last 18 games,

For the NFL, Oweh's best fit could come as a 3-4 outside linebacker, although he also has the potential to be a 4-3 defensive end. In a 4-3, it could make sense to rotate him a fair amount because offensive tackles who have a 50-70-pound advantage could wear him out, so keeping him fresh as a pass rusher and available to make an impact in the fourth quarter would require rotating him.

Team sources believe Oweh could go late in the first round or early in the second round during the 2021 NFL Draft. They say his track record and tape are that of a second-day pick, but because he is a workout warrior, they think a team could fall in love from his pro day and ends up taking him late in Round 1 or early in Round 2.

So based on that, he has a lot of potential as a situational pass rusher or pass-rush specialist who unfortunately didn't put up the sack numbers in college to show that he can indeed do that consistently.

I wouldn't say Oweh is a player to avoid, but I would avoid him at pick #14, and I wouldn't consider taking him at all in the first round for that matter. In the first round (and especially in the upper half of the first round) you want an every-down player regardless of whether that is on defense or offense. Oweh probably isn't going to be that as a pro unless you put him at OLB. He'd be more intriguing there given his speed and athleticism, but unfortunately he hasn't played that position so drafting him high and putting him in at OLB would be a big gamble too.

I agree with you on moving back in Round 1. That makes sense, just not if the end result of that move ends up being a semi-productive situational pass rusher.