Garrett
Dellinger.
Garrett
Dellinger.
LSU· 6'4"· 325 lb
"Four years and three positions inside the best line room in the SEC bought him strength, flexibility and one unfixable flaw: everything that moves sideways gets past him before he can reset."Pre-draft read
Dense, top-heavy interior blocker who spent four years inside an SEC line and started at left guard, left tackle and center for LSU. His identity is square power at the point of attack: he covers up 2i and 1T alignments, gets his hands inside, and uproots defenders off their spot on down blocks and short kick-outs.
The anchor is the second selling point — he absorbs bull rush without giving ground and provides firm help when uncovered, which is why he graded as a plug-and-play backup rather than a project. The athletic ceiling is where it caps: middling redirect, heavy upper half, and recovery speed that shows up when movement crosses his face. Snap timing and strain, not range, are the signature.
Gap and duo-heavy run game with vertical-set pass protection — a downhill scheme that asks him to cover up a nose or 2i and win with mass, not a wide-zone offense that puts him in space.
Year 1: swing interior backup and jumbo package body. Ceiling: low-end starting guard in a power scheme that hides him next to a mobile center.
An outside-zone offense that pulls and climbs every snap, or a pass-heavy attack facing quick interior twists and stunts — the movement is exactly where he breaks down.
Keeps his value only if he retains the center snaps; a guard-only version of this profile is the 53rd man on the roster.
Garrett Dellinger 4 Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ OT Commits To LSU || Career Highlights
Clarkston 2021 OL/DL Garrett Dellinger (LSU commit) highlights vs. West Bloomfield
Garrett Dellinger - LSU Signee Highlights
A four-year LSU lineman who was recruited as a four-star tackle and turned into a positional utility knife inside one of the best fronts in college football. Dellinger's football identity is simple: play strength, mass, and a base that does not move.
The context is a line that was a Joe Moore Award finalist in 2023, the year he started all 13 games at left guard for an offense that led the nation in scoring at 45.5 points per game. His career was not linear — a 2022 season shortened by a broken hand and an MCL strain, then a 2024 campaign in which he started seven games. The flags were athletic and consistent across every report: below-average redirect, soft edges against post-snap movement, and a punch that arrives late enough to let rushers get into his frame.
Boards had him as a late-Day 3 developmental guard: Senior Bowl invitee, NFL-ready strength, capped mobility. Baltimore taking him at 243 was the textbook use of a seventh-round pick on an SEC starter with position flex and no athletic upside to pay for.
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Play strength
Natural brute power through his core; he displaces smaller defenders and holds up against heavy two-gappers without needing help.
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Anchor
Weathers bull rush with minimal ground given, which is the trait that makes him a usable emergency starter rather than a camp body.
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Position flex
Started at left guard, left tackle and center for LSU, the versatility that keeps a depth lineman dressed on game day.
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Down-block finish
Uses girth and square power on kick-outs and base blocks, running his feet to tally knockdowns when defenders lean into the hole.
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Snap timing
Solid trigger off the ball compensates for average movement and gets him to his landmark on backside cut-offs.
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Redirect
Below-average lateral recovery leaves him overextended and off-balance when movement crosses his face post-snap.
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Upper-half heavy
The mass sits high, which saps reactionary quickness and makes him late to reset once his hands miss.
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Punch placement
Will strike down the middle or arrive late, letting rushers get into his chest and lift or edge him quickly.
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Second level
Mediocre movement skills sap his sustain in space; he is not a puller or a climber in a wide-zone run game.
| Yr | Team | G |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | LSU | 12 |
| 2022 | LSU | 9 |
| 2023 | LSU | 13 |
| 2024 | LSU | — |
| Career | — | 34 |
Offensive linemen do not accumulate box-score statistics; the record here is starts. Through 2023 LSU credited him with 34 games and 23 starts (17 at left guard, 3 at left tackle, 1 at center), which matches 12+9+13 games and 4+6+13 starts. He added seven starts in 2024 for 30 career starts. His 2022 season was shortened by a broken hand and a grade 2 MCL strain. Games played in 2024 are not individually verified and are left blank rather than estimated.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Mass-first SEC guard who lives as a jumbo package body and emergency starter.
Powerful, stiff guard who turns raw strength into a decade of downhill starting snaps.
Strong but heavy-footed interior lineman who bounces between practice squads.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
The seventh round did what the seventh round usually does. Baltimore waived Dellinger at the August 2025 cutdown, Cleveland signed him to the practice squad two days later, and he spent most of his rookie year there. The Browns promoted him to the active roster in mid-December and he dressed for one game before being released two days later; Tennessee claimed him on waivers on December 16 and he finished the year on the Titans' roster, where he remains under contract at guard.
That churn is not a verdict — it is the standard first-year path for a Day 3 interior lineman with a defined body type and a narrow athletic range. What the tape said pre-draft still holds: he is strong enough to survive an NFL snap and stiff enough that no staff has trusted him with a rotation yet. Tennessee's line has been unsettled, which gives him a real runway. The grade stays open, but the honest read is emergency depth until he proves he can handle post-snap movement at this level.
Data note: Offensive linemen do not accumulate box-score statistics; the record here is starts. Through 2023 LSU credited him with 34 games and 23 starts (17 at left guard, 3 at left tackle, 1 at center), which matches 12+9+13 games and 4+6+13 starts. He added seven starts in 2024 for 30 career starts. His 2022 season was shortened by a broken hand and a grade 2 MCL strain. Games played in 2024 are not individually verified and are left blank rather than estimated.