Emmanuel Ogabah was the hot name among Bucs fans in January as many were pegging him to be taken by the Bucs at 9th overall. I was not one of them because his game tape was like riding a roller coaster, just too up and down to be a first round guy, let alone top ten. Then this past Sunday, Ogabah put up a 4.63 40 along with 35.5 inch vertical, he displayed athleticism that wasn't shown on tape at all, and makes you want to watch the tape again.
Ogabah had pretty good production in his three years at Oklahoma State, where he had 28 sacks to go along with 40 tackles for loss. That is quality production, but watching the film up close shows just too much inconsistency and he disappears at times during key moments. Ogabah is slow off the ball, has no play awareness looking lost at times, and takes too many plays off for my liking. He plays with one speed showing no speed to power conversion in his pass rush moves, which unable him to burn the edges with quickness. NFL.com had a area scout provide their opinion on Ogabah and it is spot on.
"He's stiff and upright so he has no counters as a rusher and then he doesn't even play hard all the time. If you are going to be the hulk, then play hard all the time." -- NFC area scout
Overall Ogabah will be taken somewhere in the second round purely on his production and his size as a defensive end. He is definitely a better fit in a 3-4 scheme as stand up hybrid type then as a base end in a 4-3. It will be interesting to see how he does throughout the draft process, he will need to impress in the interviews and hope some team falls in love with him to go first round. Right now though Ogabah would be a decent second round pick, but needs massive improvement with his technique and motor.
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