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2022 NFL Draft prospect profile – Cade Otton, TE, Washington
Simply who’s the highest tight finish within the 2022 NFL Draft class?
It says one thing about this class that you just would possibly get a totally completely different reply to that query relying on which evaluator you ask. That isn’t to say that this can be a weak tight finish class — it has the potential to supply a number of good tight ends. However fairly, there isn’t a consensus “TE-1” who clearly dominates the rankings and particular person evaluators will worth completely different traits.
There are athletic receiving tight ends, highly effective blocking tight ends, and some “full” tight ends who can do every thing fairly effectively.
Washington’s Cade Otton is a kind of “full” tight ends, and he has an opportunity to be the primary tight finish drafted. Otton has good dimension, good athleticism, receiving upside, and is an skilled blocker.
Contemplating we don’t know simply how the New York Giants plan on utilizing their tight finish place, may a “full” tight finish like Otton enchantment? In spite of everything, they’ve a particular want on the place after parting methods with their prime three from a yr in the past.
Prospect: Cade Otton (87)
Video games Watched: vs. Montana (2021), vs. Michigan (2021), vs. UCLA (2021), vs. Oregon (2021)
Pink Flags: Foot (2021)
Measurables
Profession Stats
Video games Performed: 31
Receptions: 91
Yards (YPC): 1,026 (11.3 per catch)
Complete Touchdowns: 9
2021 Stats
Video games Performed: 8
Receptions: 28
Yards (YPC): 250 (8.9 per catch)
Complete Touchdowns: 1
Fast Abstract
Finest: Measurement, blocking, go catching, versatility, toughness
Worst: Prime-level athleticism, consistency
Projection: A quantity two tight finish with the upside to be a starter with improvement.
Sport Tape
Full Report
Washington’s Cade Otton has a very good mix of dimension, athleticism, and flexibility to play the tight finish place on the NFL stage.
Otton possesses a prototypical body for a “full” tight finish at 6-foot-5, 247 kilos with 32 ¾ inch arms and 9 ½ inch arms. That body, mixed with good athleticism and nice play energy enable Otton to be a dependable contributor as a blocker and receiver in Washington’s offense. He lined up as each an in-line tight finish in a three-point stance, a indifferent tight finish, and flexed out to the slot place.
Otton was additionally sometimes flexed out huge as a large receiver, although that was normally to be a blocker for receiver screens out of bunch units.
Otton is a usually dependable receiving possibility. He will get into his routes with little wasted movement and is efficient when requested to chip earlier than releasing. Whereas Otton wasn’t requested to run a very various route tree, he ran his routes effectively. He understands coverages effectively sufficient to bend his routes away from defenders downfield and did a very good job of discovering voids in protection. Otton has an enormous body and a equally giant catch radius, which he used to good impact. He’s bodily on the catch level and is ready to use his body to field out defenders.
Otton was primarily used as a blocker in Washington’s offense and appeared to relish the function. He performs with nice toughness and aggression as a blocker, no matter whether or not it was a operating or passing play. He blocks with good leverage and method, usually holding low hips and pads whereas making an attempt to realize defenders’ chest plates. Otton is able to creating motion on the line of scrimmage and understands angles effectively sufficient to make use of his body to seal off operating lanes.
Washington often requested Otton to match up in opposition to EDGE defenders and he was in a position to mirror their pace and anchor well-enough in opposition to energy. He’s a really robust blocker who works to maintain his blocks via the echo of the whistle and appears for work when he doesn’t have anybody to dam.
Otton is a succesful pull blocker and has sufficient athleticism to be an efficient blocker in house – each on the second stage and on display screen passes.
Whereas Otton is a stable athlete, he lacks elite athletic traits. He’s fast in a brief space and has satisfactory lengthy pace, however isn’t going to be operating away from defenses. Likewise, he struggles to create separation as a receiver when matched up in man protection. Otton may also lack consistency when catching the ball. He usually has good mechanics, however can see the ball look off his arms for seemingly no cause. Otton’s route tree was additionally restricted by NFL requirements and will use some improvement.
General Grade: 7.6
Projection
Washington tight finish Cade Otton initiatives as a very good quantity 2 tight finish early in his profession, and has the potential to grow to be a beginning tight finish with some improvement.
Otton has the traits and talent set to be a “full” tight finish on the NFL stage who by no means wants to return off the sector. Each group within the NFL needs to be focused on Otton, contemplating that 11-personnel is the de facto “base” offense for the NFL. He has the flexibility to dam like an additional offensive lineman whereas additionally contributing as a receiving possibility.
Otton is a extra superior blocker than receiver proper now – one thing of an anomaly for a extremely graded tight finish prospect at the moment. That stated, his go catching ought to come alongside properly with some improvement. Otton might by no means grow to be an enormous play risk as a receiver, however creating a extra various route tree and larger consistency as a go catcher ought to make him a stable “starter”.
Even when Otton doesn’t develop as a receiver, he’s adequate that he generally is a prime quality “quantity two” tight finish who isn’t strictly a blocker in a 12-personnel set.
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True Freshman Talent at Washington – Khmori House
Washington’s Spring roster featured a handful of early-enrollee freshmen. For players that would otherwise still be in high school, several of them started to show the kind of potential they might have for the future of this program. One of them was linebacker Khmori House. The class of 2024 early-enrollee was a three-star recruit out of St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California. The Trinity League in Southern California is known to be one of the nation’s most competitive high school leagues. In three seasons at the varsity level at St. John Bosco, House recorded 118 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and five pass breakups. He was a productive player at linebacker and strong safety for the Braves. And his transition to Big Ten Football has been fluid thus far.
Recognition from Robert Bala
After Washington’s final open practice of the Spring, we asked linebacker coach Robert Bala if there was a player in his room who had taken the biggest step this Spring. He immediately pointed to the true freshman House. “He’s done a really good job of understanding what we ask him to do either fundamentally, technically, schematically.”
That football knowledge and overall ability to digest the defensive scheme under Bala and Steve Belichick is critical. It will earn him time on the field earlier in his career. Bala continued, “He’s been a bright spot for us this spring and I think he is going to have an opportunity to get on the field a lot earlier in his career.” He’s a player who had been on campus for a little over four months at the time. This recognition speaks volumes to what the coaching staff believes House can be, and how well he’s already been performing.
What Khmori House Does Well
You notice a few things right off the bat when watching House play linebacker. One of which is his size for a true freshman. He is listed at 6’-0” and 187 pounds but his build does not look like that of a true freshman. House uses his size to deliver physical contact on ball carriers and blockers. There were multiple occasions this Spring when we heard a “pop” during the play. A closer look revealed it was the number 28 on the delivering end of the blow. His high school tape backs this up as well. House did not shy away from laying down hard contact. His size helps him be a dependable tackler, bringing players down to the turf consistently.
The other thing that stands out about the linebacker is his speed and athleticism. House’s high school film show him getting up in run fits as well as sliding back into coverage. He is able to use his quickness to get around the offensive line in rush defense and to close in on the wide receiver in pass defense. This Spring, that quickness was on display. House’s footwork during linebacker drills and agility in live play make him a versatile player for Bala.
Khmori House’s Speed in Pressure
One of the plays that stood out this Spring was not one you would see in the stat book. Rather, it was a run-down of Washington’s speedy quarterback Demond Williams Jr. During one of the team scrimmages in April, Williams lined up in shotgun where he took the snap and fled the pocket to his right. He initially looked to have an angle to the outside. But House shot out of the middle level of the defense. The linebacker’s angle and quickness forced Williams to stretch his run to the sideline rather than upfield. Instead of a five-yard gain around the edge, House forced Williams out of bounds for no gain. The awareness and athleticism of House to get an angle on Williams were impressive. Though it was just one small play, it reinforces his potential to be a multi-faceted player on this defense who will see the field early on.
Photo courtesy: Nick Lemkau, Last Word on College Football
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A page from history: George Washington’s inauguration Bible comes to Westport | Westport Journal
By Gretchen Webster
WESTPORT — Many towns in New England claim, “George Washington slept here.” Whether Westport can make that claim or not, Westporters can be certain the Bible used at the inauguration of the nation’s first president has visited Westport.
On Saturday, the 257-year-old George Washington Inaugural Bible was proudly displayed for the community by the men of Westport’s Masonic Lodge, Temple No. 65, to mark the lodge’s 200th anniversary.
The Westport Masonic Lodge was chartered on May 12, 1824, before the town of Westport itself was incorporated, and is one of the oldest organizations in town, according to Richard Ruggiano, worshipful master of the Westport temple.
The hands of four U.S. presidents have rested on the Bible during their inauguration, who in addition to Washington, include Warren G. Harding, Dwight Eisenhower and Jimmy Carter. George W. Bush also would have been sworn in using the Bible, but because it was raining the priceless Bible couldn’t be exposed to the weather, Ruggiano said.
The Bible was also present at the funerals for Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and at ceremonies to lay the cornerstone for both the U.S. Capitol building and the Washington Monument, he said.
“We should be sharing this with our community,” Ruggiano said of the Bible, which is owned by Masonic Lodge St. John’s No. 1 A.Y.M. (Ancient York Masons) in New York. “It has never been shone in Connecticut.”
The Bible’s public display Saturday drew Westport residents, members of nearby Masonic lodges and even “Benjamin Franklin,” a.k.a. Westport lodge member Chris Jennings, who portrayed Franklin. The real Franklin was a friend of Washington’s Jennings said in a presentation to visitors.
In his presentation, Jennings recounted the history preceding Washington’s inauguration, from the perspective of Franklin. He referred to Washington as “a young Virginia militia colonel,” 20 years before he became leader of a new nation.
Washington did not sign the Declaration of Independence because he was in New York state with his troops, according to Jennings, and was one of the nation’s founding fathers who believed it was important for the national legislature to have two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Washington’s inauguration as the first president of the United States took place in 1789 at Federal Hall in New York City, according to information from St. John’s lodge. It lay open on a crimson velvet cushion when the oath of office was administered to Washington by the first secretary of the U.S. Senate, Samuel Otis. Among those present were the nation’s first vice president, John Adams; the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay; the first secretary of war, Henry Knox, and the first governor of New York, George Clinton.
Many of the nation’s founders were Masons, Ruggiano said, including Washington himself, his generals and many of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence.
On Saturday, the Inaugural Bible made the trip from Manhattan accompanied by four members of St. John’s lodge, who donned white gloves and flanked the Bible as it was displayed in the local lodge to ensure its safety.
“We hire a conservation organization to take care of it,” said Andreas Vavaroutsos, a member of the New York lodge and part of the group that transported the Bible. The men drove the Bible to the Westport lodge at 210 Post Road East, and planned to drive it back to New York on Saturday evening.
It took Ruggiano many years to arrange for the Bible to be displayed in conjunction with the Westport lodge’s bicentennial, he said. But with arrangements complete and the Bible at the center of attention on a special day for the Westport lodge, he said, “We feel graced and blessed.”
Freelance writer Gretchen Webster, a Fairfield County journalist for many years, was editor of the Fairfield Minuteman and has taught journalism at New York and Southern Connecticut State universities.
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