Green Bay Packers pick South Carolina’s Kingsley Enagbare in NFL Draft

South Carolina defensive finish Kingsley “J.J.” Enagbare stands behind that the faculty movie he is put collectively is a extra correct consultant of the participant he’s.

With the 179th general choose within the fifth spherical, the Inexperienced Bay Packers have afforded the Atlanta native the chance to show his subpar testing numbers for this place had been an apparition. 

“I really feel like my movie most significantly reveals what I’m able to doing and the sort of affect I’m able to having on the subsequent stage,” Enagbare mentioned following his Professional Day exercise on South Carolina’s campus.

The positives

Enagbare is likely one of the extra bodily imposing edge rushers within the 2022 NFL Draft (6-4, 271) and for the higher a part of his collegiate profession, has performed extra athletic than he seems.

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His lengthy arms and power have allowed Enagbare to jolt SEC offensive tackles off the ball to create separate to hurry rush handed them to get to the quarterback. 

And Enagbare is a finisher on the assault, confirmed by his 13 profession sacks and 22 whole tackles-for-loss.

The considerations

It is exhausting to miss Enagbare’s poor testing numbers in velocity and agility drills he had at each the NFL Mix and at USC’s Professional Day in March. Through the draft leadup, Enagbare regarded sluggish, working 4.8 40-yard dashes in addition to excessive numbers within the three-cone and shuttle drills.

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The Gamecocks edge rusher additionally had a propensity to vanish throughout video games and was inconsistent together with his affect on the sphere.

At South Carolina, he wasn’t closely concerned in stopping the run at instances.

Closing ideas

Enagbare has extra questions on his recreation now than he did when he declared in December for the 2022 NFL Draft.

Had it not been for his struggles through the testing interval, Enagbare may would’ve been a late, first-round draft selection. 

Now, he’ll spend the higher a part of his early NFL profession erasing the doubts scouts have about him.

Cory Diaz covers the South Carolina Gamecocks for The Greenville Information as a part of the USA TODAY Community. Observe his work for all issues Gamecocks on Twitter: @CoryDiaz_TGN. Bought questions relating to South Carolina athletics? Ship them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.