Finding Broncos: Chad Muma | LB | Wyoming

Measurements

• Top: 6-foot-3
• Weight: 239 kilos
• Arms: 31-5/8 inches
• Fingers: 10 inches

Mix Outcomes

• Vertical Leap: 36 inches
• 20 Yard Shuttle: 4.57 seconds

Professional Day Outcomes:

• 40 Yard Sprint: 4.63 seconds
• Bench Press (225 kilos): 27 reps
• Vertical Leap: 40 inches
• Broad Leap: 129 inches
• 3 Cone Drill: 7.06 seconds
• 20 Yard Shuttle: 4.28 seconds

Stats

Professionals

• Lateral mobility is a plus, and he makes use of it to his benefit as a run defender scraping by means of the trash.
• Sq. physique and type tackler that hardly ever misses his goal
• Velocity to shut on the ball provider is a plus
• Understands leverage and assignments as a zone protection defender and drives on the ball effectively
• Affected person sufficient to not chew on play-action fakes, permitting him to maintain his depth in his drops
• Has proven the flexibility to flip his hips and switch and run in man protection
• Ball expertise are there, and he has a number of interceptions as a zone protection linebacker, together with a pair of touchdowns after the interception in 2021
• Nice within the blitz recreation and exploits gaps in safety rapidly and violently

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Cons

• Excessive-level athleticism is a priority, however the twitch is there
• Not overly highly effective when partaking within the working recreation because of a scarcity of practical power and tends to keep away from blockers in a foul manner fairly than taking the battle on the level of assault
• Larger goal space as a tackler might be a priority on the subsequent stage with extra violent and bodily backs
• Consistency in man protection is missing. There are flashes, however there are issues towards faster, short-area gamers with acceleration out of the breaks
• Will get fooled by motions and misdirection too continuously, main him to should scrape extra usually than he ought to because of a scarcity of decisiveness

Overview

A high-volume tackler within the Mountain West for 2 seasons at Wyoming, Chad Muma exhibits tenacity and motor that’s relentless in his pursuit of the soccer. Whereas his consciousness in diagnosing the play in entrance of him is missing at instances, his means to hint to the ball and scrape by means of the trash is superb. He avoids blockers with ease and understands leverage to the ball however generally can place himself in dangerous conditions because of his “see ball- chase ball” mentality.

Whereas he does seem late to decide at instances, Muma clicks and closes to the ball provider with ease and arrives violently as a tackler. He brings his legs effectively and wraps up persistently with a chest-up strategy that does effectively to restrict yards after contact.

In protection, Muma is a affected person participant that does not fall for fakes within the backfield and retains his depth in his zone, utilizing a high quality shuffle step to increase the play laterally and maintaining his shoulders sq. whereas studying the quarterback’s eyes. Whereas not a real backpedal participant that extends vertically, Muma can flip and run effectively if tasked with a again popping out of the backfield and urgent the boundary.

Change of course expertise and athleticism as a person protection linebacker are missing, so his greatest match on the subsequent stage will likely be as a zone protection participant nearer to the boundary in sib packages.

Match with Broncos

Muma is a match for this protection as a participant who can keep away from blockers within the working recreation and as a brief space zone protection linebacker in sub-packages. His means to shut to the flats as a protection linebacker and make clear tackles ought to enchantment to new defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero.

Whereas there are issues about his play power on the level of assault within the working recreation, having a stable line of defense in entrance of him ought to permit him to scrape by means of the trash and make performs nearer to the road of scrimmage and in open area out within the flats.

If nothing else, depth on the linebacker place is a necessity, and Muma initiatives as a stable rotational piece with sufficient versatility to play in all 4 phases of the particular groups unit. Muma might be a goal for the Broncos with their decide at no. 75 total, although a commerce again to get him could be higher suited to a participant along with his talent set.

Grade: Spherical 3

The place he Goes: High-85

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