Chase
Bisontis.
Chase
Bisontis.
Texas A&M· 6'5"· 318 lb
"Plug-and-play SEC interior starter with grip strength, combo-block IQ and emergency right tackle reps; the evaluation hinges on foot quickness versus NFL 3-techs in true one-on-one pass sets."Pre-draft read
Interior anchor who plays with heavy hands and a wrestler's base, best when the pocket lets him land the first punch and reset his hips. Wide, sturdy pass set with clean weight distribution — rarely lunges, rarely opens a gate. Primary win trait is grip strength: once he latches, defenders lose their outside shoulder and the rep is over.
Combo blocks are where the game slows down for him; he passes off the 3-tech and climbs to the Mike on time, adjusting angles to the linebacker's inside shoulder rather than square-shouldered. Foot quickness against wide-alignment 3-techs is ordinary and speed-to-power still forces a slight hop at contact, but recovery balance in tight quarters is a legitimate second-effort trait. Comfortable in gap, power and light-zone concepts.
He will be a fit in a gap/power team that relies on downhill runs with occasional RPOs.
A Year 1 starter at Offensive Guard, with the ceiling to develop into a Pro Bowl interior lineman who can start at Left Guard or Right Guard, and, in a pinch, play some Right Tackle.
A wide zone-heavy scheme will not maximize his power and hand usage in the run game, leading to more instances of having to recover out of phase.
Bisontis projects as a plug-and-play starter at offensive guard with strong hands and a wrestling background, best suited for gap or power-run schemes that emphasize control at the point of attack.
Chase Bisontis — Texas A&M Guard | 2026 Draft Film
Full college highlight cutup of Bisontis's SEC tape at right guard.
Chase Bisontis Film Breakdown
Rep-by-rep breakdown of hand usage, combo blocks and pass-set mechanics.
Cut to the Chase — Bisontis NFL Draft Scouting Profile
Draft-cycle scouting profile with schematic fits and Round 2 projection.
Chase Bisontis presents as an interior offensive line prospect with a plug-and-play floor due to his physical disposition and grip strength. He projects as a starter from day one, offering a powerful presence on the right side of the line, especially in schemes that prioritize gap and power runs.
A four-star recruit from Don Bosco Prep, Bisontis arrived in College Station and started at right guard as a true sophomore, eventually flexing to right tackle in emergency situations before settling back inside as a senior. His performance in prime-time SEC games against Missouri and LSU, where he sustained blocks against pro-caliber interior rushers, was critical evidence that addressed pre-draft concerns about his lateral quickness.
Evaluators consistently placed Bisontis as a consensus Round 2 pick, with some seeing a case for the back half of Round 1 due to his positional versatility. The primary questions revolved around his foot quickness against NFL-level defensive tackles and whether Texas A&M's scheme masked any limitations, but his game tape helped solidify his standing as one of the safer interior options in his class before being drafted at pick 34.
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Grip strength stalls the rep
once his hands land inside, defenders lose the outside shoulder and the pocket edge stays clean through the second hitch.
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Recovery balance in tight quarters
quick to reset feet after an initial slip and rarely lets a beaten rep turn into an interior pressure at the quarterback.
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Combo-block operator
passes 3-techs off cleanly and climbs to the Mike on time, hitting linebackers at the correct shoulder rather than a glancing angle.
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Emergency swing versatility
logged real starter reps at right tackle in a pinch, which raises his floor as a Sunday active on 46-man gamedays.
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Physical dispositional edge
plays through the whistle, finishes runs on the ground and wants the second-level dance with a linebacker every rep.
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Foot quickness vs wide 3-techs
lateral speed to mirror a plus-first-step interior rusher lags his hand and anchor traits on a rep-to-rep basis.
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Speed-to-power tolerance
long-armed bull rushers force a small hop at contact that can jar the pocket even when he ultimately recovers the rep.
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Set depth on true pass sets
occasionally shortens his kick against wider alignments, opening a soft edge his tackle has to help absorb.
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Scheme range
best on gap and power calls; wide-zone reach blocks to the play-side shade still show ordinary quickness before contact is established.
| Yr | Team | G |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas A&M | 12 |
| 2024 | Texas A&M | 12 |
| Career | — | 24 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Plug-and-play Round 2 guard with strong hands and combo-block feel; a locked-in starter whose ceiling is capped by lateral speed vs top 3-techs.
Same interior grip-and-torque style with an SEC-forged nasty streak, if Arizona can unlock a similar anchor jump against pro speed.
Physical, positionally versatile interior body who settles into a swing role rather than an entrenched every-down starter.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
**Pre-draft context**
Chase Bisontis arrived at Texas A&M as the top-ranked recruit out of New Jersey — a four-star Don Bosco Prep product with wrestling roots, heavy hands and a body that already looked SEC-ready as a freshman. He started his first game at right guard as a true sophomore and never gave the job back, sliding out to right tackle in a pinch when injuries reshuffled the Aggie line and returning inside without any drop in play. Evaluators split on the ceiling: some wrote him as a Round 1 grip-and-torque anchor, others as a locked-in Round 2 starter with foot-quickness limitations against NFL 3-techs. The tape in Aggie prime-time wins over Missouri and LSU quieted most of the lateral questions, and by the pre-draft cycle he was firmly in the top-40 conversation as one of the safer interior floors in the class.
**NFL fit — Arizona Cardinals**
Arizona jumped early in Round 2 to grab Bisontis with the 34th pick, plugging him into a right guard slot the Cardinals had cycled through free agents at for two straight years. The fit is clean on paper: Arizona's offense leans on gap and duo runs that reward interior grip, and Bisontis's ability to combo through a 3-tech to the Mike matches the way the Cardinals want to spring their downhill run game inside. As a Day 1 rookie he is expected to start next to Isaiah Adams and give the interior of Arizona's line its most physical look in years.
**Retrospective**
For now the pick reads as one of the cleaner Day 2 selections of the class — a plug-and-play SEC starter with a positional-swing floor going to a team with an obvious hole. The retrospective on Bisontis will turn on two questions the pre-draft process could not fully answer: whether his foot quickness against elite interior rushers plays up with pro coaching, and whether his hand strength holds after a full 17-game NFL season. If both answers land, Arizona has stolen a top-40 talent at 34 and stabilized their interior for a decade.