Colts draft TE Jelani Woods - Round 3, Pick 73

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

https://twitter.com/KBowen1070/statu...19185971965952

With No. 73, the Colts take TE Jelani Woods (Virginia).

Woods is one of the most athletic tight ends you’ll find.

2 picks. 2 pass catchers.

https://twitter.com/JoelAErickson/st...20166386339845

Jack Doyle and Mo Alie-Cox have combined for more than 1,100 snaps in each of the last 3 seasons. With Doyle gone, Alie-Cox wasn’t going to be able to take all of those snaps.

Enter Woods.

https://twitter.com/NateAtkins_/stat...19564671438849

OC Marcus Brady coached him at the Shrine Bowl and the Colts had been interested in him ever since.

https://twitter.com/MathBomb/status/1520220579282001920

Jelani Woods was drafted with pick 73 of round 3 in the 2022 draft class.

He scored a 10 RAS out of a possible 10.00.

This ranked 1 out of 1014 TE from 1987 to 2022.

https://twitter.com/HolderStephen/st...24276770701314

Colts third-round pick Jelani Woods, explaining how he switched from QB to TE while at Oklahoma St....

He was asked once to play Mark Andrews on the scout team and "pretty much killed our starting defense."

Coaches asked him to switch to TE the next day.

[apballin]

Him and Mo Allie on the field together holy shit

[Dam8610]

After watching his tape, I'm surprised he was ranked as low as he was. I don't want to say who my comp was yet, but watch film of him and see if you can guess, because it's pretty obvious.

[apballin]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

After watching his tape, I'm surprised he was ranked as low as he was. I don't want to say who my comp was yet, but watch film of him and see if you can guess, because it's pretty obvious.

Antonio Gates?

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by apballin

Antonio Gates?

More recent. Gates wasn't as physical. Size match is uncanny.

[apballin]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

More recent. Gates wasn't as physical. Size match is uncanny.

Gronk???

[Spike]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

After watching his tape, I'm surprised he was ranked as low as he was. I don't want to say who my comp was yet, but watch film of him and see if you can guess, because it's pretty obvious.

Tony Gonzalez?

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by apballin

Gronk???

That's the one. Play style is nearly identical. Woods seeks out contact, whether he's run blocking or just made a reception. He's already a quality run blocker, and as a pass catcher, he's a matchup nightmare everywhere on the field but especially in the redzone where UVA would split him out wide and throw either a fade or a slant for an easy TD or DPI flag. The Illinois tape is the one where it's the most blatantly obvious. He ran over their entire secondary in that game.

[Oldcolt]

Dam I've never wanted you to be more correct than this comp.

[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Dam I've never wanted you to be more correct than this comp.

Watch the Illinois tape and try to stop yourself from thinking "That's Gronk". I couldn't.