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Roger Rosengarten NFL Draft 2024: Scouting Report for Washington OT

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HEIGHT: 6'5"

WEIGHT: 308

HAND: 9⅝"

ARM: 33½"

WINGSPAN: 80⅜"

40-YARD DASH: 4.92

3-CONE:

SHUTTLE: 4.6

VERTICAL: 30"

BROAD: 9'5"

POSITIVES

— Snaps out of his stance with the timing and foot quickness to beat the defender to the spot.

— Fluid, rangy pass-protector who mixes up his sets and hands to keep rushers guessing.

— Shows the recovery skills and balance to stay attached with his head out of the block at the top of the QB's drop to solidify the pocket against high-side rushes.

— Ricochets and closes space in a hurry on second-level climbs to intersect smaller targets.

— Sorts and handles basic line games and stunts with precision.

NEGATIVES

— Lacks the sand and lower-body strength to consistently hold the point of attack and anchor against power.

— Needs to learn to reel in his aggressive, risk-taking approach in pass protection to prevent oversetting and quick, clean losses across his face.

2023 STATISTICS

— 15 starts at right tackle

NOTES

— 4-star recruit in the 2020 class, per 247Sports

— Also played on the defensive line and played basketball and baseball at Valor Christian High School in Colorado; averaged 15.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game as a junior in basketball

— 28 career starts at right tackle

— Part of the 2023 Joe Moore Award-winning offensive line unit

— Accepted his invite to the Senior Bowl

OVERALL

Roger Rosengarten is a two-year starter at right tackle inside Washington's pass-heavy, multiple run scheme featuring zone concepts, pin-pull, counters and extensive empty formations that leave him on an island. Rosengarten has a narrow, lean and long-limbed build without much sand and very good athletic ability.

Rosengarten is a springy, quick-zone run-blocker who gets to his landmarks on time with some initial pop before straining hard to sustain blocks. He excels most working in unison on combo blocks and on climbs and pulls tracking and lining up smaller targets. His mediocre sand and lower-body strength limit his ability to root his feet and hold ground on angle-drive blocks, causing him to get stoned and pried open.

In pass protection, Rosengarten combines loose, twitchy movement skills with a daring, aggressive approach to close space quickly on rushers with a variety of sets and quick, active hands to disrupt their timing. He has the range to expand his set points and mirror rushers up the arc on high-side rushes with the balance to secure late inside counters at the top of the pocket. Rosengarten struggles to consistently anchor due to well-below-average play strength and is easily manipulated into drifting and oversetting on an island, leading to clean losses across his face.

Overall, Rosengarten is a twitchy, aggressive and crafty player who needs to improve his functional strength before getting on an NFL field. But he has enough tools to work his way into a swing tackle role with starting potential down the road.

GRADE: 7.0 (High-Level Backup/Potential Starter — 3rd Round))

OVERALL RANK: 81

POSITION RANK: OT8

PRO COMPARISON: Spencer Brown

Written by B/R NFL Scout Brandon Thorn

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