HEIGHT: 6'3"

WEIGHT: 308

HAND: 10"

ARM: 32⅜"

WINGSPAN: 79"

40-YARD DASH: 5.09

3-CONE: N/A

SHUTTLE: N/A

VERTICAL: 29.5"

BROAD: 9'0"

BENCH: 31

POSITIVES

— Highly experienced with proven versatility and a firm understanding of the play's intent.

— Thick build, heavy hands and good square power to deliver jolt and create displacement on contact.

— Uses his frame and strength to cover up, press and steer out defenders on base, overtake and angle-drive blocks.

— Brings a physical, aggressive demeanor when uncovered looking for work. Strains hard to through the whistle in the run game.

— Clear eyes boost play speed when sorting line games and stunts.

NEGATIVES

— Middling length and lateral quickness lead to razor-thin margin for error with strike timing and hand placement against shifty, skilled pass-rushers and late loopers.

— Tardy strike timing exposes his chest, concedes control and results in a shaky anchor.

— Plays with a perpetual forward lean that saps his balance and sustain ability.

2023 STATISTICS

— 13 starts split between center (seven) and right guard (six)

— Team captain

— Second-team ACC selection

NOTES

— Born June 4, 2001

— 4-star recruit from the 2019 class, per 247Sports

— Father played running back for Duke with a brief stint on the Dallas Cowboys; uncle played linebacker at North Carolina before playing for three seasons in the NFL

— In 2019, became the first true freshman to start on Duke's offensive line since Bryan Morgan in 2007

— 58 career starts (and 44 consecutive starts) split between right guard (35), right tackle (11) and center (12)

OVERALL

Jacob Monk is a five-year starter with 58 career starts, including 13 split between center (seven) and right guard (six) last season in Duke's 60-40 run-pass split, zone-based run scheme with gap principles (G-T counter) mixed in. He regularly switched between center and right guard in-game. Monk has a thick, wide and sawed-off frame with good square power, heavy hands and adequate movement skills.

Monk wins as a run-blocker using his wide-bodied frame, heavy hands and good square power to cover up first-level defenders on angle-drive, base and overtake blocks before pressing and steering them out of the hole. He runs his feet, churns his legs and strains hard to finish, bringing a lunchpail mentality to the field.

Monk is an effective puller with pop on contact and the mass to secure rush lanes. However, he plays with a perpetual forward lean and exposed chest that saps his balance once stacked and leaves him out of position against moves across his face.

In pass protection, Monk excels using shoe, jump and firm sets where he can let his strength and girth grind rushers down while bringing clear eyes against line games/stunts and jolt to adjacent rushers when uncovered. He will get caught with an exposed chest due to tardy strike timing that leads to a shaky anchor, and he will struggle cutting off moves across his face due to middling lateral quicks and length.

Overall, Monk has the size, processing skills, play strength and proven versatility to compete for a backup role on the interior of an NFL offensive line, with enough ability to get a team out of a pinch at center or guard.

GRADE: 5.8 (Backup/Draftable — 6th-7th Round)

OVERALL RANK: 200

POSITION RANK: IOL28

PRO COMPARISON: Joe Looney

Written by B/R NFL Scout Brandon Thorn

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