Scouting Report: Strengths

• He’s very good in coverage when looking into the backfield in zone coverage.
• Greet feel in coverage. Often arrives at the receiver at the same time as the ball, giving up few yards after the catch. Possesses straight-line speed to stay with or chase down receivers in man.
• Made Bruce Feldman's Freak's List - ranked #7. He wrote "Welschof, who has leaned down 22 pounds to 268, broad-jumps 10-5 consistently and vertical-jumped 34 1/2 inches this offseason. His 40 was 4.66. The most amazing numbers posted by former Wolverine Freak Aidan Hutchinson were his shuttle times. Hutchinson did 6.73 in the 3-cone drill in Indy (sixth fastest among all players there). Hutchinson clocked a 6.54 last offseason in Ann Arbor. Herbert said Welschof ran a 6.76 this offseason. He’s also done a 4.19 in the 20-yard shuttle — only Hutchinson’s 4.15 was faster among D-linemen and linebackers in Indy. Hutchinson was the first athlete Herbert ever witnessed do a “Turkish Get-Up” with 135 pounds and no collars (to lock on the plates) in a quarter-century working in college weight rooms. This offseason, Welschof did it with a 160-pound dumbbell “like it was effortless.”
• He’s rangy and instinctive when he’s looking into the backfield as a zone defender.
• Combination of size, length, and agility makes him a secure tackler in space. Could succeed as a free blitzer.
• He’s a technically sound and consistent tackler, breaking down and wrapping up, with the length and power to swallow up ball carriers.
• Shows toughness to get under the pads of tackles to bull them, club them upfield to get the inside lane, or fight through blocks for secondary rush when the passer steps up.
• Flashes closing speed and agility to reach passers from the blind side or up the middle before they can escape.