LA Rams: 5 players whose stock is on the rise after OTAs

DT Brown III

You may not have expected the LA Rams to target a defensive lineman early in the 2021 NFL Draft. In fact, based on reports that the class of 2021 was neither particularly talented nor deep on interior defensive linemen, you would have been well-within-your-rights to conclude that the organization would not draft any interior defensive linemen this year. After all, wasn’t that the logic of carrying three undrafted rookie defensive linemen on the practice squad all season?

But Texas A&M defensive lineman Bobby Brown III was worth the trouble. Standing 6-foot 4 and weighing 325 pounds (ignore the 235-pound typo on the Rams official roster), Brown arrives at the NFL already looking the part of a player worthy of lining up next to teammate Aaron Donald.

Brown is a force to be reckoned with, a true monster from college football, to the NFL to terrorize quarterbacks and ball-carriers for years to come. He has already demonstrated an incredible knack to apply pressure on the quarterback from an interior defensive lineman’s position. That is huge and is a tremendous raw skill set for defensive line coach Eric Henderson to work with as he tempers the raw power and ability of Brown into a savvy NFL defensive lineman.

Brown is an ideal rookie to be granted a unique opportunity to learn from one of the best to play next to one of the best. I mean, seriously, Brown has the chance to train alongside Donald, Sebastian Joseph Day, A’Shawn Robinson, Greg Gaines, and ultimately showcase his own tremendous talents on the football field among that group.