{"id":277142,"date":"2026-04-21T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=277142"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:28:29","slug":"bryson-eason-2026-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/04\/21\/bryson-eason-2026-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryson Eason 2026 NFL Draft Profile\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eason is the type of player that can anchor a defensive line, a tough player. He enrolled at Tennessee as a linebacker and then bulked up to make the transition to move inside to play tackle. That versatility has impressed scouts. He has the physical tools to play in the trenches, and he has the linebacker instincts to boot. Eason is not much of a force as a pass rusher, something NFL teams will be working on improving. He will have his work cut out against the league\u2019s strongest guards. Bryson is the type of player offensive linemen will not enjoy scrimmaging against in training camp, that is for sure. He doesn\u2019t give up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bryson Eason 2026 NFL Draft Overview<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Position: Defensive Tackle<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Height: 6\u20192\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weight: 322 pounds<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/category\/sec\/tennessee-volunteers\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tennessee<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2026 NFL Draft Bryson Eason Scouting Report<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengths<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bryson has 33 \u215b\u201d arms and 10\u201d hands, great for a defensive tackle to utilize<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eason\u2019s 5.09 time in the 40-yard dash, 30.5\u201d vertical jump, and 9\u20194\u201d broad jump give proof that Eason has the physical tools to excel in the trenches<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is an ordinary pass rusher, but his measurables indicate he should advance given the right NFL coaching.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He uses his size to anchor low and take on blocks, and he is also quick enough to play in gap responsibility systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sixth-year senior entered college as an oversized linebacker and then added bulk to move inside to defensive tackle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eason lowers his pads and drives up into guards,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possesses agile feet<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bryson Eason is a DT prospect in the 2026 draft class. He scored an unofficial 8.26 RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 356 out of 2046 DT from 1987 to 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Splits projected, all times unofficial, agilities left to run.<a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xgqHZJl63m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/xgqHZJl63m<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NI3fKadpwu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NI3fKadpwu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RAS.football (@MathBomb) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MathBomb\/status\/2027128895145664801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weaknesses\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gets moved around too easily by big guards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Far too often, Eason reacts slowly to linemen\u2019s first step, leaving him vulnerable to being moved out of the way.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Struggles on trap plays and against pulling linemen;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unless he gains an advantage early in a pass rush, he cannot make plays.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eason did not demonstrate the ability to dominate as a top prospect should, and some scouts think his floor is average, and his ceiling is not much higher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8NFL COMBINE\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Bryson Eason&#39;s numbers from Indy \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>\u23f1 40-Yard Dash: 5.09<br \/>\ud83d\udd1f 10-Yard Split: 1.80<br \/>\u2b06\ufe0f Vertical: 30.5<br \/>\ud83d\udccf Broad Jump: 9&#39; 4&quot;<br \/>\u2194\ufe0f Shuttle: 5.00 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2YXwnajPRx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2YXwnajPRx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tri-Star Network (@TriStarNetwork) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TriStarNetwork\/status\/2028866741279900099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NFL Comparison: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/04\/04\/jay-tufele-2021-nfl-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Tufele<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teams With Need At Position:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bears\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Bears,<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/packers\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green Bay Packers,<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/texans\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Texans,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New England Patriots,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Projection:<\/strong>\u00a0 Rounds 4-7<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Bottom Line on Bryson Eason<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eason is a project that could evolve into a late-round steal of the draft. He has been a focus of a few teams, notably the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bears\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Bears<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/packers\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green Bay Packers, <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_self\">New England Patriots<\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a fit in their defensive tackle rotation. Scouts have mixed feelings about the mature defensive tackle prospect. If his technique develops in the right system, he merits a selection in the 4th or 5th round. Some see Eason as nothing more than a rotation player and not a starter, earning significant playing time. Some teams, however, look at Eason&#8217;s shortcomings as being within reach of overcoming. He has one of the biggest draft projection spreads of anyone in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an NFL Draft Profile of Bryson Eason, a defensive tackle from Tennessee, projected to be selected in rounds 4-7 in the 2026 Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4925,"featured_media":277398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<smartframe-embed customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOB2peJgeDh\" style=\"width: 100%;max-width: 4514px;aspect-ratio: 4514\/5642\"><\/smartframe-embed><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support -->","_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":[33760,1647],"tags":[33533,34324,34231],"class_list":["post-277142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-profiles","category-nfl-draft","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-2026-nfl-draft-combine","tag-bryson-eason"],"modified_by":"Sue Levine","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277142","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\/4925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277142"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277399,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277142\/revisions\/277399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}