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NFL Draft 2019: Top 32 prospects – Post-Senior Bowl edition

By Conor Dorney

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 17: Rashan Gary #3 of the Michigan Wolverines looks on while playing the Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan Stadium on November 17, 2018 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan won the game 31-20. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 17: Rashan Gary #3 of the Michigan Wolverines looks on while playing the Indiana Hoosiers at Michigan Stadium on November 17, 2018 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan won the game 31-20. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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GLENDALE, AZ – JANUARY 01: LSU Tigers linebacker Devin White (40) reacts to a big play during the college football game between the UCF Knights and the LSU Tigers on January 1, 2019 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ – JANUARY 01: LSU Tigers linebacker Devin White (40) reacts to a big play during the college football game between the UCF Knights and the LSU Tigers on January 1, 2019 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

A single, rare trait can immediately make some prospects standout from the rest and vault them into first-round consideration, which is exactly the case with LSU linebacker Devin White.

White is fast. Blazingly fast. The type of fast that make him a linebacker with the rare ability to cover sideline to sideline and match up with any opposing offensive player in coverage. Over the past two seasons in Baton Rouge, White’s speed translated into excellent production, posting 120+ tackles in each.

Despite all that speed, White doesn’t play with the discipline that would make him anything more than a mid-to-late first-round talent in my estimation. He improved over the course of his junior year, but still leaves a lot to be desired. He’s no doubt a wrecking ball, but one that can take himself out of position and leave the rest of the defense exposed behind him.

I think White’s ceiling is as high as any player in the entire draft class, but he’ll need to prove himself as a more disciplined player going forward to start unlocking that potential at the NFL level.

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