Scouting Profile: Miles Frazier - OG - LSU
Sales Pitch: Densely built guard with powerful hands. Lacks the athletic ability to be a difference maker but can be a functional starter in a gap scheme.
*Gold Numbers Indicate NCAA T-25 for 2024*
Scouting Report
Miles Frazier is a former 3-Star recruit from New Jersey. He began his career at FIU where he was a Freshman All-American, before transferring to LSU for his final three seasons. Frazier is an experienced lineman taking reps at both guard and tackle spots across 4 years of starting.
Frazier is a powerful guard with a wide body and dense frame. He is at his best as a gap scheme blocker, where he can use his weight and power to wash down linemen at the point of attack. He generates good pop through his legs and hands to get initial knockback out of his stance. He does an excellent job as a puller and on combo blocks fitting his assignment and using his width to seal off rush lanes. In pass protection Frazier displays independent hands that locate well, and have the grip strength to control reps when he latches on. His wide frame and good hand usage prevent faster rushers from getting quick wins around his outside shoulder. He also displays the ability to drop his anchor and hold his ground versus bull rushes to protect the pocket.
Frazier is a below average athlete with a high cut frame and limited flexibility. His effectiveness as a run blocker decreases as he gets future out in space ,where a narrow base and high pad level create balance issues. He has average arm length, which when combined with a narrow base creates struggles to stick on blocks when he leaves the confines of the box. Frazier shouldn’t be asked to start in a zone run scheme. He displays below average burst out of his stance and lacks the redirect ability to mirror smaller players in space. His pad level again becomes an issue on reach blocks, where defenders can get leverage on him and drive him into the ball carriers path. Frazier struggles to quickly mirror in pass protection as well. When left in space he doesn’t have the foot quickness to win 1-on-1 and rushers who can get under his pads are able to shift him out of the way. Frazier is a good protector against power, but his hands can be tardy to get up which exposes his chest to quick strikes.
Frazier profiles best a guard in a gap scheme where his size and strength will be highlighted. His limited mobility puts a cap his ceiling as a blocker, but in the right system his physicality and experience can be starter quality. Frazier projects as a late Day-2 pick for a team looking for guard depth and a potential starter down the line.