NFL Draft Profile: Channing Tindall, Linebacker, Georgia Bulldogs
#41
Pos: LB
Ht: 6017
Wt: 230
Hand: 1058
Arm: 3278
Wing: 7728
40: 4.47
Bench: N/A
3-Cone: N/A
Shuttle: N/A
Vert: 42
Broad: 1009
DOB: 3/28/_
Eligible: 2022
Columbia, SC
Spring Valley High School
Channing Tindall
Georgia Bulldogs
One-Liners
Inside linebacker with great speed, very good physicality and above average size. Tindall processes slowly.
Pros:
Middle linebacker with above average size. Tindall rotates in and out of the lineup and has been a special teams standout for the Bulldogs. He possesses great speed giving him sideline to sideline range and outstanding closing burst. When arriving, he carries his momentum through ball carriers and delivers hard hits. Very good play strength and physicality allow him to absorb and stack climbing linemen at the second level. On the blitz, Tindall uses his speed and strength to blow up blocking backs and tight ends. He has enough agility to avoid blockers that take poor angles in space. Tindall sheds smaller lead blockers quickly. In coverage, he closes space to underneath targets, minimizing windows. He gains above average depth and recognizes, turns and carries crossing routes developing behind him.
Cons:
Playing hesitantly, it is apparent that Tindall does not play free and is thinking a lot. He has poor eyes, takes false steps and gets fooled when reading the mesh point and by play fakes. His hand usage is average, lacking precision when he sheds blocks. Tindall possesses below-average fluidity, looking clunky when gaining depth and lacking the agility to stick with shifty route runners through breaks in man coverage.
Summary:
Inside linebacker with great speed, very good physicality and above average size. Tindall moves sideline to sideline and can take on and shed blocks. He is slow processing and has below average agility. Tindall projects as a backup early on who will be a very good special teamer. He possesses all the traits required to be a good starting linebacker if he can significantly improve his processing.
Background:
Channing Tindall attended Spring Valley high school in South Carolina where he made 190 total tackles to lead the state, 14 for loss and nine sacks in 2017. Furthermore, he was named S.C. Defensive Player of the Year by both The State and USA Today, as well as First-Team All-State and was a finalist for USA Today’s National Defensive Player of the Year. After high school, 247Sports ranked him as a 4-Star recruit, the 103rd-best recruit nationally, the 5th-ranked inside linebacker recruit in the country and the 3rd recruit in the state of Texas.
Tindall committed to Georgia and in his true freshman year in 2018, he appeared in all 14 games and finished with 17 tackles, two tackles for loss, two sacks and four pressures. In 2019, he played in 11 games and finished with nine tackles, 1.5 sacks and three pressures. In 2020, he appeared in 10 games and finished with 15 tackles and three sacks. In 2021, his rotational role continued but everything seemed to click. In 14 games he finished with 59 tackles, six tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and one forced fumble.
Many players may be frustrated with playing a rotational role but Tindall is not a diva for the spotlight, he understands his role and happily fills it. He still communicates with his high school head coach, Robin Bacon, who illustrates Tindall’s perspective on his role and teammates at Georgia, “He talks about the guys he plays with, and about how talented they are. I think that’s the important thing about Channing – he’s a hard worker and he sees things. He told me ‘I’ve got to go out every day and compete because the linebacker group is so talented at Georgia.” It doesn’t hurt that the linebackers have friendly competition to push each other to be the best versions of themselves, as Tindall explains, “We’re all competitive so we’re all trying to do better than the other one. When you’re trying to do better than the other one, you focus on everything. The keys, the alignment, what you’ve got to do — everything. Outdoing each other is actually making us better. That’s the No. 1 thing that has kind of got us to the point that we are now.”
Grades
Current Player Value/Potential Player Value
Leinweber: 7.8 / 8.5
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