Round 7 | Jared Hilbers, Washington
Hilbers took over at left tackle when his former teammate and current NFL prospect Trey Adams had his season come to an end in 2018. He moved over to replace Falcons’ Kaleb McGary. In total, he played 36 games with 24 of them being starts during his four-year career at Washington.
Like Taylor and many of these athletic tackles, Hilbers had the love for basketball the majority of his life. Those traits translate to the field. Hilbers is a better run blocker where he is rangy and looks smooth getting to the second level, but he is light on his feet and shows adequate body flexibility in pass protection.
However, he is on the shorter end when it comes to arm length, he struggles with pad level and he needs to continue to get stronger in order to anchor the bull rush at the next level.
Washington’s Jared Hilbers And Ohio State’s Branden Bowen showing power and the ability to get to the second level #ShrineBowl pic.twitter.com/OIrn0LJore
— Mike Luciano (@TheRealLuc3) January 14, 2020