Inside the Draft: ‘Instinctive’ Earnest Brown IV Had What Scouts Were Looking For | Ep. 7

@Matthew Gudino Rams selected Northwestern EDGE Earnest Brown IV with the No. 174 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Brown IV (6’4/270) is a former four-star talent who was considered the sixth-best strong side defensive end and the top-rated player from Northwestern’s 2017 recruiting class. Though he didn’t start a single game until his senior season, Brown IV had a strong first five games of his junior year, earning a sparkling 86.6 defensive grade by Pro Football Focus before tearing a pectoral muscle early into the year and ultimately missing the rest of the season. He started all nine games as a senior, posting 32 tackles, 8.5 TFL and a sack while earning honorable mention All-Big Ten recognition. His athletic profile is just average, as his slow-footed 5.01-second 40-yard dash and 4.67 RAS will attest. Brown IV will try to carve out a niche as a situational run-defender similar to Jalyn Holmes with the Rams.

I seen the other report that had the wrong stats on the Brown IV.
I do like his size and he will learn from AD. If he had 4.39 speed he would have been selected in the first round.

@jokers4 poker Rams didn’t have draft picks in the 1st round

@Matthew Gudino i know that, if he truly had 4.39 speed another team would have picked him in the first round. His true speed was 5.01.

@jokers4 poker Brown the 3rd better increasing more speed, Making it around 4.67 to 4.63 seconds

@Matthew Gudino I’m more interested in their reaction time off the snap and engaging and beating the lineman. That’s what AD makes his money on…
I love the players we are going to battle with on both sides of the ball. Numbers are just numbers what really matters at the end of the season did we win a Championship!!!
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