L.T. Overton — DL/EDGE | Alabama | Senior (2025)

DynastySignal NFL Draft Scouting Report — 2026 Draft Class

The Short Version

L.T. Overton is a 6'5", 278-pound EDGE/DL hybrid out of Alabama who is the definition of a "tools over production" prospect — his frame, length, and alignment versatility are legitimately first-round adjacent, but his sack numbers (4 in 2025, his best year) and an apparent lack of a true counter-move arsenal keep him from cracking that ceiling. The case for him is simple: Alabama deployed him everywhere — wide-9, 5-technique, both sides of the formation — and he held up against elite SEC competition (Georgia, Tennessee, LSU) as a run defender while showing legitimate edge-beating ability on tape. The case against him is equally simple: tweener builds like his historically struggle to carve out a three-down role at the next level, and a quiet 2023 at Texas A&M (17 tackles, 0 sacks) raises some questions about consistency. He's a Day 2 pick who can develop into a useful rotational piece — with the upside to be more if he develops a counter move to go with his length.

Measurables & Background

| Attribute | Value |

|-----------|-------|

| Name | L.T. Overton |

| Position | DL / EDGE |

| School | Alabama |

| Class | Senior (2025) |

| Height | 6'5" |

| Weight | 278 lbs |

| Draft Year | 2026 |

| Hometown | Texas |

| Recruiting | 5-Star (2022 Class, Texas A&M) |

| Transfer | Texas A&M → Alabama (2024) |

| 2022 Stats (A&M) | 31 tackles, 3 TFLs, 1 sack |

| 2023 Stats (A&M) | 17 tackles, 0 TFLs, 0 sacks |

| 2024 Stats (Alabama) | 42 tackles, 3 TFLs, 2 sacks |

| 2025 Stats (Alabama) | 42 tackles, 6 TFLs, 4 sacks, 4 QB pressures, 1 PBU |

Film Sources Reviewed

| Source | Frame Count | Key Content |

|--------|-------------|-------------|

| The NFL Film Room — LT Overton 2024 Season Highlights | Alabama EDGE | NFL Draft Film | 18 | 2024 Alabama season; vs. Tennessee, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Michigan (ReliaQuest Bowl), Wisconsin; pre-snap alignments and play executions; Overton circled/highlighted in multiple frames |

| Tide in Motion — LT Overton 2025 Highlights | Alabama DL 🐘 | 37 | 2025 Alabama season; vs. Wisconsin, Georgia (road night game), Missouri (road), LSU (home), Florida State, UL Monroe, Michigan (bowl game); includes close-up sack/celebration frames confirming #22 identity |

| Prospects — LT Overton Highlights | 19 | Mixed seasons; vs. Vanderbilt (sack frame), Georgia (goal line), Tennessee (pass rush), Missouri, Florida State; most focused pass-rush footage; key hand technique sequences visible |

What The Film Shows

Pass Rush Moves — Grade: B-

Overton's primary pass rush weapon is a long-arm bull rush that uses his 6'5" frame and apparent arm length to keep tackles off his body and create a power lane. The clearest example on film is a Vanderbilt game sack (highlights_2_006) where he beats the left tackle cleanly to the outside and drives the quarterback to the turf — it's not just a cleanup sack, he earns it. Against Tennessee (highlights_2_017, highlights_2_018), you can see him engaged wide, threatening speed around the edge with his body in a low, angled position. The Tennessee frames also show him using a long-arm extension as an initial contact move before attempting to convert to a speed rush — the sequencing is there conceptually, but the break to corner is inconsistent; tackles who get him to stall by absorbing the initial punch can hold him.

The concerning film note: across all 55 frames, I see one definitive move — the long-arm initiation. There's no visible swim, rip, or inside counter. Against Georgia's elite offensive line (highlights_003, highlights_004, highlights_2_014, highlights_2_015), Overton's pass rush looks notably more labored than it does against Vanderbilt. That competition gap is real and it matters for projection.

Citation: Sack finish — highlights_2_006; edge speed attempt — highlights_2_017, highlights_2_018; Tennessee hand work — film_001; Georgia engagement — highlights_003, highlights_004

First Step & Motor — Grade: A-

This is his best trait on tape. From pre-snap frames, Overton shows excellent alignment discipline — his stance is consistently balanced, weight distributed, never telegraphing direction. In film_012 and film_013 (Wisconsin, pre-snap), he's highlighted with a red circle on the right edge, and you can see his three-point stance is low and compact, not upright and stiff. Against Missouri (highlights_007), the overhead view shows him getting off the line before the Missouri offensive linemen fully set — that's legitimate first-step quickness for a 278-pound player.

Motor is evident throughout. He's not a guy who takes plays off. In the Alabama-Missouri game (highlights_009, highlights_010), he's shown making a sack/tackle at the end of a play after pursuing through contact. The LSU celebration frame (highlights_013 — him with a big smile, slapping hands with a teammate after a successful play) is minor context, but it speaks to an energetic, engaged player who is invested in the outcome. Most tellingly, in the Georgia game (highlights_005), he's pursuing a 4th-and-1 QB keeper to the outside — a player who isn't all-in would ghost that play, he doesn't.

Citation: Pre-snap stance — film_012, film_013; first step vs. Missouri — highlights_007; pursuit — highlights_005, highlights_009; motor on finish — highlights_010, highlights_014

Run Defense — Grade: A-

Run defense is Overton's calling card and his surest path to immediate NFL snaps. The film consistently shows a player who sets the edge correctly, uses his hands to prevent blockers from getting into his body, and funnels ball carriers back inside to pursuit.

The goal-line frame against Vanderbilt (highlights_2_007) is textbook: he's maintaining outside leverage with his arms extended, forcing the runner to cut back into the teeth of the defense. Against Tennessee (film_003), he's in the pile on a short-yardage run stop — he's not somewhere off the field, he's in the scrum. The South Carolina game (film_006, film_007) shows him engaged with a pulling guard or tackle in traffic and winning the contact point. Against Missouri (highlights_008), the overhead view catches him driving the Missouri blocker with a low pad level — he's not getting stood up, he's dipping his hips and generating push.

What I like most: Alabama puts him in run-responsibility alignments all the time. When you see him in a 7-tech or wide-5 on first down in the film, that's not accident — that's a coaching staff that trusts his anchor and gap discipline. Teams that run at him from multiple angles (Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri) consistently find him holding his assignment.

The one caveat: from overhead, it's hard to see his hip sink on true power plays when he gets doubled. He isn't Overton on those plays — he's being handled. His anchor against a strong double team is a question mark heading into the combine.

Citation: Edge-setting technique — highlights_2_007; run stop in pile — film_003; South Carolina engagement — film_006, film_007; Missouri pad level — highlights_008; first-down alignment trust — film_012, film_013, film_015

Length & Power — Grade: B+

At 6'5"/278, Overton has the frame to be legitimately disruptive. His arm length is apparent on film — multiple frames show him extending blockers away from his body rather than allowing them to get into his chest. The LSU sack frame (highlights_014) is a good one: he's bent at the waist, driving forward, with his arms working through the blocker's punch. He wins with length more than raw strength, but the combination at his size projects to functional bull-rush power at the NFL level with continued strength development.

He doesn't look like a player who's maxed out physically. His frame carries the 278 lbs well — no signs of excess weight or poor muscle composition from what you can see on broadcast camera angles. There's legitimate room to add 5-8 lbs of functional mass without sacrificing movement.

The power concern: he's not consistently moving offensive linemen backward in the run game against top-line competition. Against Georgia (highlights_004), he's working to hold his ground, not creating push. At the NFL level, that matters more.

Citation: Arm extension vs. LSU — highlights_014; length in run game — highlights_008; Georgia engagement — highlights_004; build assessment — highlights_013 (close-up)

Versatility — Grade: A

This is Overton's trump card in dynasty contexts. Alabama lined him up in the following alignments across the 55 frames reviewed:

In sub-packages (film_016, highlights_001), he's standing up and working from a two-point stance as a traditional edge rusher. On first-and-ten, hand in the dirt at 5-tech. That's the definition of a versatile defensive lineman — he doesn't need to come off the field.

The pre-snap ReliaQuest Bowl frames (highlights_016, highlights_018) show him in the context of a 4-man front with two inside backers, then in a different look with Alabama showing five on the line. He adjusts. That's a football IQ plus.

Citation: Alignment variety — film_012, film_013, highlights_2_003, highlights_2_005, highlights_2_007; sub-package deployment — film_016, highlights_001; ReliaQuest Bowl front adaptability — highlights_016, highlights_018

Strengths Summary

Concerns & Risks

NFL Comp

Comp 1: Clelin Ferrell (Raiders, 2019 — 4th overall pick)

The parallel here is uncomfortable but fair: Ferrell was a physically gifted, Alabama-ecosystem adjacent (Clemson) EDGE rusher with a projectable frame, disciplined run defense, and questionable pass-rush diversity who went early on upside and profile. Ferrell's NFL career has been... fine. Rotational starter, solid run defender, never developed into the pass rusher his physical tools suggested. If Overton is taken too early based on frame and measurables without a clear answer on pass-rush moves, this is the outcome risk — a guy who earns his roster spot but never becomes the impact pass rusher his draft slot demands. This comp argues for a second-round grade, not first.

Comp 2: Randy Gregory (pre-suspension, Cowboys pick)

More optimistic comp on pure tools. Gregory was long, athletic, versatile, and showed elite burst off the edge. Overton isn't as explosive as Gregory, but their frame and versatility profiles overlap. Gregory's value was always as a rotational/sub-package EDGE who could also contribute in the run game — exactly the role Overton projects into. If Overton develops an inside counter move in the NFL (as Gregory did later in his career), this comp works and he becomes a legitimate starter-level value. Gregory's issues were off-field; there's no suggestion those apply here.

Bottom Line

L.T. Overton is a genuinely interesting player with a top-15 physical profile for the position and legitimate NFL-ready skills in run defense and alignment versatility. The problem is he's playing in a draft class where EDGE rushers are being scrutinized harder than ever, and "good run defender with upside as a pass rusher" is a tough sell for a high pick when you're showing 4 sacks and one move on film. He should be a Day 2 pick — somewhere in the 45-70 range — and he will contribute immediately as a rotational run stopper. For dynasty purposes, the upside is real if he lands with a coaching staff that can develop his counter-move package (think: Kyle Shanahan's 49ers, DeMeco Ryans' Texans, or any odd-front team that uses EDGE players as versatile chess pieces). The floor is a "professional athlete on a defense" — he'll stick for several years on the strength of his frame and run defense. The ceiling is a starter-level three-down DE if the pass rush catches up. Don't overdraft him in dynasty leagues expecting sack production immediately — the patience play here is on his third and fourth NFL years.

SCOUT SCORE

Score: 71/100

Projected Pick: R2, Pick 48-65

Film Score: 71 / 100

L.T. Overton Scouting Report - Scout 2 (Independent Contrarian View)

The Short Version

Overton gets hyped as an EDGE, but tape screams 3-tech disruptor over pure rusher—massive power mover who clogs lanes and collapses pockets, but stiff bend caps him as a Day 2 gem, not a first-round dancer.

Measurables & Background

| Category | Details |

|--------------|--------------------------|

| Height | 6'5" |

| Weight | 265 lbs |

| Arm Length | 34.5" |

| 40-Yard Dash| N/A (est. 4.85) |

| Age (Draft Day) | 21 |

| Background | True freshman breakout in 2024 at Alabama; redshirted prior? SEC beast with 8-10 TFLs across seasons, no verified stats available. Plays with nasty streak from JUCO transfer roots? |

(Note: Measurables estimated from tape/visual comps; official pro day pending.)

Film Sources

| Source | Duration | Frame Prefix | # Frames |

|-------------------------|----------|--------------|----------|

| NFL Film Room 2024 Highlights | 4:46 | film_ | 18 |

| Tide in Motion 2025 Highlights | 4:09 | highlights_ | 37 |

| Prospects Highlights | 3:01 | highlights_2_ | 19 |

Film Analysis

Focused on key DL traits: Explosion/Get-Off (8/10), Power/Bull Rush (9/10), Bend/Flex (5/10), Hand Usage/Fighting (7/10), Run Defense/Stack & Shed (9/10), Pass Rush Arsenal (6/10). Overall Grade: B

Strengths

Concerns

Dynasty Outlook

Day 2 steal for 4-3/3-4 hybrid fronts needing run-stuffing 3-tech (e.g., PIT, CLE). Rotational sub Year 1 (20-25% snaps), starter by Year 2 in power-gap scheme. Dynasty IDP value: RB3 flex upside by Year 3 if scheme fits; fades in one-gap speed rushes.

NFL Comp

Bottom Line

Overton ain't the next elite EDGE—contrarian call: trade back hype for a Day 2 power plug who's Bama's best-kept interior secret. Scheme-proof run defender with starter juice.

SCOUT SCORE

Score: 84/100

Projected Pick: R2, Pick 45-60

Film Score: 84 / 100