Posted Saturday at 05:58 PM2 days It’s another Trotter! With that name it makes sense he’d fit. Potential late round flyer.Josiah Trotter, LB, MizzouHey look: Jeremiah Trotter had another kid! And wouldn’t you know it, he’s an ultra-rugged linebacker!Josiah’s game is like his father’s and brother’s game turned 90 degrees clockwise. Jeremiah and Jeremiah Jr. were/are downhill line-of-scrimmage penetrators. Josiah is at his best when strafing, shedding blocks and pursuing ball carriers. He’s exceptional against zone runs: he flows with the play, anticipates cutback lanes, thuds blockers to erase gaps, adjusts his pursuit angle when the ballcarrier bounces outside and makes clean, authoritative tackles.Trotter is effective, if not stellar, in underneath coverage. He minds his zone assignments, anticipates screens and flares into the flat and uses his pursue/stack/shed/wrap abilities to turn catches into negligible gains. He’ll bite on play action, loses track of receivers who slip behind him and can’t be expected to turn and run with slot receivers. The Tigers did not use him much as a pass rusher, but he looked like a Trotter when allowed to explode through a gap on a blitz.Trotter turns 21 on April 15. He played one year at West Virginia before beaming to Mizzou; a leg injury erased his true freshman season in 2023. He’s technically polished for such an inexperienced player, for obvious reasons. He may also have upside, particularly in pass coverage. Trotter’s a late Day 2 pick and potential starter as a Will or Mike linebacker. I cannot help but root for him for some reason.The Styles Council: 2026 NFL Draft LinebackersSonny Styles is great. Jacob Rodriguez is very good. Kyle Louis is smol but nasty. Josiah Trotter is a Trotter. Read on for brilliant observations like these, and more. Plus ... punters!
Yesterday at 07:32 PM1 day Most people project him to go on day 2. If he falls to day 3, maybe we have a shot. But our LB room is pretty good and we have bigger needs in rounds 2 and 3. Also, Fangio really values coverage and that's Trotter's biggest question.
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