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LAKEN TOMLINSON, Offensive Guard, Duke

Like another player that I profiled recently in Division III star Guard Ali Marpert of Hobart College, Duke Blue Devils guard Laken Tomlinson (6-foot-3¼, 323 pounds) was singled out by NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock as having one of the best weeks of practice two weeks ago in Mobile at the Senior Bowl.

Mayock was especially impressed by Tomlinson’s work in drills against Washington defensive tackle Danny Shelton, who generally was considered the top prospect at the Senior Bowl.

Mayock had said during the NFL Network’s coverage of Senior Bowl practices that he thought Tomlinson “shot up draft boards” with his work that week.

Tomlinson was born in Jamaica and moved to Chicago when he was in eighth grade. He redshirted as a true freshman at Duke in 2010, then started every single game the next four seasons.

Get this: Tomlinson didn’t allow a sack in nearly three years, shutting out opposing defensive linemen from getting to the QB in both 2013 and 2014.

Tomlinson is also very gifted academically, and had a double major at Duke — evolutionary anthropology and psychology — and has aspirations of becoming a doctor.

Those aspirations likely will have to be put off for at least a few years as Tomlinson presumably enjoys life in the NFL.

His size and intelligence jump out at you, and he has good initial quickness and lateral agility in pass protection, as well as impressive flexibility to “anchor” against bull rushers.

So — why isn’t he rated higher alongside say a La’el Collins of LSU? That’s because Scouts say that he needs to work on his hand technique, and improve on his pass-blocking (he’d have to if he’s protecting Drew Brees) by playing lower to get better leverage.

Those are flaws considered to be coachable, and is the reason why he could fall to the Saints in Round #3.

With the Saints obviously needing to protect Brees for the remainder of his time as the QB of the Saints, Tomlinson could fit the necessary requirement.

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