Lance Zierlein, NFL Media Draft Analyst, has today published his 2.0 Mock Draft. In 1.0, like many of his colleagues, had Jacksonville taking the New Michael Vick Louisville Dual-Threat Lamar Jackson. However, with Blake Bortles signing his new deal many analysts think the Jags will now go a different way and not draft a QB in the first couple of rounds.
Zierlein has Combine Standout and LSU standout D.J. Chark. D.J. Chark ran the fastest 40 yard dash time, a test for pure explosiveness, of all Wide Receivers. He ran the 40 yard dash in 4.34 seconds. Chark had the best Vertical Jump of any Wide Receiver of 40 inches and had the 4th best Broad Jump of 10’9″. The 2018 NFL Combine was full of standouts, Chark is no different being top of many categories and ahead of many of his 1st round competition such as Alabama WR Calvin Ridley.
Chark is described in his NFL Draft Profile as a “Tall and fast, Chark is a linear route-runner who may need a limited route tree, but who has the potential to back safeties off the line of scrimmage. Chark will be coveted by play-action passing attacks looking to win with chunk plays down the field, but he’ll need to improve his ball skills to take advantage of all that speed. Chark could struggle early on against press coverage, but he has the ability to become a solid WR2”. With the Jaguars being a Ground and Pound team first using former LSU and Chark teammate Leonard Fournette, play action is something Jags Offensive Coordinator Nathaniel Hackett loves to use. With Charks ability to take the top off of Defence’s he could be a great Deep Threat for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Interesting note Chark took up Fournette’s number once he left LSU.
LSU is one of the leading schools for producing Receivers in the Nation. And Chark is described by Zierlein as “Chark might be the next LSU receiver with great physical talent who was underutilized in college. With blazing speed and outstanding explosiveness” saying that Chark could find his way into the 1st Round depending on how Wide Reciever needy teams do in Free Agency.
Links:
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/d.j.-chark?id=32462018-0002-5599-1512-af2ae612016b
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