The Cincinnati Bengals added a couple of inside defensive tackles from the rookie free agent pool. One in all them comes from Arkansas. Let’s meet defensive deal with Eric Gregory.
With Gregory, the Bengals are getting a four-year starter at Arkansas — Gregory spent six years in Fayetteville, redshirting as a freshman and benefiting from the additional 12 months of eligibility from Covid. In complete, he performed in 61 video games with 44 begins, recording 135 tackles, 18.5 tackles for a loss and 9.5 sacks. 2024 was his most efficient season, recording 42 tackles, 5 tackles for a loss and three sacks.
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NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein had this to say about Gregory going into the NFL Draft: “Sixth-year senior with sufficient size and stable point-of-attack anchor however a scarcity of playmaking potential. Gregory is named a doer and never a talker, together with his work simple to search out on tape. He combines block-eating, two-gapping energy and the power to discard single blocks with upper-body twitch. He lacks lateral quickness to make performs on the transfer. There’s not a lot to his cross rush, which hinders his draft worth. Nonetheless, Gregory can play both inside deal with spot and has an opportunity to turn out to be a two-down backup.”
Gregory is initially from Memphis, Tennessee and performed two seasons at Memphis Central Excessive earlier than transferring to IMG Academy. He was a three-star recruit earlier than becoming a member of the Razorbacks in 2019.
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