Grade

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3rd Round - 4th Round

2026 Draft Class

Dametrious Crownover

Grade

Status

DraftedR6 • P196New England Patriots

Texas A&M

6'7 1/4"

319lbs

Age 25

Jul 30, 2026

Executive Summary

Dametrious Crownover is a massive, physically imposing offensive tackle whose rare size, heavy hands, and run-blocking power give him intriguing developmental upside.

Strengths

Frame, Physicality, and Hand Usage

Weaknesses

Footwork, Processing / Game IQ, and Athleticism

Full Scouting Report

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Frame

Pros:

•Massive frame standing at 6’7”

•Very long arms at 35 ⅜” inches

•Big hands at 10 inches

•319lbs is above average, 66th percentile

Cons:

•None

Athleticism

Pros:

•Very solid 40 and foot speed at 5.14 places him in the 71st percentile

•7.82 RAS Score

•Hips have plenty of fluidity to adapt and move to cut off lanes

Cons:

•Pretty poor agility in the shuttle and mid-tier level 3 cone

•A little stiff, but that is natural for someone as big as he is

Footwork

Pros:

•Feet move well after contact

•Initial step out is very quick and gets out of his stance with plenty of efficiency

•Can recover with his feet well

Cons:

•Loses his balance too often

•Feet are way too narrow, and it results in him getting tossed to the side or losing his balance

•Gives up the soft edge at times

Hand Usage

Pros:

•Violence in his hands

•Gets under the pads and pops defenders up

•Flashed independent hand movement

•Solid grip strength and heavy hands

•Can’t be long-armed when he has good hand timing

Cons:

•Hand timing can definitely be late at times

•Places hands outside the shoulders way too often

•Surprisingly got long armed bad at times despite having a massive reach

Strength / Anchor

Pros:

•Seals off guys very well

•Opens up massive running lanes by forcing defenders outside

•Pretty decent at anchoring down

•Plenty of driving power to drive defenders off the spot on angle and down blocks

Cons:

•Pad level can be too high and resulted in him getting absolutely tossed against Notre Dame

•Can struggle to anchor down quickly at times

Physicality

Pros:

•Pancake hunter

•Can absolutely blow guys up on combo blocks

•Willing to push the pile

Cons:

•None

Processing / Game IQ

Pros:

•Plays with good patience

•Solid passing along defenders and receiving stunts

Cons:

•Can be a little late getting to his secondary assignment

•Was worried about the wrong things at times

•11 penalties in 2025 is insanely bad

Games Watched

•Week 1 vs UTSA, Week 3 vs ND, Week 4 vs AUB, Week 6 vs FLA, Week 8 vs MIZ, Week 9 vs SC

Ideal Situation

•Dametrious Crownover is a huge OT that any team would add for depth. The first thing you notice, for obvious reasons, is that he is over 6’7” and has 35 ⅜” arms, 10-inch hands, and weighs 319lbs. For his frame, he moves pretty well. He ran a 5.14 40 time, which at his size is incredible. Crownover’s hip fluidity to turn and cut off outside lanes is pretty good, considering how massive he is. Crownover’s initial step out of his stance is pretty solid, and he can recover with his feet decently well. He possesses heavy hands that slowly drain energy from an edge defender. There is plenty of violence in his hands from the initial punch. In the run game, Crownover is plenty talented as he can seal off defenders to open massive lanes for ball carriers. There is plenty of power in his legs to drive defenders out of the play as well. He also showed at times that he can anchor down with good timing, but we will come back to that. I also loved his physicality and ability to absolutely lay out someone by barreling over them. I also noticed plenty of patience to not fall for spin moves and other maneuvers defenders might try to use to get his feet and hands out of position. Now, while all those are great things and a great foundation for a team to work on, he still has plenty of stuff to improve upon. Starting with his athleticism, he still moves decently stiff, which is expected but worth noting. His agility also tested pretty poorly in the shuttle drill. While there are some good things about his footwork, he struggles to keep his balance and was absolutely bodied a couple times because his base was too narrow. He can also still struggle slightly to contain the edge against super quick thinner guys. Crownover had far too inconsistent hand timing, and his hand placement was much better. For someone with such long arms, only very few edge players should be able to long-arm him, and yet people with shorter arms were able to do it quite often because he would place his hands on the shoulders and be late. While he has shown he can anchor down, most of the time it was too late, where he was 2 feet from the QB. Crownover also struggles to play low because of how tall and lanky he is. Crownover also had 11 penalties in 2025, which is an insane amount. Crownover is also an older prospect, as he will turn 25 in September. Dametrious Crownover was very reliable in the injury department and rarely missed time, if at all, while in college. Dametrious Crownover was selected by the New England Patriots with the 196th pick in the 6th round. Personally, I really like this pick as they continue to prioritize keeping Drake Maye upright. Caleb Lomu was their first-round pick who I really, really like as a player, and Crownover is a great developmental depth piece to add to this tackle room. While I doubt he will get any playtime unless someone gets hurt, he should get some reps in practice and maybe, in a few years, get some in-game reps.

Rating

•Frame – 9.2/10

•Athleticism – 7.0/10

•Footwork – 6.7/10

•Hand Usage – 7.5/10

•Strength / Anchor – 7.5/10

•Physicality – 8.0/10

•Processing / Game IQ – 5.4/10

Total = 73.7 (C) Early 4th Round

Combine Testing

Height

6'7"

Weight

319lbs

66thAbove Average

40-Yard Dash

5.14s

71thAbove Average

Vertical

—

Bench

—

Broad Jump

—

Three-Cone

7.88s

43thBelow Average

Shuttle

4.98s

13thPoor

DPH Proprietary Scores

Frame Score

Measures a prospect's physical build and size relative to historical NFL positional standards.

DPH Athlete

Diamond Prospects' proprietary athletic score that evaluates a player's overall athletic profile using combine testing and positional percentiles.

Total Score

The combined athletic evaluation generated from Frame Score and DPH Athlete Score.

Combine Year: 2026 • Data from DPH Combine Database

Andrés Griñe

Founder of DiamondProspects and Head NFL Scout View Full Bio

I am an Assistant in Player Personnel/Scouting for Washington State Football with over six years of experience scouting NFL prospects and evaluating talent. I previously covered high school baseball as a writer for NMPreps and now run DiamondProspects, where I publish scouting reports, prospect evaluations, and draft analysis. I am currently a junior pursuing a degree in Sports Management and am originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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