Amarius Mims – Tackle – 21 years old – Junior – Georgia
Size: 2m01
Weight: 154 kg
2023 stats: 15 games, 92 receptions, 1,640 yards, 14 touchdowns
NFL Comparison: Donovan Smith
The Athens campus takes on a little more of a laboratory feel each year… Four years after Andrew Thomas (New York Giants) and twelve months after Broderick Jones (Pittsburgh Steelers), both top 15 at 1.96 meters tall, it's another colossus who is about to arrive in the NFL from the University of Georgia.
At 2m01, and 154 kilos on the scale, Amarius Mims is THE mountain of this 2024 vintage of tackle and a player who hardly goes unnoticed. However, just like Jordan Davis, a former partner of his with the Bulldogs, drafted in 2022 by the Philadelphia Eagles, the native of Cochran, Georgia, demonstrates delirious use of his size. Enough to make observers salivate in advance, despite a fairly small sample.
Strong points
- Crazy speed for its size
- Fluidity of movement
- Hands are not violent, they are…VIOLENT
Long brooded in the shadow of many talented linemen among the Bulldogs, Amarius Mims mainly had a say at the end of the 2022 season. A year that Georgia finished on the roof of College Football, with a national title. Usually called upon on the right side, the former 5-star recruit showcased to the world his incredible mobility and fluidity of movement rarely seen until now for players of his physical stature.
Result: often a step ahead of the pass rushers, a scale which annihilates any opposing counter-offensive, and even a power from the engagement of the hands, likely to make his opponent retreat. It doesn't take much to make Amarius Mims an almost impassable player in the long term on the pro pass.
Active from the snap, Mims also knows how to be reactive against faster rushers, all thanks to valuable arm length and an ability to realign his center of gravity in a very short time.
Weak points
- Lack of experience
- Improved hand placement
- Clumsy anchoring on the run stop
But like Broderick Jones last year, Amarius Mims' potential is both a quality and a flaw. Because despite all this arsenal available, we are entitled to wonder when it will be fully exploitable. Indeed, as said above, the first responsibilities arrived quite late for the tackle, who also had bad luck in 2023, with injuries which slowed down his margin of progress.
The technical aspect of Amarius Mims' game is therefore a big question mark. This is true on the upper body, with placement that can be less clean against constantly moving rushers. This is even more true on the ground game, with a less obvious anchor point to find on the move and which tends to unbalance him on changes of direction and not be able to be effective until the whistle. Add to that the fact that he was exclusively seen playing right side for the Bulldogs, and you have a real blueprint for blindside protection in the NFL.
Possible destinations
Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys
A bet that pays off in the long run? In a tackle class that looks set to be quite stocked in the first round of the next draft, Amarius Mims is a fairly clearly identified profile: an athlete with incredible talent but with whom you will have to be at least a little patient to reap all the benefits from his start. second year. Despite his use at university, his physical strength and his technical bases on the pro pass should quickly make him a left tackle with a future in the NFL, who could quite quickly, thanks to his staff, erase the few imperfections of his current game.
