Rashawn Slater’s arms raise questions at 2021 NFL Draft

The long and short of Rashawn Slater’s NFL scouting report looks something like this: great tape, but Tyrannosaurus-sized arms.

Before he opted out of the canceled-then-rescheduled 2020 Big Ten football season, Slater dominated the best pass rusher to come through college football over the last two years in his only matchup against then-Ohio State-star-turned NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Chase Young. But Slater’s 33-inch arms have raised questions about whether the Northwestern product needs to move from offensive tackle to offensive guard at the next level. “It’s definitely tiring when you put so much work in, put all that film out of you playing tackle, and then people are going to question that just based off of a measurable,” Slater said. “As far as the teams I’ve talked to, they’ve been pretty honest with me about saying it’s not a huge concern for them. So that’s been good.”