Rodger Saffold

Last Updated: January 19th, 2010
Managed By: Jeff West

School	Indiana
Height	6 ' 4.4 "
Weight	312 lbs.
Speed	5.25 ( Unofficial )

Graduation Year	2010
Birth Date	6/6/1988
Jersey #	76
Current Position	OT
Projected Position	OG
CDS Projected 2010 NFL Draft Round	4
Member Projected 2010 NFL Draft Round	Not enough entries

Important Links

Indiana's Profile for Rodger Saffold

Stats

Season Year	GP	GS
'06-'07	7	6
'07-'08	13	13
'08-'09	10	10
'09-'10	12	12

Overview

Left tackle Rodger Saffold has been selected to play in the 85th East-West Shrine Game and has been selected Second Team All-Big Ten for the 2009 college football season as voted on by the Big Ten coaches. Saffold earned his first recognition from the conference. He possess truly intriguing athletic tools.

Strengths

Saffold has raw athletic ability in space and does an above average job of reaching defenders at the second level; he did a solid job on NW’s Corey Wooten though he had tight end help some of the time. He displays good athletic ability in space with the quickness to cut off rush lanes once he loses contact with a pass rusher. He generated a pretty decent push in the first half in the run game against Corey Wooton.

Does a nice job reaching defenders off his frame in the run game and uses his athletic ability to chip at the line and seal at the second level. He has an above average first step off the edge and has the range to consistently reach corner on his initial kick-slide. Most of Indiana’s big runs this season have come on his side.

Weaknesses

At times he can get too wide with his footwork and will struggle to keep his base compact in pass protection. On occassion he doesn’t generate much power when extending his arms into blocks and is easily disengaged from on the outside. He has a tendency to overextend and get off balance. He has decent feet but can be beaten around the edge.

Due to his tendency to get too high and lose leverage when facing quick-twitch edge-rushers, he struggles to quickly redirect and anchor at the point. Also he can be overwhelmed on contact and fails to consistently stay on blocks.

Despite his size and speed he's not a dominant in-line run blocker and struggles generating much push at the point of attack, he doesn’t possess the body control to consistently stay on linemen through the play and is eventually disengaged on contact.

At times he really struggles to stay on blocks. In the 2nd 1/2 of the game versus Wootton despite a good early game he didn’t do much that was noticable [in a good way,] in the run game against strong defenders he has struggled to generate movement in the running game.

Projection

Saffold has an impressive frame, has above-average athletic ability off the edge, but lacks the power and balance to quickly redirect and stay with athletic pass rushers in space and though Saffold has played LOT, but he doesn’t usually display the strength or lateral quickness to slide, mirror or swiftly re-direct and keep the left side of the pocket clean in pass protection. So perhaps his future home is as a ROT or he might be suited to kick inside and play guard in a zone-blocking scheme.

He still should hear his name called late in the 4th or early in the 5th round, if he can play OG as well as RT and LT in a pinch he should be in the NFL for several years.

Member Ratings

User: Johanns21
Date/Time: 04/12/2010 - 8:15AM CDT
Predicted Round: Round 2

Thought to be a guard at the beginning of the draft process, but showed in the Shrine Game that he has what it takes to be a Left Tackle in the NFL. Would be great for a ZBS team.

User: Reuben36
Date/Time: 04/2/2010 - 5:36PM CDT
Predicted Round: Round 2

Alot of starting expirence at LT. Played extremely well in the east/west shrine game. Wouldnt be a bad pick in the 1st rd. but would bring better value in the 2nd. Good player.