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Suamataia began his career at Oregon before transferring to BYU. Started 23 games the past two seasons for the Cougars and was a Second Team All-Big 12 this past season. Suamataia is the cousin of Penei Sewell so he has some good bloodlines.
Here is my scouting report on Kingsley Suamataia.
Kingsley Suamataia, OT, 6-4 326, BYU
Initial Quicks: Good snap off the ball. Attacks defenders and fits into blocks. Resets the line of scrimmage and forces defenders to play on their side of the ball. Does tend to lunge at times out of his stance.
Run Block: Physical run blocker who gets inside hand placement and gets movement. Strong on single blocks. Rolls his hips and knees into blocks. Stays on blocks until the whistle. Blocks with good leverage and balance.
Pass Block: Effective short area pass blocker who moves well laterally and can cut the edge off of speed rushers. Times his punches well and can set, pop and recoil. Can anchor down against bull rushers and sinks on power rushes and doesn’t give up the inside.
Pull & Trap: Moves well laterally in the zone running game but we haven’t seen him pull and trap much on film. He will do it more if he moves inside to guard.
Use of Hands: Heavy handed. Punches and shocks defenders. Resets the line of scrimmage and gets consistent movement. Maintains separation and keeps defenders off balance.
Strength: Strong. Thickly built and tough to play against. Can anchor down against bigger, stouter defenders. Gets consistent movement on drive blocks and double teams. Needs to learn to harness his strength at times. Tries too hard to blow people off the ball and loses blocks.
Explosion: Gets off the ball a little high at times and his pad level is high. Makes it tough for him at times to establish position on his blocks as a result.
Final Report: Suamataia profiles more as a right tackle or guard. I don’t think he has the length to play on the left side. He is certainly good enough fundamentally speaking but he will struggle with longer ends who can long arm him consistently. Despite that, Suamataia is worthy of a second round pick because he is tough and has some serious upside physically.
Draft Range: 1st-3rd Round