{"id":163448,"date":"2024-02-28T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=163448"},"modified":"2024-02-28T05:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T10:44:42","slug":"2024-nfl-scouting-report-adisa-isaac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/02\/28\/2024-nfl-scouting-report-adisa-isaac\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 NFL Scouting Report: Adisa Isaac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Adisa Isaac NFL Draft Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Position: Defensive End<br \/>\nHeight: 6&#8217;4\u00a0 (Unofficial)<br \/>\nWeight: 255 lbs (Unofficial)<br \/>\nAge: 22 years old<br \/>\nSchool: Penn State Nittany Lions<\/p>\n<div>Penn State, for decades, has been an elite college football program. With two national championships, four Big Ten titles, and numerous top draft picks, the Nittany Lions are football royalty. Adisa Isaac is following in the pipeline and is a talented football player. Isaac was a <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/adisa-isaac-46047325\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">four-star top 70 recruit<\/a> out of Brooklyn, NY, committed to Penn State. Isaac was a role player in his first two years and unfortunately tore his Achilles his sophomore year. Junior Isaac returned to form solidly as a redshirt, starting 13 games with 28 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and four sacks. Senior year was even better, amassing 37 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, and 7.5 sacks. It was great to see Isaac bounce back from a devastating injury. However, did he do enough to earn a first-round grade? Let&#8217;s dig into the film!<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><em>More 2024 NFL Draft Profiles<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2024 NFL Draft: Adisa Isaac Scouting Report<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Strengths<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He has a good first step and is quick to fire his hands with a first mentality.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When left unblocked, he plays his keys and does not gamble. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He stays close to the line of scrimmage and does not get fooled by fakes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He makes tackles in the backfield on keeps and keeps contain exceptionally well.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of the best in the class at DLINE stunts, twists, and games. Can help him get on the field on third downs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Has a solid number of pass rush moves. Has two hand swipe, rip move, and inside counter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Occasional bull rush to keep Tackles honest, but not his specialty though.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He has good lateral quickness and agility to make plays in the backfield and potentially to cover.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Weaknesses<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Poor and inconsistent run defender despite occasional splash plays.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Too many times, he has seen &#8220;ole&#8221; blocks or running around, blocks leaving his gap responsibility wide open.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Late get off vs. the run many times, he got &#8220;hooked&#8221; on reach blocks by Tackles and Tight Ends.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If not corrected, he will be picked on in the run game at the NFL level.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Inconsistent as a pass rusher. Does not get consistent push nor consistent dominance rushing the passer.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His inconsistent pass rush moves and hand placement lead to easy defeats.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Does not have an elite edge rush bend<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Projection: Fourth Round Pick<\/p>\n<p>NFL Comparison: Joseph Ossai<\/p>\n<p>Best Fits: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/falcons\/\" target=\"_self\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/titans\" target=\"_self\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Bottom Line<\/h3>\n<p>Adisa Isaac has the potential to be a quality NFL starting edge player but has significant holes in his game. He has a good get-off when rushing the passer, plus an array of pass rush moves. He has a great feel vs. the run when left unblocked and can be a day one-third down specialist on twist and stunt. However, he needs better play strength, consistent push as a pass rusher, and better ability to take on blocks. He is even at times scared to take on blocks and gets knocked on the ground too often. I have a 4th-round grade on Issac, as there is some potential for boom or bust.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: David Reginek &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Role Player To  Breakout Starter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4993,"featured_media":164028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[10073,32403],"class_list":["post-163448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","tag-2024-nfl-draft","tag-adisa-isaac"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163448","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\/4993"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}