Amarius Mims 2024 NFL Draft: Combine Results, Scouting Report for Cincinnati Bengals OT

The 2024 NFL Draft is here, making it an excellent time to highlight some of the class' best players with scouting reports. Each report will include strengths, weaknesses and background information. 

Here's our report on Amarius Mims.

Amarius Mims' 2024 NFL Combine Results

• Height: 6-foot-8
• Weight: 340
• Arm length: 36 1/8"
• Hand size: 11 1/4"
• 40-yard dash: 5.07
• Vertical jump: 25.5"
• Broad jump: 9-3

Amarius Mims 2024 NFL Draft Scouting Report

Strengths

• Outstanding size and length for an offensive tackle; long arms and big hands with a well-proportioned, lean frame
• Came off the ball low with good leverage as a base-drive blocker in the run game, generated strength and power  
• Showed strength and power to manipulate defensive ends at the POA in the run game, locked out effectively with his arms 
• Easy mobility to work to second and third levels to make blocks on the move; fluid tracker with balance  
• Efficient, comfortable kick slide in 45-degree and vertical pass sets; stayed low with knee bend and balance
• Shows light feet in his kick slides while staying square and using his long arms early in his pass set to control the rusher 
• Powerful hands with grip strength to latch on to pass rushers and control them; combined with natural power throughout his body, allowed him to shut down speed-to-power pass rushers 
• Easy lateral movement in pass protection with the range to protect and cut off the edge 
• Played with excellent awareness and quick accelerated vision, recognizing and reacting to stunts and pressures 

Weaknesses

• Lacks the experience to make a smooth transition to the next level early in his career due to only eight college starts
• At times in pass protection opened his hips too quickly, giving the pass rusher the edge and inside counters
• He overset on some snaps when challenged on the edge, resulting in susceptibility to getting beat underneath 
• There were pass-protection snaps in which his feet looked heavy, especially re-directing vs. inside counters 
• Run-game snaps as base blocker where he reached and lunged with a tendency to lean into contact and overextend
• Must learn to play to his size, strength and power more in the run game, drive through blocks to sustain 
• Struggled at times with reach blocks, not getting his hips and core turned enough to seal the defensive lineman to the outside 
• At times in the run game would lunge out of his stance, losing balance and body control and missing his block