Guard/Offensive Tackle

TCU

6-6 349

Draft board overall prospect rank: #104

Draft board overall guard rank: #10

Overall rating: 67 (early 4th)

40 time: 5.20

4/26/11: Cannon has been diagnosed with lymphoma and will undergo 12 weeks of chemotherapy. Best of luck to him in his recovery, but I’m moving him down for obvious reasons. 12 weeks puts us in late July, at best, and chemotherapy isn’t exactly something you can just come off of and be in game shape immediately.  I had a late first round grade on him. I’m dropping him to the 3^rd round because this really is a talented player and pro athletes have bounced back from lymphoma before (Jon Lester) and had great careers.

3/15/11: Marcus Cannon has been TCU’s left tackle for a few years, protecting Andy Dalton’s blindside for one of the most explosive offenses in the league. However, with his weigh in the 360s and 370s, it looked as if he would have to move inside at the next level. Cannon has done a good job of losing about 20 pounds this offseason to get to 349. He ran very well at The Combine for his size and looked to be in very good shape for his weight both in his weigh in and during drills.

He looks sluggish on tape, but not incredibly sluggish and I think this guy could be a right tackle in the right scheme. If not, he’s a guard and most teams will still look at him as a guard. He’ll be a dominant run blocker and an immovable object no matter where he plays. I think he has a very solid future in the NFL.

NFL Comparison: Leonard Davis