LA Rams: Revised 7 round mock draft – Mid April 2020

LA Rams select Patrick Queen, LB LSU

Patrick Queen, of LSU, is the next step in rebuilding the linebacker room. Queen is taken in round 2 as the 57th overall pick of the draft. He stands 6-feet weighing 229 pounds.

At the Combine, he ran a 4.5-second 40-yard dash and bench pressed 225 pounds 18 times. He vertically leaped 35 inches and broad jumped 125 inches. Queen made 131 total tackles through three seasons.

NFL.com gives the following description of Queen’s ability to play:

"While other Tigers received more attention, Queen has some of the most eye-opening tape of the bunch. He plays fast, physical and with impressive field confidence for a one-year starter. His ability to diagnose and flow are both very rapid, and he operates with excellent body control and balance to gobble up runners as an open-field tackler. His inexperience will show itself in taking on blocks and finding optimal pursuit angles, but that will get cleaned up in time. Queen is next up from LSU’s linebacker factory, possessing the same three-down ability to hunt, cover and tackle as those before him. He’s an early starter with a sky-high ceiling."

Expect Queen to compete as the starting inside linebacker replacing Matthews. His ability to stuff the running game makes this a good pick. Here’s the next player in the revised Rams draft.