Georgia football star Amarius Mims rising up 2024 NFL Draft boards as one of the highest upside prospects
The 2024 NFL Draft class is stacked to the brim with top notch offensive line prospects this year, but one name seems to be rising faster than any others this week. Amarius Mims, the offensive tackle from Georgia, stands tall at 6'7", 340 pounds, but moves with a perfect combination of fluidity, agility, and strength. […]
The 2024 NFL Draft class is stacked to the brim with top notch offensive line prospects this year, but one name seems to be rising faster than any others this week.
Amarius Mims, the offensive tackle from Georgia, stands tall at 6'7", 340 pounds, but moves with a perfect combination of fluidity, agility, and strength. He missed significant time at Georgia due to injury, but when healthy Mims was one of the most dominant blockers in the nation.
According to Pro Football Focus, Mims never gave up a single sack in his entire career, only surrendering five true pressures at any point in college. Just absolutely mind-blowing pass blocking efficiency.
This week Mims' combination of traits and consistent blocking win rates has caught the eye of several top NFL Draft analysts. Benjamin Solak of The Ringer went as far as to say that he would take Amarium Mims inside the top ten picks of this year's NFL Draft!
That's certainly high praise considering all of the top offensive weapons already assumed to be going inside the top ten picks this year. However, Mims isn't exactly the normal NFL Draft prospect that you would see selected that early.
As mentioned above, Mims missed significant time at Georgia. So much so that he only ever played 803 total snaps in three years, as mentioned below by Ben Fennell from NFL Network.
To put those 803 snaps into perspective, fellow first round offensive tackle projection Joe Alt played more than 2200 starting snaps at Notre Dame. And there are actually a handful of fourth and fifth year offensive linemen returning to college this fall who have over 3000 starting snaps already. Mims barely crested 800.
That's what makes it seems so crazy that Mims is still considered a potential top ten draft pick. But to have that limited experience and still be considered a top ten pick just speaks to the high implied upside that Mims possesses.
With three quarterbacks (Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye), three wide receivers (Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Nabers, Rome Odunze), and three other offensive tackles (Joe Alt, Olu Fashanu, Taliese Fuaga) potentially in the mix to be top ten picks this year Mims certainly has his work cut out for him in reaching that range of the first round. However, it seems the hype train is only just beginning to speed up. If he tests well at the NFL Combine Mims just might be the first offensive tackle off the board.
