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NFL Draft’s Potential Patriots: Temple DT Muhammad Wilkerson 02.14.11 at 7:36 am ET
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WEEI.com will continue to offer daily insight and analysis regarding options that may be available to the Patriots when it comes to the 2011 NFL draft.

Muhammad Wilkerson had 10 sacks as a junior. (AP)

Muhammad Wilkerson

Position: Defensive Tackle

School: Temple

Height: 6-foot-5

Weight: 305 pounds

Achievements: First team All-MAC (2009)

What he brings: With ideal size and ability as both a pass-rusher and run-stopper, Wilkerson is an ideal five-technique prospect. He played 11 games as a junior, racking up 68 tackles, 10 sacks, and a forced fumble in his final year as an Owl. The New Jersey native had steady enough production in his sophomore and junior campaigns that his stock probably wouldn’t get past being a late first-rounder at best, and given the Patriots’ plethora of picks in the first two rounds, they could stand to use Carolina’s pick on him to solidify a position that was in flux a season ago.

Where the Patriots could get him: No. 33 or 60.

Notes: Defensive line was a need that went unaddressed in the first six rounds of the last year draft, and though Gerard Warren did a nice job with Ty Warren out for the season, the former Warren is a free agent and the team needs another solid five-technique even with Ty Warren back. The team couldn’t exactly be blamed for ignoring the five-technique prospects early on in the 2010 draft, as the class was so thin at the position that they likely would have had to reach to snag a 3-4 end. Jared Odrick, the five-technique prospect out of Penn whom the Pats passed on to take Devin McCourty, played in just one game last season. He sustained an injury in Week 1 against the Bills and ended up breaking his foot while working his way back in practice and ended up missing the rest of the season. The Patriots haven’t taken a 3-4 defensive end in the first two rounds since Marquise Hill in 2004.

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  • Dano

    Whoever drafts this guy it could be like a Devin McCourty pick for the Defensive Line.Not a big school, not alot of name recognition but a excellent talent.

  • Goatman

    First 30 seconds of that video shows him getting pushed backwards on the feild and then missing a tackle…

    We have those guys now.. Can’t see how adding more is giving us the edge..

  • Joe

    Couple games I’ve looked at on this player are not that impressive.

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  • Pats fan in Miami

    Not a first rounder, I don’t see anything great about this guy other than his size, too many missed tackles, at times gets pusshed backwards and no speed to rush the passer. keep looking, keep looking

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    Seemed to me on the running plays the guy was doing his job. Even if he didnt get the tackle he made his way to the ball and gave his LB or DB a chance to make the tackle by not letting his lineman get to the second level. When he was getting pushed back the times I saw it he had 2 guys on him half the time. Now we all know if he plays next to Wilfork that wont be an option for the opposing team and on top of that it looks like he would be able to play both DE or DT. He doesnt look like the best pass rusher if thats what were looking for a pure pass rusher I’d say look elsewhere. But, if where looking for someone who is good at both and can hold the edge I think this guy is a good fit for the right pick/price.

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