NFL Draft Profile: Las Vegas Raiders Select Texas Tech EDGE Tyree Wilson
Tyree Wilson
Texas Tech Red Raiders
#19
Pos: EDGE
Ht: 6061
Wt: 271
Hand: 0958
Arm: 3558
Wing: 8448
40: 4.75
DOB:5/20/2000
Hometown: New London, TX
High School: West Rusk
Eligibility: 2023
One Liner:
Wilson is one of the most physically gifted prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft, possessing the arm length, frame, explosiveness, and power to be an immediate impact player at the next level.
Evaluation:
Texas Tech primarily lines Wilson up as a 5-tech, although it’s common to see him take snaps as a 4-tech and occasionally as a 4i. The redshirt senior’s production caught up to his physical talent this season. Wilson has elite arm length and a large wingspan. He carries his weight well enough that he can fill roles as a 4-3 defensive end or 3-4 outside linebacker at the next level with the ability to reduce inside occasionally. Wilson has an explosive first step and long strides to beat tackles around their outside shoulders or make plays as a backside run defender. He’s quick to use his length and engage blockers. Wilson proved time and again that he was an athletic mismatch against guards in college. The former Texas A&M transfer has the play strength to play through contact in half-man and manipulate his blocker as he works down the line to the football as a run defender. His power shows up as a bull rusher and the instances when he converts speed to power. Wilson’s hands pack pop, and his leg drive consistently displaces linemen. He easily separates from blockers and redirects to the football because of his length. Wilson’s long limbs extend his tackle radius, and he shows effort in pursuit. He deployed a developing swim move in 2022 and showed an increased likelihood to attack the tackle’s inside shoulder from a 5-tech alignment. Despite being an older prospect, Wilson has plenty of room to develop as a pass rusher. He doesn’t frequently use moves outside of his bull rush and swim move. Wilson needs to improve his counters and secondary moves while learning to more effectively deploy his powerful hands. Similar to 2021, he’s still late getting off the line at times, and this eliminates the advantage he gains from his explosive first step. Wilson possesses sufficient bend to flatten his rush angle to the quarterback, but it’s one of the more limited areas of his game. His use of leverage needs to improve as a run defender and pass rusher. Wilson isn’t a sudden or twitchy athlete and possesses modest short-area agility. Missed tackles still pop up on his tape. While Wilson is a powerful defender, his struggles with leverage lead to offensive linemen effectively sealing him on run plays. Ideally, Wilson would get his long arms in passing lanes more often to disrupt the quarterback’s process and generate pass breakups at the line of scrimmage.
Grade:
1st Round
Quotes:
“People don’t truly understand how much coaches had to scheme to manufacture success versus this young man.” -- Texas Tech Director of Player Personnel James Blanchard on edge rusher Tyree Wilson
Background:
Tyree Wilson is a returning starter for Texas Tech in 2021, where he started all thirteen games and was the leader in tackles for loss and sacks. Wilson began his college football career at Texas A&M, where he played in twelve games but made a true impact at Texas Tech. From Henderson, Texas, Wilson had over two hundred tackles during his high school career at West Rusk High School. He was a three-star recruit who was the thirty-second best player in the entire state of Texas. With Wilson coming back for the 2022 season, Texas Tech will have a veteran leader on the defensive side of the ball.
