{"id":140160,"date":"2023-04-13T06:45:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=140160"},"modified":"2023-04-12T22:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T02:24:59","slug":"luke-schoonmaker-2023-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/04\/13\/luke-schoonmaker-2023-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Schoonmaker 2023 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Luke Schoonmaker NFL Draft Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong> Tight end<br \/>\n<strong>Height:<\/strong> 6&#8242;-6&#8243;<br \/>\n<strong>Weight:<\/strong> 249 pounds<br \/>\n<strong>School: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/tag\/michigan-wolverines\/\" target=\"_self\">Michigan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><em>2023 NFL Draft Profiles<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2023 NFL Draft: Luke Schoonmaker Scouting Report<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/04\/10\/saints-seven-round-mock-draft-zay-flowers\/\" target=\"_self\">Luke Schoonmaker<\/a> played five seasons for the &#8220;Big Blue&#8221; of Michigan.\u00a0 In his first season in 2018, Schoonmaker saw action in one game but did not record any statistics.\u00a0 In his second season for the Wolverines, Schoonmaker played in 10 games, recording two catches for 54 total yards and one touchdown.\u00a0 In the six games the University of Michigan was able to play in the Covid-19 shortened season of 2020, Schoonmaker appeared in all six contests at both tight end and on special teams but did not record any statistics.<\/p>\n<p>In what was his senior year, in 2021 Schoonmaker put together a breakout year, up to that point.\u00a0 He played in all 14 games, starting 10 of them for the Wolverines while making 17 catches for 165 yards and three touchdowns.\u00a0 As a fifth-year senior, his final one in Ann Arbor, Schoonmaker had his best season ever, playing in 12 of 14 games, where he caught a spectacular 35 passes for 418 yards, and matched his total career high for touchdowns, from the previous season, with three.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Strengths<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Duration from snap to route running is smooth and efficient;<\/li>\n<li>Quick and efficient footwork is especially effective in stop-and-go routes;<\/li>\n<li>NFL-ready run blocker;<\/li>\n<li>Gets into open spaces in soft coverages;<\/li>\n<li>Squaring up on blocks leads to exceptionally proficient blocking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Weaknesses<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Needs to be more physical, especially against smaller defenders;<\/li>\n<li>Needs to go to the ball; not wait for it to come to him;<\/li>\n<li>Does not gain many yards after catch (YAC);<\/li>\n<li>Needs to get physically stronger, overall;<\/li>\n<li>Has difficulty making contested catches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>NFL Comparison: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SmytDu00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Durham Smythe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teams With Need At Position:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_self\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bengals\/\" target=\"_self\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/packers\/\" target=\"_self\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\/\" target=\"_self\">Miami Dolphins<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Projection: <\/strong>Rounds 3-4<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bottom Line on Luke Schoonmaker<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Schoonmaker is an above-average-sized tight end, when it comes to his height, standing at 6&#8242;-6&#8243;.\u00a0 For his size, Schoonmaker has great footwork which allows him to get into his routes smoothly and efficiently and also enables him to have success on stop-and-go routes.\u00a0 He is a player that a team who runs the ball a lot would love to have as his skills as a run blocker are already on an NFL level.\u00a0 He has a nose for finding soft spots in the defense and making catches in those areas.<\/p>\n<p>Like any prospect, Schoonmaker has attributes where he could improve.\u00a0 He needs to get stronger overall, which will happen as he will work with an NFL strength and conditioning team. He also needs to work on going to the ball and not waiting for the ball to come to him, which will be an adjustment from the college game. The NFL has ball-hawking defensive backs, more so than he saw in his time in Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n<p>He also needs to work on being ready to fight for the ball against linebackers, cornerbacks, and safeties as making contested catches has been a bugaboo for him in the past.\u00a0 He also needs to play with more physicality and take advantage of his height and size when being defended by a smaller player.\u00a0 For all his strengths and weaknesses, Schoonmaker was a large part of why Michigan was so successful last season, and he has the capability to be a difference-maker for a team in the NFL, in much the same way, in the not-so-distant future.\u00a0 Look for Schoonmaker to be drafted in the third to fourth rounds.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Kirby Lee &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Schoonmaker NFL Draft Overview Position: Tight end Height: 6&#8242;-6&#8243; Weight: 249 pounds School: Michigan 2023 NFL Draft Profiles 2023 NFL Draft: Luke Schoonmaker Scouting Report Luke Schoonmaker played five seasons for the &#8220;Big Blue&#8221; of Michigan.\u00a0 In his first season in 2018, Schoonmaker saw action in one game but did not record any statistics.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4455,"featured_media":140222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647],"tags":[9546,9857],"class_list":["post-140160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","tag-2023-nfl-draft","tag-luke-schoonmaker"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}