Pro Football Focus thinks that Georgia offensive tackle Amarius Mims helped his draft stock at the 2024 NFL combine. Mims showed off his impressive combination of size and athleticism to NFL draft scouts at the combine and could end up as a first-round pick in the draft this April.
We respectfully disagree that Mims is a winner at the combine because he hurt his hamstring running the 40-yard dash. If he didn’t get injured, we’d say that Mims helped his NFL draft cause as much as any other tackle at the combine. Mims certainly looked the part at the combine, but injuries prevented Mims from getting some critical experience throughout his college career.
There’s no doubt that Mims has the talent to be a first-round pick. Mims has size that you can’t teach and is, for the most part, technically sound as a blocker. However, Mims has played just 803 snaps in his career according to PFF. Mims lack of experience means there will be a few growing pains as he adjusts to the NFL.
PFF detailed why it thinks Amarius Mims is one of the winners of the NFL combine.
Mims put on an absolute show at the combine. He first measured in at 6-foot-8, 340 pounds with 36 ⅛-inch arms. His arm length is in the 96th percentile for offensive tackles while his height and weight are each in the 95th percentile.
Mims was in the 87th percentile for offensive tackles in the broad jump (9-foot-3) and 85th percentile in the 40-yard dash (5.07 seconds).
In an already loaded offensive tackle class, Mims cemented himself as a first-round pick in Indianapolis.
These are all good points and Mims could easily be a first-round pick in the draft. Mims may be the most physically gifted offensive tackle in this draft class, but his lack of experience combined with some minor durability concerns is why he won’t be one of the first two or three tackles drafted. Instead, we’d project Mims to be one drafted among the first five to seven players at this position. This is not a knock on Mims, it is just a stacked offensive tackle class and drafting Mims early in the first-round comes with some risk that many NFL teams may not tolerate.
