Malcolm Koonce DE/EDGE Buffalo | NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
Malcolm Koonce DE/EDGE Buffalo
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
40 time: 4.81 seconds | |
Height: 6-3 Weight: 250 | |
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Overall Rating: | 66.0 / 100 | |
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Game performance weighted rating | ||
Tackling: |
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59% |
Pass Rush: |
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78% |
Run Defense: |
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66% |
DRAFT GRADE: 5th Position rank: #29 | ||
College Games: 33 College Snaps: 1348 |

Strengths
- Challenges inside with quickness and strong hands. Run-and-chase defender who can leave a mark.
- Aggressive with good awareness to track the ball and attack. Tenacious, tough, competItIve and versatile.
- Flashes strength at the point of attack with active, violent hand use. Forceful with his upper body to defeat blocks. Strong hustle player.
- Plays with leverage at the point of attack whether inside or outside. Keeps eyes in the backfield when inside; moves linemen to either side with strong hands.
- Relentless and strong off the edge as a pass rusher when fresh. Gets under the pads of tackles to bull rush them into the backfield.
Weaknesses
- Misses tackles, even when he gets his hands on the ballcarrier. Needs to improve hand placement and technique.
- Uncreative pass rusher who lacks counter moves. Raw technique. Streaky and slow to react.
- Average athletically with average straight line speed and tight hips. Not a natural bender. Lacks secondary pass-rush moves.
- Never out of a play, but can get out of control and work himself away from the action.
- Not an elite athlete with average functional strength and size. Lacks the length to fend off blocks and can be too energetic and lose his angle. Doesn't have a natural position at the next level.
How other scouting services rate Malcolm Koonce (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
296.0
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
74.0