As Day Two of the 2018 NFL Draft will get underway on Friday afternoon, defensive tackle Tashon Smallwood likely will not hear from any of the league’s 32 teams until after the draft on Saturday.
Standing at 6 feet even and weighing 279 pounds, an initial concern when Smallwood arrived in Tempe was his size. However, those measurements stack up admirably with some of the top 4-3 defensive tackles in the NFL.
The staggering difference is athleticism.
Smallwood ran a 5.37 in the 40-yard dash and recorded 18 repetitions of 225 pounds on bench press.