Scouting Report: Antonio Garay
Antonio Garay
Antonio Garay

Posted Dec 13, 2002


First round physical skills, early selection tenacity and initial frame production; at face value Antonio Garay has what is needed to be an early draft choice. Unfortunately he also has late round durability which could be the ultimate factor in pushing him out of the first day next April.

Full Name: Antonio Garay        School: Boston College

Ht:  6-3.5    Wt:  290      40:  4.83

Year: 5Sr        Number: 85

Stats/ Bio

2001: Started the first eight games of the season at right defensive end before suffering a neck injury  and missed the final three games plus the Music City Bowl.  Posted 57/9/5.

2000: Suffered a season-ending injury in the '00 opener at West Virginia on the first defensive series of the game.

1999: Played in all 11 games with three starts, plus the bowl game.  Totaled 61/6/2.

Scouting Report

The Good:  Complete defensive lineman that has a long history of injuries which will drop him down draft boards.  Good athlete and very strong at the point of attack.  Holds his ground against blocks, rarely off his feet and defeats opponents getting up the field to rush the quarterback or moves laterally defending the run.  Heady, reads then anticipates the action and constantly around the ball working to make positive plays.  Tough and goes very head for sixty minutes.  

The Bad: Not quick or explosive off the snap, lacks pursuit speed and a little stiff.  Not durable and spends a lot of time nursing injuries, most recently being sidelined by a broken ankle which ended his season in the middle of October.  

The Skinny:  At the top of his game one of the better defensive ends in the draft but knee, neck and ankle problems could leave him out of the first day next April.





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