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2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: LT Overton
LT Overton (DE – Alabama)
6-foot-5 | 283 Pounds
Background
His given name is Lebbeus Thomas. LT Overton was a five-star recruit who originally committed to Texas A&M, where he spent the first two seasons of his collegiate career. Started the last three games of his freshman season, finishing with 323 snaps on the year and a 31-3.0-1.0 line, then saw his playing time decrease as a sophomore, starting only the season opener and finishing with 220 snaps and 17 tackles. Transferred to Alabama and has been part of their defensive line rotation, with significantly more snaps throughout the season.
Positives
Very sturdily-built five-technique player with good musculature and three years of SEC experience. Typically plays on the end of Alabama’s three-man lines, but has a little bit of experience from wider alignments on four-man lines. Very effective two-gapper who sets a hard edge and maintains gap discipline. Plays with a wide base and a very good anchor to hold the point of attack; very difficult to move one-on-one.
Overton has good awareness to locate the ball-carrier when engaged, with heavy hands to discard blockers and make the tackle. Not an especially explosive player, but can slowly grind down opponents with his bull rush to reset the line of scrimmage. The team often kept him on the edge when moving to a four-man line in obvious passing situations.
Surprisingly, has some finesse elements to his game as a rusher; not purely a power-based player, although his bull rush is his most effective tool. Active with his hands when working around the edge and shows quicker feet and more flexibility in his ankles/hips than anticipated; there’s a little bit of knee-bend there. Has a little bit of experience dropping into coverage and his feet look surprisingly light for a player of Overton’s size.
Negatives
Hasn’t been a full-time starter, even at Alabama, although he’s been playing full-time snaps this year; credited by Pro Football Focus (PFF) with just three official regular-season starts in 2024. The range in run defense is closer to average. Doesn’t make a ton of plays in opposing backfields, although Alabama’s defense calls for a conservative read-and-react approach.
Not a sack artist; has just three career sacks in 35 games as of the time of writing. Brings intensity off the edge, but probably isn’t going to win much with speed at the next level and could be better suited to taking more snaps inside in third-and-long situations.
Summary
Never played under Nick Saban, but is a classic example of an Alabama defensive lineman — big, tough, sturdy, powerful and disciplined, with the anchor and strong hands to two gap effectively in the run game.
While Overton will likely never be an impact pass-rusher off the edge like some of the other top EDGE defenders in this year’s class, he can be a handful because of his power, intensity and surprising combination of quickness and flexibility. Does what he does very well, but it’s possible he could fall out of the first round, as he could be considered somewhat of a throwback type in today’s NFL.
Projection: Round 2
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