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2017 NFL Draft: Chiefs interviewed Villanova’s mammoth tackle Brad Seaton

By Matt Conner

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 21: Kansas City Chiefs general manager John Dorsey speaks to the media during the 2014 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 21, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 21: Kansas City Chiefs general manager John Dorsey speaks to the media during the 2014 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 21, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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The Kansas City Chiefs are one of several teams who have interviewed Brad Seaton, the mammoth offensive tackle out of Villanova.

When it comes to the later rounds of an NFL Draft class, NFL teams are usually willing to take flyers on players with a specialized skill or unique ability, hoping to transform that player over a few seasons into a useful NFL player. For several NFL teams, Villanova’s offensive tackle Brad Seaton presents one such player whose size would allow him to tower over even some of the biggest players on a team’s roster.

Seaton, who has been interviewed by the Kansas City Chiefs already this offseason, has unofficially measured nearly 6-9 and comes in at 330 pounds. Official measurements will be taken at his upcoming pro day, held at Villanova on March 27. For the sake of comparison, Jah Reid is the biggest Chiefs lineman at 6-7, 325 lbs. He’s 25 pounds heavier than Mitch Morse and nearly four inches taller than Mitchell Schwartz or Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.

If the Chiefs picked Seaton, he would easily be the tallest and heaviest member of the offensive line. That’s a large frame on which a team can project performance, making it that much tougher of a moving obstacle for a defensive lineman to move out of the way. Then again, Seaton would also need to have the requisite athleticism to move with a defender or else his heft could be used to the defender’s advantage.

If the Chiefs liked Seaton’s agility as well as his size, he would present the sort of project that John Dorsey took on when he drafted LDT. After a few years in the NFL, Duvernay-Tardif not only assumed the starting role at right guard but was recently rewarded with a surprising contract extension to keep him in Kansas City for the next several years.

The Houston Texans recently worked out Seaton and other teams like the Saints, Packers, Bears and Vikings have also showed interest in Seaton. It will be interesting to see which team is most intrigued by Seaton’s size.

You can watch some highlights of Seaton here:

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