Christian Jones NFL Draft 2024: Combine Results, Scouting Report For Texas OT

The 2024 NFL Draft is getting close, making it an excellent time to highlight some of the class' best players with scouting reports. Each report will include strengths, weaknesses and background information. 

Here's our report on Christian Jones.

Christian Jones' 2024 NFL COMBINE RESULTS

• Height: 6'5 1/4"
• Weight: 305 lbs
• 40-Time: 5.04
• 10-Yard Split: 1.78
• Vertical: DNP
• Broad Jump: DNP
• 3-Cone: 8.09
• Shuttle: 4.78

Christian Jones 2024 NFL DRAFT SCOUTING REPORT

STRENGTHS:

• Big, well-proportioned OT with mass throughout his frame but more than functional athleticism to pass protect.
• Relied primarily on size, length and mass in pass protection rather than quick feet and lateral movement.
• Vertical set pass protection snaps in which he showed efficient kick slide with good knee bend and balance.
• Played with excellent awareness and accelerated vision, recognizing and reacting to stunts and pressures.
• Consistent execution in pass protection closing the edge and anchoring versus speed-to-power. Compact
• Showed initial strength, followed by power generation, as a down blocker in the run game. Sustained with movement.
• Came out of stance in run game with good balance and efficient movement. Mobility to strike on the move.
• Run game snaps he combined with down block, then climbed to second level, changing path to block moving LB.
• Showed he could transition strength into power as run blocker. Kept feet moving to drive through blocks.
• Strong playing personality with a competitive edge. Showed up consistently in run game where he was a finisher.

WEAKNESSES:

• Tendency at times to reach and lunge in pass protection, resulting in loss of needed balance and body control.
• Needs to be quicker and tighter with hand strikes, not allowing rusher into his chest. Hands too wide at times.
• Feet may be too heavy and plodding in pass protection to play OT. Lacks desired lateral quickness and range.
• Quickness off the edge attacking high side an issue. Core stiffness and slow feet limits the range of movement.
• Susceptibility to inside counters and speed-to-power. Both resulted from compensating for lack of quickness.
• Every time he got beat in pass protection in the 2022 tape I watched, he was beat to the inside off counters.
• 2023 – Too often, in pass protection, he looked tight through his hips and core. Struggled at times to re-direct.
• Struggled at times with laterally quick edge pass rushers. Balance and body control issues getting out of phase.
• Showed tendency to drop head in pass protection, which resulted in lunging and balance-body control issues.  
• Did not play with aggressive or heavy hands in pass protection. More reactive than a proactive powerful striker.
• At times, looked tight and stiff as a mover once he got into space. Not a higher level athlete for the OT position