Packers Draft Primer - Parker Brailsford - OL - Alabama

What is up Packers fans and welcome back to the Daily Draft. I'm your host and the publisher of Packer Report Ross Uglum. I'm going to talk some whole line with you here today. We've got a prospect primer for Parker Brailsford. One of the highest graded offensive linemen in the PFF college the last couple of years, graded out like crazy when he was with Washington and has continued to grade out really well with Alabama. That led me to the tape. Got to watch it just because like some of his scores consistently wise man were incredible. I wanted to watch because I enjoyed line play. I enjoyed learning about line play like I'm talking to guys that are friends of mine that coach it that scout it. You know I didn't play it. You might not know it by looking at me now but I was a 150 pound kid in high school. I wanted to play quarterback ended up playing a little wide receiver a little safety. You know I was I would not have very good football player but I was thin small you know by the time I was a senior as tall but never even never even you know I barely go out there in stock block much less you know get get in the trenches so not something I coached you know when I coached I coached running backs and linebackers. Just something that I have the self-awareness to understand that I need to ask because I don't know. Love watching it. Love trying to learn about it and Brailsford man with like I said some of the some of the grades he was getting. I was like I got to watch this guy play because I want to see what what the grade now. Number one extremely good athlete and a special mover like really really even even considering and we will note you know that he is undersized. I mean it has to be it define unfortunately it defines him as a prospect in the same and we'll talk about this in a similar way to North Carolina's Willie Lampkin last year. It was like well shoot maybe make him a fullback you know so he's he was at one point listed in the 270s as a college offensive lineman right now made it to the combine at 6-2 flat which is 24th percentile in height and I know we're in the pros and this sounds like the cons and then 289 which is in the 15th percentile for weight but just such a special mover both on film and then his percentiles for his 40 and his explosives are great and you can see that like just the way he moves different on the football field now you tell me that's fine because he's smaller than everyone else I accept that. Unbelievable first step after the snap if he's a part of a double team or if the weight year defensive front lines up is that his job is to climb up to linebacker there's not a better one in college football there's not a better one that I watched in this class I mean his first step after after snapping the football is really really good he's quick he's impressive athletically man I just keep like the way he moves is different good snapper and that that's a it's a low low profile thing until it becomes a high profile profile thing shotgun snaps hit the quarterback where they're supposed to very few issues you know it's not a thing until Creed Humphrey is throwing the ball over the yard and Creed's a great player I'm not trash talking Creed but he's very few problems snapping the ball fast enough to cut off linebackers on the second level running outside zone really like competitive finishes plays nasty you know turpinate guys without getting penalized for it just just goes at dudes love the way he plays plays like an undersized guy would play you know if you kind of would imagine that very very smart player by all accounts handle stunts and games with ease you can watch that on film and then just when you read about him you know smart guy and then really moves well in past pro you know able to if it's a four man front you know a lot of the time the center is helping or you know on a double team or or picking up a stun or things like that like very rarely is the center just getting I shouldn't say very rarely but center not always just getting bowl rushed by nose guard right so I think he's he moves well and past pro does a good job helping his guards doing the things that he's supposed to do I really enjoy watching him just as a football player guys we're brought to you by the Green Bay draft guide and that's powered by Packer Report we'll give you 10 off of that bad boy with promo code draft it should be dropping on April 8th or it just did drop depending on what day this video is it is the number one Packer specific guide it's got Jacob Morley's tier list where you see just how likely the Packers are to draft guys based on the past I've got a big long thing about they're kind of financial window here in 2026 and 2027 you know what they're gonna potentially be able to do here with the real prime of the love Parsons era and and kind of what the path forward might look like what tools they'll have I enjoyed writing that and then you know the team fits are written by myself Jacob Westendorf and Jacob Morley so I mean I think from from a Packers perspective that's about as knowledgeable as you're gonna get in a draft guide on how these players you know would fit the Green Bay Packers should be a seven round mock draft in there I think um it's just good it's it's good okay cons he's really small 24th percentile height 16th percentile weight has to be noticed again I said similar to Lampkin from UNC last year in that way wonder if Lampkin is still in the league he's on the Eagles I think it looks like because he was crazy like 511-290 he would 511-280 um yeah claimed off waivers in August then he's on IR so I don't know if the Eagles plan that that doesn't matter we're getting too far down the weeds here um can get bowl rushed which is something you might expect with his size and his aggression and his speed does sometimes cause him to overrun meaning he'll get out kind of in front of his skates and a second level either linebacker or safety can cut in behind him because he's overrun his line I'm talking about when he's blocking outside zone Packers fit you know one of my favorite center prospects in this draft um the need for a center is less now that they have a longer term agreement with Sean Ryan so that's worth noting I don't know that Goody was going to take this super small athletic player anyway they're moving away from getting small they just you know having to now they have a 330 pound center um they're not running as much zone it's a lot more man uh and and pin and pull stuff gap scheme stuff like they're just it's not wide zone wide zone wide zone wide zone um so that makes him less of a fit um he kind of reminded me in a bad way of how exciting Garrett Bradbury's tape was at NC State the way that he moves the way that he's so much more athletic than the defensive lineman but ultimately right can get forklifted I mean Kenny Clark made a career out of forklifting Garrett Bradbury um seemingly ultimately I mean my final word would just be Goody doesn't like small players and ultimately Parker Brett Brailsford is a small player so that's that's where I ended on on that one um and Parker's on this list because at the time we made the schedule and I he's he's a really interesting prospect so I'm glad we're breaking him down but um I think we made this schedule before the Ryan deal was done I I don't know how much out much interest they're gonna have in a center only prospect with Ryan re-signed and then and then Jacob Munk entering year three so I just I just don't know I think it's unlikely I guess is what we'll close with guys uh buy the guide subscribe to pack report have a great rest of your week go pack go bye The world moves fast. 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