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DT Johnathan "Big Hank" Hankins (Seattle Seahawks)

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Players Whose Draft Stock is Falling:

1. Jon Hankins, DT, Ohio State, Junior (6027, 320 and 5.25): Much improved in 2012, Hankins surprised no one when he came out early for the Draft as he was initially expected to be a top ten or fifteen selection. However, according to NFL sources we have spoken to, Hankins stock is not nearly that high now. No one doubts that he has physical strength to control blockers at the POA, the quick hands and athleticism to defeat man blocks and the speed to chase plays down in pursuit. However, the issues that are coming up around the league when teams discuss him is that he does not play with passion/intensity on every snap and has a bad habit of popping upright and losing leverage too often. You can never write off a rare physical specimen being over-drafted, but everything we are hearing points to a second or third round selection.
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http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Draft-Rumblings-Risers-Fallers-Around-The-NFL.html
 
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#28: Johnathan Hankins, DT, Ohio State

We continue this year's series with Ohio State defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins, the 6-foot-3, 320-pound multi-position defender who has put up some fairly impressive tape -- if not the stats to match -- over the last two seasons. After making some plays as a freshman in 2010, he really came of age in 2011, amassing 32 solo tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 3.0 quarterback sacks. As a junior in 2012, Hankins' stats started to fall (23 solo tackles, four tackles for loss, and one sack), but the game tape still flashed with NFL potential -- as long as you watched the early parts of games. After that, Hankins would still make plays, but things started to slow down a bit, which is common among larger men who play 65-70 snaps per game.

Those conditioning concerns were not alleviated at the scouting combine, when Hankins rumbled to an official 5.31 40-yard dash -- the fourth-slowest among all defensive linemen. However, his three-cone (7.59) and short shuttle (4.61) times were in line with linemen who weighed in 20 pounds lighter. And that's the conundrum Hankins provides -- there are times when he is as dominant as any player in this draft class, and other times where the one thing standing between him and true greatness is perfectly obvious.

Pros: Weighs 320 pounds, but looks and plays much bigger, and that's both good and bad. As a (really big) three-tech tackle, Hankins rides the guard where he wants him to go, and can split a double team with his pure power. Agile in space for his size -- will rumble pretty well to the quarterback or ballcarrier once he's free. Will take a blocker back with his upper-body strength and disengages quickly. Comes off the snap with good leverage and creates impressive momentum. Occupies double teams well into the play, allowing other defenders to flow through gaps more easily. At times, he's shockingly quick in short spaces and will take down a ballcarrier with force that makes you re-run the play.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...tate-dt-johnathan-hankins-170619184--nfl.html

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK-mCCWRNHg"]Johnathan Hankins - 2013 NFL Draft Profile - YouTube[/ame]
 
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10 possible Patriots: Johnathan Hankins
April, 16, 2013
By Mike Reiss | ESPNBoston.com

With the NFL Draft closing in, ESPNBoston.com is narrowing its list of prospects that it projects as the best fits for the Patriots at areas that seem likely the club could target:

Player: Johnathan Hankins

School: Ohio State

Position: Defensive tackle

Listed height/weight:6-foot-3, 320 pounds

Scouts Inc. rank: 9th (scouting profile)

Draft projection: Second round

Why he?s on our list: In a deep draft for big-bodied defensive linemen, Hankins has the build and potential to play the team?s two-gap style. One key question would be if the Patriots believed he had more than just two-down potential as a run stuffer. Vince Wilfork and Tommy Kelly are veteran interior linemen whose contracts expire after the 2014 season, while Kyle Love and Brandon Deaderick have deals that end after the 2013 season, so feeding the pipeline in a deep draft could make sense.

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http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-...742211/10-possible-patriots-johnathan-hankins
 
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Drop in 2012 production could cost OSU's Johnathan Hankins in next week's NFL Draft
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
April 19, 2013

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The goal was always to get Johnathan Hankins on the football field for more plays. He was that good, and the Buckeyes needed him.

The Ohio State defensive tackle reported to Columbus as a freshman in 2010 at around 350 pounds. But by his junior year, he played at 320 and was out there for nearly every snap for several games during the Buckeyes' 12-0 season in 2012.

When the season ended, Hankins announced he was turning pro. He said he'd been told he was a probable first-round pick by the NFL's draft advisory board. He was ranked as a top-20 pick by CBSSports.com analysts Rob Rang and Dane Brugler at the time and was listed ninth by ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. among his best draft prospects.

Now, with the draft less than a week away, Hankins isn't a first-round pick anymore. Of the nine draft analysts on NFL.com, none have him in the first round, and it's the same from Kiper and Todd McShay at ESPN.com. Rang and Brugler have dropped him as well. Rang now has him going in the second round, 55th, to Green Bay, while Brugler has him at No. 52 to Minnesota.

What happened? Sounds like too many snaps.

"What he did as a sophomore was special. But he had a more impactful role this year and he didn't step up and take over that role, and I think that's a big part of it," Brugler said Friday. "The production wasn't there. He played a lot of snaps, and it's not that he takes plays off, but that he wears himself out."

Hankins had 55 tackles, four tackles for loss, and one sack in 2012. In one more game, he had 67 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and three sacks in 2011. That may cause NFL teams to view Hankins as something less than an every-down player. If that's the case, it could cost him.

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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2013/04/drop_in_2012_production_could.html

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smINO4rdEgc"]Ohio State DT Jonathan Hankins 2012 Highlights ?? - YouTube[/ame]
 
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Draft Capsule: DT Johnathan Hankins
April 20, 2013

6-3 | 320 lbs.

2012 stats:

55 tackles, 4.0 TFL, 1.0 sacks

Projection:

1st-2nd round

Strengths:

There's something poetic about a 320-pound defensive tackle being able to move as quick as Hankins. He isn't going to rack up double-digit sack totals in the NFL but he is able to get inside lanes and gaps to plug run holes and does a solid job breaking free from his opponent. He's an incredibly strong defender who can also take on double-teams and free up blitzing linebackers or stunting defensive ends. He is durable, even at his size, starting all 25 games for the Buckeyes the past two seasons.

Weaknesses:


Because he has such a strong upper-body, he doesn't always get great leverage on blockers and that can get him out of position. Like most players his size, he tends to wear down late in games, and he even lost 15 pounds from his junior to sophomore year. His production also dipped in that span, so teams will need to figure out what his proper playing weight is.
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http://www.csnchicago.com/blog/bears-talk/draft-capsule-dt-johnathan-hankins
 
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NFL draft | Ohio State football: Hankins? stock drops, but not his confidence
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH WEDNESDAY APRIL 24, 2013

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Pardon Johnathan Hankins if the past few months have been a bit confusing and confounding as he waits ? perhaps longer than once expected ? to hear his name called in the NFL draft.

?I?m just trying to keep my composure, don?t worry too much about what?s going on, and just enjoy the moment,? said the former Ohio State defensive lineman, who chose to forego his senior season. ?There?s nothing I can do about anything now. It?s just a waiting process, and I am going to try my best to stay patient.?

When Hankins, from Detroit, announced his decision in December to leave, the consensus among draft analysts was that he was a top-16 prospect. He partly based his decision on a survey he received from a collection of NFL personnel people who projected him as a solid first-round selection.
Now, the analysts see Hankins as at least a top-16 pick ? in the second round. That means Hankins would have to wait to hear his name called on Friday, when the second and third rounds of the seven-round draft take place.

?I think you look at Hankins in the second round,? ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. said a couple of weeks ago. ?He wasn?t as dominant this year as he was two years ago, but he?s got a lot of ability.?

Hankins chuckles when he hears that. In 2011, he had more productive individual numbers (68 tackles, 11 for loss, including three sacks), but that was on a team that went 6-7, the first losing Ohio State season since 1988. In 2012, his tackles (55), tackles for loss (four) and sacks (one) dropped, but as someone who played from end to nose tackle and points between, sometimes from one play to the next, he was named first team all-Big Ten by the league coaches.

?When they ask me about that (drop-off in production), I tell them we went undefeated as a team in 2012 and I was a big part of that,? Hankins said. ?I felt like my linebackers ? Ryan Shazier and the guys behind me ? had a great year.

?I looked at it as me helping my team out, not as an individual who needs all these crazy amounts of stats. I looked at it as a positive, helping my team go 12-0. Some of the teams that have talked to me have seen what I?ve done. So I don?t really get too caught up in it. I mean, we went 12-0.?

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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...nkins-stock-drops-but-not-his-confidence.html
 
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a lot of draft projections have him dropping to middle-end of 2nd rd. He was once thought of as the 2nd or 3rd DT off the board. Would love to have him back in S&G for one last title run, dominating the middle, giving him a chance to prove the "not an every down player" critics wrong and improve his stock.
 
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This kind of crap is why the NCAA needs to allow players to withdraw from the draft any time they choose, up to the actual draft date. There is no reason for forcing young men to make this irreversible choice with the kind of sketchy forecasts that are available early in the process.

(Actually, I think the NCAA should allow them to not sign after being drafted and return to college, but in doing so the player would be stuck with whatever draft position they got.)
 
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MaxBuck;2331473; said:
This kind of crap is why the NCAA needs to allow players to withdraw from the draft any time they choose, up to the actual draft date. There is no reason for forcing young men to make this irreversible choice with the kind of sketchy forecasts that are available early in the process.

(Actually, I think the NCAA should allow them to not sign after being drafted and return to college, but in doing so the player would be stuck with whatever draft position they got.)
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First there was talk of giving players a bit of the billions they help generate, now this. Are you trying to ruin the NFL's free farm system? For shame.
 
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Buckeye Maniac;2332278; said:
Technically they can do that. They just need to forgo signing with an agent. I'm kind of surprised more players don't do that. Wait until you've been drafted to sign an agent, not too much use for one before.
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I'd like to see where that is technically the case. The NCAA has had a very early deadline for withdrawal from the NFL draft for several years, and I'd like to see where that has changed.
 
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