LaDarius Henderson NFL Draft 2024: Scouting Report for Michigan IOL

HEIGHT: 6'4"

WEIGHT: 309

HAND: 10⅝"

ARM: 35"

WINGSPAN: 84¾"

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40-YARD DASH: N/A

3-CONE: 8.15

SHUTTLE: 4.72

VERTICAL: N/A

BROAD: N/A

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POSITIVES

— Casts a wide net in pass protection with his frame and length.

— Excels getting on rushers with jump sets and on play action where he can close space, latch and play on his terms.

— Knows how to stay tight and heavy on double-teams to create displacement.

— Flashes of aligning targets as a puller, creating seals and securing his target.

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NEGATIVES

— Struggles to stay in front of edge-rushers without help at left tackle. Too many glaring losses, which will require a move inside.

— Bad habit of cocking his hands before striking on kick-out blocks, which exposes his chest and drains his power.

— Doesn't decipher spacing and timing well on combo-blocks and climbs to align scraping/undercutting 'backers.

— Shaky balance and middling lateral quickness.

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2023 STATISTICS

— 10 starts at left tackle

— First-team All-Big Ten

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NOTES

— Born December 11, 2001

— 3-star recruit from the 2019 class, per 247Sports

— Three-year starter at Arizona State before transferring to Michigan for the 2023 season, where he won a national championship

— Team captain in 2022 at Arizona State

— Had a different offensive coordinator each season as a starter

— 39 career starts at left tackle (20) and left guard (19)

— Accepted his invite to the Senior Bowl

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OVERALL

LaDarius Henderson is a four-year starter with 39 career starts split between left tackle and left guard. He made 10 starts at left tackle during his lone season at Michigan last year inside the Wolverines' run-heavy (61-39 run-pass split), downhill and multiple run scheme.

Henderson was the starting left tackle on Michigan's 2023 national championship team. He has broad shoulders with a high-cut lower half, very good arm length, mediocre athletic ability and solid power.

Henderson does his best work in the run game on double-teams. He has the mass, length and pop in his hands to bang and feed over the target as the drive man while staying tight and heavy to create vertical displacement with his guard.

Henderson has flashed the ability to flip his hips and seal slip/shed attempts across his face on angle-drive blocks, but for the most part, he struggles adjusting his aiming points and routinely gets his face crossed. He also struggles to align targets when climbing off combo-blocks due to his erratic timing and angles.

In pass protection, Henderson was largely protected by Michigan's run-heavy, play-action based system. He did his best work using jump sets against tight alignments, where he could close space right away and blot them out. On the few dropback passing situations he had per game, he regularly overset, was late redirecting and lacked the range to protect the corner.

Overall, Henderson has the upper-body strength, length and run-blocking skill to compete in the NFL for a backup role at guard in a downhill scheme predicated on inside zone, duo and gap concepts. But his shaky balance and mediocre recovery skills will make it difficult for him to stick in the NFL long-term.

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GRADE: 5.4 (Backup/UDFA with Roster Potential — UDFA)

OVERALL RANK: 258

POSITION RANK: IOL37

PRO COMPARISON: Tyrell Crosby

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Written by B/R NFL Scout Brandon Thorn

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