Green Bay Packers Address WR, EDGE & LB in 3 Round Mock Draft
By Paul Bretl
Green Bay Packers Pick 59: Kingsley Enagbare, EDGE, South Carolina
The edge rusher room may look fine at the moment, but big changes could be on the way. It seems very likely at this point that Za’Darius Smith will be cut for the $15 million in cap savings. Meanwhile, we don’t know what the future holds for Preston Smith.
If P. Smith is gone as well, edge rusher is without a doubt the No. 1 priority this offseason–Rashan Gary simply can’t do it all on his own. However, even if P. Smtih is back, I would still make edge rusher a top priority, given the lack of reliable depth on the roster. Let’s just say there was a very noticeable difference last season when Smith and Gary weren’t on the field.
Standing 6’4″ and weighing 265 pounds, Enagbare has 1,497 career snaps and totaled 48 pressures along with 11 sacks during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. However, this past year was by far his most productive. Enagbare would record 45 pressures, four sacks, and he had PFF’s third-highest pass-rush grade among edge rushers.
While almost every snap this past season came in the traditional edge rusher role, Enagbare does have 131 career snaps lined up in the B-gap–although 119 of them came in 2018. Against the run is where he will have to make the biggest strides, however, as Enagbare ranked 184th out of 200 edge rushers in PFF’s run defense grade in 2021.
Joe Marino of The Draft Network provides us with a closer look at Enagbare’s game and what he can offer an NFL team:
"“Enagbare offers an intriguing blend of burst, length, and power that mostly shows up as a pass rusher, where he finds ways to apply steady pressure. He does well to convert speed to power and use his length to compromise the width of the pocket, get even with the quarterback, flatten, and disengage with good angles. “As a run defender, Enagbare has plenty of room for improvement where his processing skills are below average. He doesn’t ID blocks quickly and is frequently out of his gap due to tardy responses, high pads, and peeking into the backfield.”"