Player Profile: Chance Warmack

Chance Warmack

Height:  6'2
Weight:  325
School:  Alabama
Position:  Guard
Position Rank:  #1 Guard
Projection:  Top 20 Pick

Strengths
-Experienced.  Started every game since his sophomore year.
-Incredibly strong and very powerful
-Moves well for his size.  Very good at moving laterally on pulls.
-Durable.  No injury issues
-Natural Knee bender. 
-Fires off the ball.  Very good quickness.
-Very good anchor.  Rarely gets knocked back.
-High football IQ.  Easily picks up twists, stunts, and blitzes. 
-Powerful punch that rocks back defenders.
-Does well pulling and attacking in the second level.
-Never lets up.  Doesn't take plays off.
-Plays through the whistle.

Weaknesses
-Doesn't have the ideal height (only 6'2)
-Little on the heavy side.
-Can get too high at times.

Summary
Chance Warmack is an extremely talented guard and the best we've seen since Steve Hutchinson in the 2001 draft.  There is a lot to like about Warmack.  For a guy that weighs over 320 lbs, he moves really good and is an excellent puller.  Just watch the National Title Game.  Alabama routinely had Warmack pull and blew up Manti Te'o giving big holes for their running backs.  Warmack is also very powerful and physically moves defenders off their spot.  There really isn't a lot of weaknesses in Warmack's game and you really have to dig or nitpick to find something wrong. If we are ever going to see an guard go in the top 10, this could be there year.  Warmack is considered to be one of the five best players in this draft.  But the big problem is that he's a guard and not a left tackle.  So some teams may find it hard to take him really high because guards aren't valued as high as QBs, LTs, or DTs.  But Warmack won't have to wait too long to hear his named called as he'll be picked somewhere in the 7-16 range.  If he does fall it will be a shock to see him go past the Bears at #20 who need offensive line help badly.