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By Nick Swanson
252nd overall – William Bradley-King, Baylor
For our final player, we look to the Big 12 and Baylor for William Bradley-King. After starting his career at Arkansas State, Bradley-King elected to transfer to Baylor for his senior season. Baylor was a whole new experience for him. He switched from a defensive end to more of an outside linebacker role to adapt to the rigors of Big 12 football.
At 6-foot-4 and 248 pounds, Bradley-King appeared in all nine games for the Baylor Bears recording 31 total tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery. It was a rude awakening for a guy who spent his last three seasons in the Sun Belt conference, but he proved that he was able to get it done.
One flaw in Bradley-King’s game is that he relies solely on his pure power. He likes lowering a shoulder and trying to bully offensive linemen into the backfield, nine times out of ten, that won’t work in the NFL. He’s very violent with his hands and is one of the best pure “poppers” that I’ve seen. If he’s able to catch an offensive lineman off-guard then he’ll easily be able to reach the quarterback.
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He’s very precise and targeted at the point of attack. Picking and choosing where and when to accelerate through the blocks allows Bradley-King to hit holes quick and hard. He’s definitely not a guy that will be going very high in the draft and he may not even make a team’s 53 man roster but he’ll be a very fun player to watch in training camp.