Positives: Very competitive and nasty and has a defensive disposition. Tough, hard-nosed and versatile player who is best at center but can play guard and fill in at tackle in a pinch. Will play through pain. Has matured a lot and become a leader. Very good run blocker who is strong, tough and nasty and works to finish his blocks. Has good balance and body control. Above-average quickness off the ball. Gets good fits in the running game. Uses hands well and is a pretty effective pass blocker when he plays inside. Is not a great knee-bender but can bend and get his pads low.

Negatives: Is not an overly athletic or superquick-footed player with great flexibility and bend or a huge man who can handle the biggest of nose tackles. Plays better in a confined area. Is not that quick or fluid.

Summary: One of the best centers, if not the best center, in the draft. The best Ohio State center I have seen in years, and he is getting better all the time.

Positives: Excellent intangibles. Good worker. Tough and competitive and has a mean streak. Has a large wingspan, which can really be an asset in pass protection. Uses hands well. Can slide laterally and move his feet. Can and has played both left and right tackle. Seems to be growing into his body and looks more athletic each year.

Negatives: Is more tall and angular than truly massive and does not have a great power base for run blocking. Lacks lower-body strength and explosion. Average knee bender. Does not drop his weight and anchor against a bull rush as well as you would like. Does not have the type of feet and athleticism teams would like to see in a true left tackle. Had some knee problems in ’01.

Summary: A good prospect who will play in the NFL, but if he is to be viewed as a long-time answer, he must show he is quick and agile enough to be a left tackle or functionally strong enough in the run game to play on the right side.

Positives: Massive widebody with tree trunks for legs. Great strength and explosion. Plays with heavy hands. Can adjust and block on the second level. Is a good athlete who can get better.

Negatives: Very young and somewhat immature. Has always dominated with ability and needs a lot of work on his technique. Does not always bend his knees and play with good leverage. Comes from an option offense and needs a lot of work on pass-protection techniques. May be a little too heavy and ran only 5.5 at the Combine.

Summary: One of the most dominating run blockers I have ever seen. Has John Hannah-Larry Allen-type power, but he also has a lot to learn about pass blocking and will need to realize he can’t just rely on his natural ability on the next level. Will have to pay much greater attention to detail.

Positives: Can do an excellent job at center or guard and may be able to play tackle. Is not that tall, but has a large wingspan and really long arms. Good athlete. Has very good balance and body control. Quick off the ball. Very strong and explosive. Good power base and bubble butt. Dominating one-on-one blocker. Nasty. Works to finish. Plays with really heavy hands. Can pull and trap. Has a good feel for the game and makes good blocking decisions when he must chose who to block.

Negatives: Good, not great athletic ability and feet. Does not always keep feet moving and relies too much on upper-body strength at times. Will struggle to break down and adjust on the second level at times and at times seems to have a hard time finding somebody to block. Does not always look that athletic.

Summary: Should be a long-term starter at either center or guard in the NFL and a big-time player.

Positives: Looks the part with long arms and a big, thick body and butt. Athletic for size and will show some real quickness at times. Can move his feet and slide laterally. Has some natural hip roll and explosion. Can bend his knees. Overpowering at times. Shows you everything you want to see at times. Has almost unlimited potential. Had a strong week at the Senior Bowl and finally seemed to realize how good he could be if he really focused. May be the best pure athlete of the tackles and can play left tackle on the next level.

Negatives: Does not look like he has spent much time in the weight room. Everything in his college reports had "at times" added on until recently. At Arizona State, he was an inconsistent player, especially when it came to blocking for the pass. Did not always play with a sense of urgency and looked for the easy way out at times. Tended to get sloppy about his technique. Got narrow-based and did not bring his feet with him. Although very classroom smart, seems to have lapses in concentration and focus on the football field.

Summary: If the light really went on for him at the Senior Bowl, he could be a legitimate first-round pick and an outstanding pro.

Positives: A planet player, meaning there are very few people in the history of the planet who are as big as McKinnie and can do the things he does on the football field. He has the wingspan of a 747 and does an excellent job of using his hands and long arms to punch and redirect rushers. With his size and wingspan, getting around him is like circumventing the globe. Seems to have a feel for position, despite his limited football background. Is light on his feet and athletic. Slides his feet fluidly and can change directions. Bends his knees extremely well for a man as tall as he is. With his long arms, he is not going to bench-press 225 pounds 45 times, and he had not spent that much time weight training before college. However, he can be overpowering one-on-one. Rarely seen off his feet, despite his limited football background. Has very good balance and body control and seems to have a good feel when blocking in-line. Never seems to give up a sack and pitched a complete shutout at Syracuse All-America DE Dwight Freeney, who some believed was the best pass rusher in the country. Can also adjust on the move.

Negatives: Is not a real killer or that intense all the time. Does the job but does not seem to want to finish all his blocks and really punish the man he is blocking, except when the big guy is upset about some tactic the defender used. Is so big and talented that he does not have to do the little extras that could make him extra special. Does not push himself as much as he should in practice. Has not spent enough time working in the weight room to improve his strength and flexibility. Still learning the game, and lack of experience will hurt him. Looks indecisive and struggles at times in the open field, when his assignments are not clearly defined and he has an option of who to block. That is the one area where his limited football background seems to hurt him. While he has been durable and very effective, McKinnie may not always push himself as much as he should in practice. In terms of size, is similar to Jonathan Ogden, but McKinnie does not have Ogden’s super athletic ability, flexibility or feet.

Summary: Size-wise, McKinnie is similar to Jonathan Ogden but does not have Ogden’s super athletic ability, flexibility and feet. Nevertheless, McKinnie will be a very high first-round pick, and if he will pay the price, he could become a perennial All-Pro type of player.

Positives: Good competitor. Plays with pride. Very smart player who generally is very efficient. Tall and has long arms. Uses arms well. Understands blocking angles and positioning. Steady and reliable. Played very well against Georgia’s Charles Grant in ’01.

Negatives: Linear build. Lacks mass and bulk. Is not an overpowering player. Adequate but not an exceptional athlete. Lacks really quick feet and does not redirect that well. A little bit stiff and is not a natural knee-bender. Will have some problems adjusting on the move and handling counter moves.

Summary: Better player than athlete. Is generally effective but will struggle in the NFL, especially if he lines up at left tackle. As a right tackle, his lack of bulk, strength and power are going to hurt him.

Positives: Played like a true All-American in ’01 and was one of the top three offensive tackles in the country (along with Texas’ Mike Williams and Miami’s Bryant McKinnie). A widebody with a good bubble butt and good strength and explosion. Can bend his knees and roll his hips. Athletic and light on his feet. Has good lateral movement and feet. May not run well for distance, but he is quick and mobile in a limited area. Very hard worker and a team player. Tenacious, bulldog type. Works to finish his blocks. Graded out very well in the films I looked at in ’01. Held his own against Syracuse’s Dwight Freeney and North Carolina’s Julius Peppers, who were two of the great speedy, athletic rushers in the college game.

Negatives: Lacks the type of height and wingspan you look for at tackle. You just don’t see under 6-3 tackles with 31-inch-long arms in the NFL anymore. May not have the speed to be effective on the long pull. At times has trouble with inside counter moves and speed off the edge. Gets beaten by top pass rushers when he does not bend his knees and keep his feet moving.

Summary: A better college football player than Victor Riley was and has almost as much pro potential. Should be a starting NFL guard and a very good one, but his size practically precludes him from playing offensive tackle on the next level.

Positives: Team leader and very coachable. Good intangibles and versatility. Has played center and guard. A tough guy and a worker. Massive and very powerful with exceptional upper-body strength. Can latch on to and grab and turn a defender to open the hole and is hard to shed when he gets his hands on you. Can be an overpowering in-line blocker.

Negatives: Is not a quick-footed or overly nifty athlete. Has a tendency to play a little top-heavy, and when he has too much weight forward, he loses play strength and body control and can be knocked off balance easily. Much better in close quarters than in space. Does not adjust or change directions very well. Suffered a major ankle injury in ’00 and has had some other injury problems. Tends to bend at the waist, and while he is very strong, he’s not explosive from the hips down. Lacks experience on offense and will need some reps.

Summary: Should be a solid NFL guard if his health is not a problem and he is not asked to do too much in space.

Positives: Awesome size. Huge all over and can play at 340 pounds without losing anything. Is still very young. Turned 21 in November and has just scratched the surface of his ability. A terrific athlete for one so large. Williams is very active, flexible, coordinated and light on his feet for a man his size. He has quick feet and quick, strong, explosive hands. Will often jar defenders with his hand punch. Can bend his knees, sink his hips and play with leverage, and when he does, no one is going to overpower or even push him backward. Can be a devastating drive blocker when he plays with leverage. Was the Longhorns’ co-offensive lineman of the year in 2000 while playing on the same line as Leonard Davis, the No. 2 overall draft pick last year. Williams was the team’s best blocker in 2001. Has Davis-like size and may be an even better athlete.

Negatives: While not a pear-shaped athlete, Williams seems to have a coating of baby fat on his body and is far from being cut; in other words, he doesn’t have the muscular definition of a weightlifter. When he gets too heavy — and he was 375 pounds at the Combine — he tends to play top-heavy and overextend. Tends to get lazy about bending his knees and keeping his pads low and becomes a pusher and shover. When he gets tired, he does not move his feet much and will just use his size and lean on the defender and try to engulf him. While he really likes football, Williams also loves eating, and he must cut down on the latter and spend more time in the weight room and running to realize his nearly unlimited potential. Left tackles are more valuable than right tackles, and while he has a left tackle’s feet and athletic ability, Williams has always been a right tackle, and some players just can’t switch sides, because everything is reversed. Hurt his knee in college early in the 2001 season and may have a little looseness in it.

Summary: Is in the same class with Leonard Davis. Could be a top-five pick if teams are convinced he can move to left tackle after working him out, or a top-10 choice if they are not certain.