Arlington Hambright Scouting Report

Arlington Hambright. Now that's a damn name. A tackle out of Colorado who the Bears drafted with their first of two seventh round picks. Hambright played all over during his college career, starting at Garden City Junior College where they improved from 3-8 in his freshman season to an 11-0 National Championship in his sophomore year. He then went to Oklahoma State, but got hurt halfway through the year. They were 5-1 with him, and 2-5 without him. Finally, he went to Colorado where he led them to a...complete season in the PAC-12. Maybe he needed a second year for the Buffaloes to truly work his magic.

He was not invited to the combine, so I'm not totally sure about the physical attributes. As for the game tape, I had the choice of watching 12 minutes of Colorado taking on Oregon or a 81 second highlight video. Yep, I chose the latter.

I will say I'm always a fan of guys who played tackle in college who were definitely better suited to be a guard. It usually means they were a very good athlete, and I think that it can translate to being very good with a switch to the interior where the smaller frame will not be as big of an issue.

With that switch to guard in mind, I really like how he moved and was able to get to the second level.

This is a great play as he gives a shove to 51 on the defnesive line to help out his guard before making it to the next level and blowing the defender away.

He also showed good hand use in pass blocking, but it was a grand total of one play, so I probably shouldn't make any final conclusions off of that.

Oh, and in case you didn't watch the highlight video, the last 28 seconds of the 81 second video is just an ad for the Bears website. They did my man dirty on that one.

Overall, I like the idea of adding offensive line depth late in the draft and taking a chance on why a guy might be undervalued. He only played one full season of major college football, and he was playing out of position at tackle when his frame is built more for guard. This is a smart chance to take, and let's be real, his name is Arlington Hambright, he could have been a one-legged kicker, and I still would have said this was a great pick.

Previous Chicago Bears 2020 Draft Profiles
2nd Round - Cole Kmet - Tight End - Notre Dame
Undrafted - Ahmad Wagner - Tight End / Power Forward - Kentucky / Iowa
2nd Round - Jaylon Johnson - Cornerback - Utah
5th Round - Trevis Gipson - Edge Rusher - Tulsa
5th Round - Kindle Vildor - Cornerback - Georgia Southern
5th Round - Darnell Mooney - Wide Receiver - Tulane
7th Round - Arlington Hambright - Offensive Guard - Colorado