Dane Brugler Compares Tyler Scott to Tyler Lockett: 'Gets Better With Every Single Game

CINCINNATI — Bearcats wide receiver prospect Tyler Scott should be the first UC player taken in the 2023 NFL Draft. One analyst higher on him than others is The Athletic's Dane Brugler.

He listed Scott as his "non-top-50 player who will be a starter" on The Athletic Football Show.

He sees a lot of similarities between Scott and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett.

"I really believe that Tyler Scott deserves that type of comp. I think he has that type of ability, not the biggest guy 5-foot-10, 177 pounds. But you know he's got speed, and for a guy that's still relatively new to the receiver position, he does a lot of receiver things really well. He's only a third-year junior. He was a running back in high school for an option offense. I asked him how many catches he thought he had his entire high school career. He said probably 10. So this is a guy that has not been running routes.

"He's got the speed, I mean three-level talent, no question about that, creates that vertical push. I think that stem acceleration really loosens the coverage with him. And you know, the ability to gear change, that's where I see a little bit of Lockett where it's not just go go go it's you know, shifting gears and being able to, you know, sell moves, whether it's a double move or, you know, comebacks, digs, he can separate on all of those because, you know, his route breaks are outstanding, and I think he gets better with every single game."

Lockett and Scott are both big-play threats that entered the league with size questions. Skies the limit, if Scott links up with a great quarterback like Lockett did with Russell Wilson.

Scott is Brugler's 48th-ranked player overall and his seventh-best receiver (second-round projection).

4/26 UPDATE: Brugler hailed Scott's skills again right before the draft as one of his favorite players to watch in the class.

"Tyler Scott from Cincinnati," Brugler said on the April 25th Athletic Football Show. "I talked about him on the receiver show. I really believe he has Tyler Lockett upside."

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