Stone
Forsythe.
Stone
Forsythe.
Florida· 6'8"· 307 lb· 5.14s 40
"A 6'8", 307-pound Florida left tackle with two years of SEC starts and a 9.72 RAS Pro Day — a Round-6 developmental swing-tackle bet where length and lateral quickness had to survive a heavy-handed rusher."Pre-draft read
Operating almost entirely from a two-point set, this left tackle relies on his frame and length over snap-to-snap technique. His arms reach the top of a rusher's pads early, and he possesses sufficient foot quickness in the vertical set to run the arc against average speed. In pass protection, he performs best when the rush is honest, using his width to escort rushers effectively.
Problems emerge when a rusher wins with a plan. Playing high, he catches, allowing elite hand fighters to free his outside arm and turn the corner. Against inside counters, he struggles to redirect without opening his hips early and can be walked back into the pocket. In the run game, he is a positional blocker who excels on reach and combo blocks, using angles and length, but rarely finishes blocks at the second level.
Shanahan outside zone run game that values length and foot speed in its offensive tackles, minimizing one-on-one brute-force matchups.
Immediate swing tackle who can reliably run the arc and wall off backside pursuit, with a ceiling as a starting left tackle if he develops better strike timing and play strength.
Gap/power scheme that asks its offensive tackles to drive block and finish defenders at the second level, as his limited people-mover traits would be exposed.
Forsythe's elite length and athletic testing make him a high-upside developmental tackle for a zone scheme, but his inconsistent play strength and tendency to play high limit his immediate impact.
Stone Forsythe (Florida) Film Study
Independent scouting breakdown of Forsythe's 2020 pass-protection reps and pad-level issues.
Stone Forsythe vs. Azeez Ojulari (Georgia)
Head-to-head reps against a first-round SEC edge — the tape that defined his edge-speed concerns.
Stone Forsythe Film Session
Team-produced rookie film session covering vertical-set mechanics and Seattle's development plan.
Forsythe projects as a developmental swing tackle, a player a team invests a late-round pick in for his physical traits and the potential to refine his technique. His elite length and experience against top-tier collegiate competition offer a foundational skill set for an NFL program willing to commit to his development. His athletic testing demonstrated starter-tier movement for his position.
He closed his Florida career with 26 starts at left tackle across the 2019 and 2020 seasons, protecting Kyle Trask in an SEC environment. This body of work against pro-caliber edges provided significant evaluation opportunities. His usage consistently saw him at left tackle, indicating a clear role and responsibility as a pass protector in the Gators' offense.
The pre-draft consensus identified his length, mobility, and football intelligence as assets, making him a worthwhile swing-tackle prospect. However, concerns about playing high, catching rather than striking, and struggles against nuanced edge speed were noted. He was ultimately drafted in Round 6, Pick 208, by the Seattle Seahawks.
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Elite Length
Elite length and frame provide the ability to seal edges without needing to be first to contact, a desired physical trait for an offensive tackle.
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SEC Starter
Two-year SEC starter at left tackle protected the quarterback against Georgia, LSU, and Alabama, offering extensive experience versus pro-level talent.
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Athletic Testing
Athletic testing demonstrates starter-tier movement for his position, confirming the vertical-set foot quickness observed on tape against speed rushers.
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Foot Quickness
Vertical-set foot quickness allows him to kick smoothly to depth and mirror average edge speed with pure length, a projectable trait for a swing tackle.
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Football Intelligence
Football intelligence and protection IQ were evident as he handled front identification and slide calls within a pro-style college offense.
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Plays High
Plays high and narrow with rising pad level and a narrow base at contact, making him susceptible to bull rushes and long-arm converter moves.
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Catches Not Strikes
Catches rather than strikes, with late hands landing on the shoulder pads, which gives rushers free access to his outside arm and the corner.
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Struggles Vs Edge Speed
Struggles versus edge-speed with a plan, particularly against bend-and-corner rushers who can turn him due to his inability to sit down on the arc.
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Marginal Play Strength
Marginal play strength and re-anchor abilities mean he lacks the lower-body power to reset and hold ground after losing the initial punch.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 5.14sp50
- Vertical
- 27.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 103inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.47sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.65sp50
- Bench
- 25repp50
| Yr | Team | G |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Florida | 8 |
| 2018 | Florida | 13 |
| 2019 | Florida | 13 |
| 2020 | Florida | 12 |
| Career | — | 46 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Tall, long, athletic tackle who bounced between practice squads and emergency starts — same swing-tackle role and same limitations under NFL edge speed.
Late-round mega-length swing tackle who carved out an eight-year NFL career as a spot-starter and jumbo package tackle — the exact ceiling for a Forsythe-type Day-3 build.
Undrafted-then-drafted tall tackle whose starts exposed exactly the pad-level and re-anchor issues scouts flagged; realistic worst-case if Forsythe never sharpens his hands.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Pre-draft context. — Forsythe walked into the 2021 evaluation as one of the tallest tackles in the class, a 6'8", 307-pound former three-star recruit who spent five years in Gainesville and finally locked down left tackle for the Kyle Trask offense in 2019 and 2020. Two full seasons of SEC starts, a Reese's Senior Bowl invite that turned into an East-West Shrine appearance, and a Florida Pro Day where he ran 5.14, jumped 9'3" broad, cleared 7.47 in the three-cone and posted a 9.72 RAS put him firmly on Day 3 boards. The consensus flag was well-documented: high-hipped rusher-and-catcher who struggled to sit down against SEC power and got out-leveraged whenever the arc got tight. Boards had him as a late-round developmental swing tackle rather than a starter-ready plug-in.
NFL fit — Seattle Seahawks. — Seattle spent pick #208 on Forsythe with a very specific bet: John Schneider was thin behind Duane Brown at left tackle and wanted a tall, athletic body Mike Solari could coach into a swing tackle. The rookie season was mostly special teams and jumbo packages, but when Brown left for the Jets in 2022 and Charles Cross was still learning, Forsythe drew multiple starts and struggled — the tape at Detroit and Tampa Bay showed exactly the pass-set problems scouts had flagged. He carved out a backup role behind Cross and Abraham Lucas through 2022–2023, then rotated onto practice squads across the league as the depth spot narrowed.
Retrospective. — This is a normal Round-6 outcome: a developmental tackle who lasted a rookie deal as a backup and gave a team real emergency starts without becoming a long-term answer. Seattle got about what the industry expected — a swing tackle who could survive in a game plan that hid him — and the flags that showed up in Gainesville (edge-speed, waist bend, hand placement) never fully got coached away in the NFL. Not a miss, not a hit, exactly the swing-tackle arc the profile projected.