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Grading System
JASON STEWART
Position: DT
Class: Sr
School: Fresno St.
Conference: WAC
Ht., Wt.: 6'0, 290
40 Time: 5.05
Grade: 3.18

BIO: All-Conference selection as a senior, becoming a full-time starter and registering 79 tackles, 16 tackles for loss and five sacks. Started nine games as a junior posting 40-5-1, after 44-3-2 the prior year when he played seven games with the first unit.

POSITIVES: Explosive interior lineman coming off a sensational senior campaign. Possesses a great first step off the snap, plays with leverage and keeps his feet driving up the field. So quick off the line opponents play back on their heels and have difficulty immediately adjusting. Works his hands, slides off blocks and quickly changes direction pursuing ball handlers from the backside with speed. Fights to get involved in the action and makes a lot of plays behind the line of scrimmage.

NEGATIVES: Short and undersized, engulfed by opponents or handled in one-on-one blocking situations.

ANALYSIS: Very similar to Allan Harper, former Fresno State star drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round of the 2002 draft. Explosion and suddenness make him attractive on the nose or in the three technique.

PROJECTION: Undrafted Free Agent

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