Why Oregon DL Arik Armstead Should Be a Top-10 Draft Pick

April 18, 2015   ·   Cian Fahey   ·   Jump to comments

Very few certainties exist at the top of this year's NFL draft.
Jameis Winston appears set to go first overall, but nobody knows who the Tennessee Titans are going to pick or if they are going to be the ones making the second overall selection. Unlike in previous years, there doesn't appear to be a consensus top tier of players who will go in order at the top of the first round.
Arik Armstead is a name that hasn't been mentioned much as a potential top-five pick, but the Oregon defensive lineman has recently been discussed as a potential top-10 pick.
The most notable name to ponder Armstead as a potential top-10 pick is NFL Media's Daniel Jeremiah:
When you look at Arik Armstead, you look at somebody who has elite traits. He has elite size, he has elite strength at the point of attack. I think he has some upside as a pass rusher. I know people look at him and say he's not an elite pass rusher, lacks some of that quickness. Not what he was asked to do in that Or...

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