Jim McBride's take: Rare blend of instincts, size, and explosiveness. Hands are active and violent. Can get skinny and squeeze between defenders. Great motor.

 

Bio: Williams made a meteoric rise from a rotation option on Alabama’s defensive line into a unanimous All-American. He showed flashes of becoming a difference-maker as a redshirt freshman, when Da’Shawn Hand (a fourth-round pick of the Lions) missed time due to an injury. Though he finished with 20 tackles on the season, 6.5 of them came behind the line of scrimmage and he enjoyed his best game — five tackles, including two for loss — in the annual showdown with rival LSU. Williams wasted no time in setting new career-highs in his breakout 2018 campaign, racking up six tackles, including 3.5 for loss against Louisville in the season-opener, the first start of his career. He saved his best play for conference opponents, including a dominant showing against the Tigers again (10 tackles, 3.5 for loss, 2.5 sacks). He finished the 2018 season with 71 tackles, including 19.5 for loss and eight sacks, earning the Outland Trophy and being named a finalist for both the Nagurski and Bednarik awards within days of turning 21 years old. — First Level Media

 

Briefly: Ferrell culminated a storybook career at Clemson by helping the Tigers win their second national championship in the past three seasons, registering 55 tackles and setting career highs in tackles for loss (20), sacks (11.5) and forced fumbles (three). After recording just a single tackle in 2015, Ferrell dominated the ACC the past three seasons, leaving Clemson with an eye-popping 166 career tackles, including 55 tackles for loss and 27 sacks with his tackles behind the line of scrimmage and QB takedowns improving each season. While Ferrell’s success speaks for itself, a toe injury kept him kept him from fully participating at the Combine or Clemson’s Pro Day. — First Level Media

 

Jim McBride's take: Fluid and explosive athlete with excellent instincts and range. Makes violent tackles from sideline to sideline. A tad undersized but has an uncanny ability to sift through traffic without getting hung up.

 

Ben Volin's take: The Bucs love speedy, ball-hawking linebackers, and have a hole in their lineup after losing Kwon Alexander to the 49ers. Enter White, an undersized but blazing-fast linebacker who will rack up a ton of tackles.

 

Bio: White was a consensus All-American and Butkus Award-winning linebacker. White led the SEC with 123 total tackles in 2018, nearly doubling his number of solo stops (62) from his 2017 campaign when he averaged a conference-best 10.2 tackles per game. White earned First-team All-SEC honors after both his junior and sophomore seasons after making the power conference’s All-Freshman list in 2016, leaving as one of the accomplished athletes in LSU’s storied history. — First Level Media