The 49ers met with Georgia DL Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, who does not have much production at the collegiate level.
Jordan Schultz tweeted the San Francisco 49ers have met with another defensive lineman from the SEC. Instead of focusing on the players, pay attention to the positions and body types the team is meeting with.
Georgia defensive lineman Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins has met with the Niners since his Pro Day. Ingram-Dawkins played the “big end” at Georgia. He’s 6’4 3/4”, 276 pounds, with a wingspan in the 85th percentile. His vertical jump (89th percentile) and short shuttle (82nd percentile) were also in the upper echelon, but the rest of his measurables were below average.
Schultz said Ingram-Dawkins has the potential to be a Day 2 pick. He has a combined four sacks and one quarterback hit in the previous two seasons. Ingram-Dawkins’ pass rush win rate is 7.2 percent, which is below the median.
He was predominantly an edge rusher in Georgia’s four-man front. He played 218 snaps outside the tackle, 186 snaps over the tackle, and 104 in the B-gap. Ingram-Dawkins looks like he played the same role Robert Beal played with the Bulldogs a few years back: An early-down run defender who can hold the point of attack without getting moved and occasionally win.
There’s athletic upside. He’s 21 years old. But the production is absent. We’re talking about a player who combined for 30 tackles in the previous three years.
The 49ers don’t have a “run stuffer” opposite Nick Bosa. Yetur Gross-Matos is a player you play on obvious passing downs. Sam Okuayinonu wins with athleticism. The other options consist of Beal Jr. and Drake Jackson. So it’s not as if there isn’t room for a Day 2 or 3 prospect to come in and compete for playing time.
Something else to pay attention to as we get more and more prospect visits is the positions and where they’re projected to go. According to the NFL Mock Draft database, Ingram Dawkins is ranked 215th overall and is projected to go in the seventh round.