Darrian Beavers

Beavers (6’4/237) was a big, strapping, physical presence in the middle of Luke Fickell’s defense. Beavers is a downhill thumper with enough lateral agility to meet running backs outside the tackles. His lack of speed is apparent in coverage, where he can get torched by a bad assignment. Beavers will help your run defense, but he should either be removed on passing downs or asked to make simple zone drops. Best-case scenario, he develops into a KJ Wright-type.