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Jack Wohlabaugh NFL Draft Profile
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Jack Wohlabaugh Scouting ReportJack sets a powerful anchor with ideal knee bend and adequate ankle flexion. He does well to help out guards with a powerful drag hand. He has very good hand placement and timing. He consistently hits his aiming points. He has smooth, quick footwork and reactive athleticism to shift direction at a moment's notice. Jack is a persistent blocker with a good motor who is constantly finding work. He climbs from double teams with urgency. He is an effective at getting in the way of defenders at the second and third level.
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Areas for ImprovementWohlabaugh has a tendency to let his pads get too far in front of his toes as a run blocker, resulting in a loss off balance far too often. He has trouble with staying square to defenders. He takes some poor angles as a run blocker. He saps some of his second level effectiveness. His range is merely sufficient. He is effective getting out in space on screens, but has the trouble with reach and scoop blocks. Jack does not attempt to latch onto defenders to sustain as a pass blocker very often. He simply pushes them back and keeps them off him. He shows decent hip roll, but does not generate much vertical push on the run blocks unless he is double teaming. In 2019, he tore his ACL after starting 9 games.
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Jack Wohlabaugh Career at SchoolJack Wohlabaugh is a returning starting center. He was selected to the Rimington Award Watch List. Jack in 22 games (18 starts) as a Blue Devil, has played 1,477 snaps. He garnered honorable mention All-ACC accolades in 2019. He enrolled at Duke in January 2018, following transfer from Ohio State University.
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Jack Wohlabaugh NFL Draft Player ProfileWohlabaugh projects to be a Day 3 selection who brings above average pass blocking acumen to an offensive interior. He will be able to toggle between guard and center at the next level, and will be best suited for a backup center role early in his career due to his issues with balance and propensity to take poor angles in the run game. Wohlabaugh will fit best in a gap-scheme due to his ability to chip off double teams and effect the second level and his merely sufficient lateral range on reach blocks. He’ll be most valued by teams that value pass blocking over all else due to his strong anchor, reactive athleticism, and accurate hands. Wohlabaugh could be a riser in the process if he can prove to teams that he won’t be a liability as a run blocker at the next level, but limited proactive athleticism and a propensity for losing his balance while run blocking will give teams pause about bringing him in. His pass pro chops are very well developed and are NFL-ready, giving him a high floor and potentially a low ceiling at the NFL level as a pass protection specialist.
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