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2025 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about ETHAN DOWNS:
Oklahoma | Hometown: Weatherford, OK | HT: 6036 | WT: 269 | 40 time: 4.69 | Hand: 1058 | Arm: 3158 | Wing: 7712
Three-year starter. Two-time second-team All-Big 12. At his best on the edge as a five-technique. Well-sized defensive end prospect with short arms. Solid explosiveness on the snap and makes decent ground in his initial steps. Gets off the ball with low pad level and engages with impressive leverage. Shows toughness immediately by utilizing excellent hand strength to produce pop on initial contact. Anchors into the ground with a sturdy base and square hips to maintain leverage. Able to shed efficiently to defeat blocks. Tightens down with patience and lateral agility as a cutback defender; will not commit until he has diagnosed the run away from him. Squeezes inside of pullers to stuff runs at the line-of-scrimmage. Versus zone he is able to skinny-up and squeeze his way into gaps to show up in the backfield. Utilizes polished hand movements and quick feet to win occasionally in pass rush. Suddenness and bend to change levels and get underneath the linemen. Proper wrap-up and form when tackling. High effort player and takes pride making plays in backside pursuit. On contact he can lose his balance and fall to the ground. Difficulties creating extension against longer tackles due to short arms. Low impact player in pass rush. Shows a lack of developed pass rush moves and struggles to consistently generate pressure. Not going to be a player you expect to win with pure speed and can get mirrored by tackles.
2024 Stats: 29 T, 9 TFL, 3 sacks, 2 PBU, 2 QBH, 1 FF. OSR:11/37. BP-32, 10-1.63. Draft projection: 7th round/PFA