2021 NFL Draft: Minnesota Vikings 7-round mock
Round 4, Part 2
60. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Louisville. Tutu Atwell. player. WR. 134
Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen are one of the top wide receiver duos in the NFL, but after that it gets ugly at wide receiver for the Vikings. Enter Atwell. He’ll get knocked for his size (5-foot-9, 165 pounds), but there’s no denying his production. After putting up 69 receptions for 1,272 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2019, he posted 46 catches for 625 yards with seven touchdowns over nine games last season. It’s easy to pigeonhole him as a slot guy, but he can get down the field.
Most career 20+ yard touchdowns in the 2021 draft class:
— PFF College (@PFF_College) February 15, 2021
1. DeVonta Smith - 17
2. Ja'Marr Chase - 16
3. Dyami Brown - 14
4. Tutu Atwell - 12 pic.twitter.com/LAdqzNup7g
College football's best on offense
— PFF College (@PFF_College) December 16, 2019
Best Slot Receiver: Tutu Atwell, Louisville 📈
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60. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Chris Rumph. 143. DE. Duke. player
On the angle of the Vikings need more juice coming off the edge, here is Rumph. It’d be nice if he was bigger (235 pounds), but over his last two seasons at Duke he showed he can get after it (14.5 sacks and 25 tackles for loss in total over 23 games).
Highest pressure rates since 2019:
— PFF College (@PFF_College) February 7, 2021
1. Chris Rumph II, Duke - 21%
2. Nik Bonitto, OU - 20%
3. Jordan Smith, UAB - 19%
4. Jamar Watson, UK - 18% pic.twitter.com/zeL0IUXif3
In hunting for more info on Rumph, I found this from CBS Sports’ Chris Trapasso, written early last September in a piece highlighting 2021 draft prospects he was higher on than most.
“Rumph is a rare cat. He plays like a tenth-degree black belt with his hands and has a springy, oiled-up lower half. That blend of deeply advanced skill and inherent talent leads to him being in the same unblockable edge-rusher echelon as the Bosa brothers and Chase Young among those I’ve scouted. Seriously. ”
That’s some heady company Trapasso put Rumph in, complete with the buzz words to describe his lower half. But I do like the reference to a tenth-degree black belt to laud his hand usage. In the fourth round, the Vikings easily take another edge rusher.