The Offensive Tackle class is arguably the best position group in the 2024 NFL Draft, with players like JC Latham, Olumuyiwa Fashanu, and now Georgia’s Amarius Mims. Mims has immense potential that every NFL team salivates for. The former 5-star top 15 recruit was a valuable reserve for most of his first two years. Mims started at Right Tackle at the end of his sophomore year in the 2022-23 college football playoff. In a high-pressure situation, Amarius shined using his massive frame, great arm length, and strength to dominate the competition.
In 2023, Mims became the full-time starting Right Tackle and was off to a dominant start. However, versus South Carolina, Mims had a significant ankle injury requiring tightrope ankle surgery. Even after returning, he was regularly subbed in and out of games throughout the remainder of his season. Even with poor health, Mims continued to show flashes of dominance in the passing and run game. However, was it enough to earn a first-round grade in this year’s draft? Let’s dig into the film.
Amarius Mims NFL Draft Overview
Position: Offensive Tackle
Height: 6’7 (Unofficial)
Weight: 340 (Unofficial)
Age: 21 years old
School: Georgia
Amarius Mims Player Evaluation
Mims’s Strengths
- Tall, massive frame with big strong hands, an elite NBA-type wingspan, and a verified 7′ 1 wingspan in high school.
- Explosive athleticism out of his stance. Regularly first to fire off the ball enforcing contact.
- Elite Scheme Versatility. Very fluid and agile movement skills in zone blocks to seal the edge or seal backside defenders.
- Mims excels at taking and sustaining control while performing down blocks in a gap scheme.
- He has good strength to turn defenders, maintaining control on base blocks to create holes.
- Moves well in open space and plays with good balance when successfully reaching second-level defenders pulling and in the screen game.
- Great broad base with a natural pass set, can easily reach a set point, and mirror pass rushers.
- Strike first mentality stopping pass rushers in their tracks.
- High football IQ vs stunts
Mims’s Weakness
- Elite traits, but he is very raw, only having eight career starts as a Tackle.
- His pad level needs to improve.
- Plays too high and upright in the run game, allowing defenders to get off blocks by having better leverage to make plays.
- Hesitations, stutters, and counter-pass rush moves gave him trouble.
- Lack of patience causes him to lunge, reach defenders, leaving his inside shoulder exposed, or easy hand swipe for defenders to generate pressure.
Projection: Mid to Late First Round
NFL Comparison: Cam Robinson
Best Fits: New York Jets, Washington Commanders, Tennessee Titans
Bottom Line
Amarius Mims is a highly touted prospect with good athleticism, strength, intelligence, and elite wingspan to play either tackle spot. Coming from Georgia’s pro-style multiple offenses, Mims projects as a year-one starter at right tackle. Mims proved to be a fierce competitor in addition to being a team-first athlete by playing hurt to help his team achieve glory. For teams picking in the mid to late first round, Mims can be an elite upside tackle as well as a potential draft steal.
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