Adam Trautman | TE | Dayton
Elevator Pitch
Trautman is a small-school pass-catcher who put up big numbers for the Flyers. The rule of thumb is that if you played at a small school, you better dominate. In two seasons of production, he hauled in over 150 passes for 2,295 yards and 31 touchdowns. Check that box, he can be a real weapon at the next level for a team.
Vitals
Height | 6-5
Weight | 255
Class | Redshirt Senior
Strengths
Trautman was a somewhat unknown NFL prospect for most of the college football season until he stepped onto the field in Mobile, Alabama for the Reese’s Senior Bowl. His strong week against the top level competition showed that he can perform when the bright lights are on. He showed that despite dominating lower end competition, Trautman is ready to take on the best the league has to offer.
Trautman usually wins with his athleticism, you can he see he played basketball in high school with how he boxes out defenders. Uses his hands to secure the catch and does so away from his frame. Which gives quarterbacks a nice catch radius. He showed against FCS opponents that he is much to powerful for defenders, with time at the next level he could continue that style of play.
Where he wins best will be up the seam of a defense and in the red zone. Not a guy who you have to lineup as an inline target, has flexibility to move around. At Dayton, Trautman lined up in the backfield, on the line and split out wide. Great matchup chess piece for any offensive coach.
Weaknesses
The biggest worry in Trautman’s game comes as an inline blocker. He will need to be refined with his stance, hand placement and blocking technique. He is very raw in terms of understanding how to be a blocker at the next level. He was recruited to play quarterback but switched to tight end after his redshirt freshman season.
In terms of being raw, Trautman will need to be refined as a route runner as well. It is a relative unknown on how he will respond to press coverage as his tape showed a lot of free releases, so how does he react when he is impeded by coverage?
Projection: Day 2
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