NFL Analysis
4/11/24
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Tyler Guyton 2024 NFL Draft: Combine Results, Scouting Report For Dallas Cowboys OT
The 2024 NFL Draft is getting close, making it an excellent time to highlight some of the class' best players with scouting reports. Each report will include strengths, weaknesses and background information.
Here's our report on Tyler Guyton.
Tyler Guyton's 2024 NFL COMBINE RESULTS
- Height: 6-foot-7
- Weight: 322 pounds
- 40-yard dash: 5.19 seconds
- 10-yard split: 1.76 seconds
- 20-yard shuttle: 4.17 seconds
- Vertical jump: 34.5"
- Broad jump: 10'7"
- Arm length: 34 ⅛”
Tyler Guyton 2024 NFL DRAFT SCOUTING REPORT
STRENGTHS
- Massive OT with outstanding athleticism that shows up when run blocking and pass protecting. Impressive mover.
- Shows natural kick slide with good knee bend in pass protection. Excellent body position with good stature.
- Good lateral movement with loose hips to open when threatened to the outside off the snap or with moves.
- Good feel for using his hands in pass protection, keeping them inside to control the rusher and maintain his base.
- Strength to anchor effectively in pass protection. Strong grip along with natural power to control pass rushers.
- Pass protection snaps in which he reset his hands effectively to maintain control of the rep.
- Plays with awareness and recognition of stunts. Has accelerated vision to react calmly. Uses hands efficiently.
- Looks for work when his man dropped out as a coverage defender. Delivers blows with force and power.
- Shows clean footwork as a base-drive run blocker, working off the second step and generating leverage and power.
- Has athleticism to climb to the second level and track his blocking responsibility; has power to take LB to the ground.
- Outstanding movement as a puller in pin-pull concept. Easy mover in space with excellent balance.
- Raw strength and power to move DEs and LBs and put them on the ground. Plays with a competitive edge.
WEAKNESSES
- Lack of experience with only 14 starts at RT in his college career. Result is technique and execution issues.
- Struggles to stop at the top of his pass set. Balance and body control issues to redirect inside vs. counters.
- At times, he leans and lunges as a drive blocker without a firm base, leading to missed contact and quick defeats.
- Were some pass protection snaps in which he dropped his head at the point of contact before attempting to recover.
- Were some pass protection snaps when he was beaten across his face with quick inside counters that broke down his technique.
- Overall, balance and body control issues pop up throughout his tape as a run blocker and in pass protection.
NFL TRANSITION
Guyton does not have a lot of experience playing RT. He only has one year as a full-time starter, but his 2023 tape showed a prospect who has a solid foundation at the position with rare length and athletic, efficient footwork. Guyton also has a good sense of how to effectively use his hands in pass protection.
Overall, Guyton is a higher-level athlete with the elite physical tools you look for, showing snapshots of dominance with his technique and easy, fluid movement in the run game and pass protection. Guyton glided out of his two-point stance in pass protection with an efficient and comfortable kick slide. He has the balance, body control and range to close down the edge, yet he also has the firm base to anchor and control the speed-to-power pass rush.
Guyton had outstanding snaps in the run game with his quickness off the snap and his easy movement that belied his power on contact, especially on down blocks, but he also generated short-stroke power on base and drive blocks.
Guyton is a strong prospect, but you must understand his lack of experience position will likely mean that he needs coaching and development before he can become a full-time starter. Given that Guyton has only one year of starting experience and given his size, length and movement, it would not surprise me if NFL teams saw him as a LT.
OTHER NOTES
Guyton was a full-time starter at RT for only one season at Oklahoma, and he does not have much experience playing the position. During his last year in high school, he played on the defensive line, and his only start at Oklahoma in the 2021 season came at H-back. Guyton had only 14 starts at OT in his Oklahoma career
