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Teams Split on Cam Robinson Slide
Updated Feb. 20, 2017By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell.
It has been well established that the 2017 NFL Draft class is weak at the offensive tackle position. One of the top tackle prospects is Alabama’s Cam Robinson, and some prominent analysts have had Robinson sliding late into the first round. WalterFootball.com reached out to team sources to see if they think a slide is possible for Robinson. Three teams said yes, and three teams said no.
The teams that said yes feel that Robinson’s inconsistencies from his junior season could cause him to slide. Some team sources believe that the interviews, medical evaluation, and off-the-field concerns could push Robinson down. He did have a gun arrest roughly a year ago, but the chargers were eventually dropped. One general manager of a playoff team said they liked Wisconsin’s Ryan Ramczyk and Utah’s Garett Bolles more than Robinson.
However, three other teams thought Robinson would go high. One team picking in the early teens didn’t believe Robinson would get to their pick. A personnel director of a playoff team had this to say: “For selfish reasons, I would love it if he did slide and was an option for us, but I just don’t think it will happen.”
The director of college scouting for an AFC team picking in the top 20 said they had Robinson as a top-15 pick and believe that he is a Russell Okung- or Ryan Clady-type left tackle for the next level. When asked about Robinson sliding this was the director’s response: “He is top 15 easily. Who else will go before? Bolles? Ramczyk? Not even close.”
With teams split on where they project Robinson, his combine interviews, workout, pre-draft visits, and medical evaluation will be very important to his draft stock.
