The defensive line group in this year’s draft is not very top heavy and also not very deep. If you are a team in need of defensive line help and it can’t wait until next offseason, then you might be looking at reaching for a player early in the draft. LSU DL Maason Smith recently gave an interview with NFL.com’s Eric Edholm and said that he believes he could go as soon as the late first round.
“I definitely think late Round 1 is a possibility,” Smith said via Edholm on NFL.com. “For the most part, all my 30 visits, all these coaches said that they think I [am] gonna go [in picks] 20 through 40, 25 through 45.