Kingsley Suamataia-OT-BYU

Originally posted by OnTheClock:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
If he has a great season he will play himself well beyond the 49ers range but there's a lot of Tristan Wirfs in his game. For what Kyle is looking for in his offense, not sure there's many better fits at tackle.

3. Kingsley Suamataia, BYU, offensive lineman

Coaches have always been great resources for this project over the years. That said, it's been awhile since I stared at a response as long as I did the one I received from BYU offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick this month.

"Kingsley Suamataia is the most athletic and violent OL I've ever coached. More athletic than Garett Bolles when I was at Utah. More athletic than Blake Freeland," he wrote.

Bolles was a first-round pick and has started all 82 games he's played in the NFL, and the 6-8, 302-pound Freeland, BYU's left tackle last year, lit up the combine last spring by running a 4.98 40, vertical-jumping 37 inches — a combine record for offensive tackles — and broad-jumping 10-0, which was 1 inch away from the combine record for that, too. More athletic than Freeland, especially in that Suamataia weighs 23 pounds more, seemed like a mouthful.

The 6-6, 325-pound Suamataia didn't allow a sack last season, a run of 361 pass plays.

"Kingsley is off the charts," BYU sports scientist Skyler Mayne says. "He's faster than our linebackers. He's just a Freak in the weight room. What makes it look different from Blake is that Kingsley just makes it look a little more effortless. Blake was a better jumper, but Kingsley was our fastest lineman by a good bit."

According to Mayne, Suamataia hit 21.5 MPH last year as a 318-pound freshman. That's really good for a 218-pounder, much less an athlete 100 pounds more than that.

"He's so fluid and smooth," Mayne says. "I think he could run in the 4.8s. He's definitely a sub-5 guy (in the 40). He's super explosive and can throw a ton of weight around. You watch him on the field throw a big defensive end around with one arm, and he doesn't even break stride. If he wanted to be a tight end or fullback, because he's so naturally gifted and has the agility, he could."

https://theathletic.com/4768413/2023/08/15/bruce-feldman-college-football-freaks-list/

Frankly, he is starting to look like a young version of the next Trent.

Is he a late 1st guy or will we have to move up?

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Is he a late 1st guy or will we have to move up?

Depends on how his offseason goes but right now he's probably late 1st to early 2nd round. He struggled this year switching to LT and just like with McGlinchey, I think he's limited to being solely a right tackle in the NFL but as a right tackle he provides the same sort of top level run blocking while having a much higher upside as a pass blocker than McGlinchey did.

The more I look around, the more I can see him being the 49ers pick. He's that monster run blocker that would help to further unlock this offense, just outright demolishes people and his athletic profile reminds me of Tristan Wirfs so its possible that he still moves up quite a bit but there's probably three or four tackles that are locks to go before him.

For the 49ers he'd be a Day 1 starter at right tackle.

Still hope we are not caught flat-footed when Trent decides to retire.

Originally posted by Murphys1:
Still hope we are not caught flat-footed when Trent decides to retire.

It isn't realistic to expect a true replacement the way we went from Staley to Williams unless we make a Trey type of trade or trade for an elite tackle. I think it'll be easier to get 3 or 4 very good OL before we find another Trent. I think this is very achievable if we make it a priority. Get a center that could hold their own against a DT and take advantage of the offensive tackle class and get two. I think we can create some true depth and give ourselves multiple options for life without Trent.

Really would like to draft this guy in the 1st round

Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
It isn't realistic to expect a true replacement the way we went from Staley to Williams unless we make a Trey type of trade or trade for an elite tackle. I think it'll be easier to get 3 or 4 very good OL before we find another Trent. I think this is very achievable if we make it a priority. Get a center that could hold their own against a DT and take advantage of the offensive tackle class and get two. I think we can create some true depth and give ourselves multiple options for life without Trent.

ya most of the top end OT get drafted in top 5 to top 10

We go really lucky getting Staley and then Williams

really lucky

Early on this is my choice for our pick. He's young, athletic, and if you believe in bloodlines he's a cousin of Penei Sewell. I would love to have him compete with McKivitiz, while being mentored by Trent for a year or two.

Originally posted by GorefullBore:
Early on this is my choice for our pick. He's young, athletic, and if you believe in bloodlines he's a cousin of Penei Sewell. I would love to have him compete with McKivitiz, while being mentored by Trent for a year or two.

early to mid 2nd.. he's still young and soft at the moment..

He'll be at the Senior Bowl.

Originally posted by Hopper:
He'll be at the Senior Bowl.

Very excited for some of these OT prospects that should be available when the niners pick,

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Very excited for some of these OT prospects that should be available when the niners pick,

You hate The OL tho.

Originally posted by 9ers4eva:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Very excited for some of these OT prospects that should be available when the niners pick,

You hate The OL tho.

i spit on OL, patooie

Originally posted by Murphys1:
Still hope we are not caught flat-footed when Trent decides to retire.

Well, we know what Bill Walsh would do with Trent. He would cut or trade him a year before his play declined and move on to the next player in line.

This was the Walsh method. A method, btw, developed before the salary cap era. So, the contract didn't matter. Large contract or small, when Walsh decided it was time to move on, he did. A surprising number of very popular players, who were still quite effective, were sent packing under this method.

I don't think that Walsh ever got caught "flat-footed."

Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
i spit on OL, patooie

You are even worse.