Renner's 2027 NFL Draft scouting series: Ranking the top 10 offensive tackles — SkimNews
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- Trevor Goosby (Texas) tops the 2027 OT rankings with a Top 10 early grade, praised for an ideal frame, size, movement skills, and power generation after opting to return for another year with only a year and a half of starting experience.
- Jordan Seaton (Colorado) lands at No. 2 with a Round 1 grade, featuring quick feet, long arms, and urgent hands, though Renner flags run-game concerns and compares him stylistically to former Penn State OT Olu Fashanu.
- Lance Heard (Kentucky) is highlighted for 'prodigious power' reminiscent of Darnell Wright's senior tape at Tennessee, drawing praise as a violent puller despite having attended three SEC schools in four years.
- Cayden Green (Missouri) is slotted among tackles but projected as the first guard off the board, with Renner noting he absorbs and delivers power better than most while modest foot speed limits his tackle viability.
- Trevor Lauck (Iowa) allowed just 6 pressures on over 700 snaps in 2025 with an 87.8 pass block grade, positioning him as a potential Round 1 pick if his overall play strength improves this season.
- Niki Prongos (Stanford) is a fifth-year senior who didn't play football until his senior year of high school, yet Renner notes his 6-foot-7, 312-pound frame with elite body control and stable base.
- Renner rates the 2027 tackle class 8/10 in strength, projecting that another half-dozen tackles will land among the top 32 picks and noting that even the 10th-ranked player (Texas's Melvin Siani) remains first-round-caliber athletically.
Why it matters: An 8/10 class rating with two potential top-10 OTs (Goosby and Seaton) doubles the usual premium-tackle pipeline, giving quarterback-needy franchises an unusually deep early-round pool; Renner's projection of six-plus tackles in the top 32 would mark one of the strongest tackle hauls of the decade.
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