Desmeal Leigh

Desmeal Leigh is the headliner of the FCS offensive line group, a 6-7, 320-pound left tackle who did not play football until his senior year of high school and is still closer to the start of his learning curve than the end. Dafton on Draft calls him this year's FCS standout and credits him with 38 career starts across three seasons as a starter, noting he turned down chances to transfer up to the Power Four and returned to Youngstown State instead, with a Senior Bowl invitation looking like a safe bet. Chiefs Wire framed him last summer as a mid-to-late round investment: raw and technically underdeveloped, but with a trait package worth betting on. He checks every measurement box for the position, and his hand work is far ahead of his experience, using feints to bait a rusher into showing his hands before landing a jolting punch and snatch-traps to tear defenders off balance. The problems are all below the waist. He does not keep a wide base, plays too upright, and his footspeed is not yet good enough to survive alone on an island against NFL rushers. In the run game he flashes real pop working to the second level and on short pulls, flattening linebackers and defensive backs, but he leans and slides off assignments. Silver and Black Pride slotted him in the 2027 watch tier as an FCS tackle in the Charles Grant mold. Leigh says he fits best in a gap scheme and describes himself as a quick learner who lives in the film room.