With leadership skills and a strong athletic profile, DeMarvion Overshown is one of the top linebacker prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft. Overshown’s aggressive style allows him to cover a lot of ground, and he still displays skills from his time at Texas as a defensive back. There’s room to fill out his frame more too, which could allow him to become a three-down linebacker.
DeMarvion Overshown Draft Profile
College: Texas
Age: 22
Height: 6’3″
Weight: 220
Strengths
A fast and aggressive run-and-hit linebacker, Overshown has the length, athleticism and temperament that NFL teams look for in a linebacker. He covers a ton of ground sideline-to-sideline, and he’s a twitchy athlete who delivers a ton of pound-for-pound pop as a tackler.
He runs well and has enough fluidity and length that he can stay with tight ends up the seam, though he’s much better attacking as a blitzer on passing downs. Teams will love his football character and leadership — he was a two-time captain at Texas.
Weaknesses
Overshown has a relatively small frame and will have to either bulk up and improve his take-on skills or will have to be covered up at the next level. Aside from that, he’s often overaggressive, whether it be overrunning plays, taking false steps against misdirection or looking for the monster hit as a tackler instead of wrapping up. In coverage, he doesn’t show great recognition skills in zone sets.
Summary
He needs to be reined in just a bit as far as his aggressiveness goes, but Overshown’s speed, length and physicality are plenty appealing. He could push for an early-down role on the weak side as a rookie, as well as handle some limited passing-down duties.
Final Grade: 3rd/4th Round
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Publish Date:2023-04-06 01:29:53
