NFL analyst keen on 3 offensive linemen prospects ahead of Draft

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The 2022 NFL Draft could see at least three offensive linemen get taken within the first 10 picks with several more potentially being off the board by the end of the first round.

Brian Baldinger, an analyst for the NFL Network and former offensive lineman who played in the NFL for 11 years, revealed to Fox News Digital in a recent interview three prospects that stand out to him.

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Tackle Ikem "Ickey" Ekwonu #79 of the NC State Wolfpack walks to the locker room before the start of the game against the Florida State Seminoles at Doak Campbell Stadium on Bobby Bowden Field on November 6, 2021 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

"It’s hard not to look at Ikem Ekwonu from North Carolina State. Not to say that he’s the best fight now. He’s not finished," Baldinger said. "There’s some things he’s got to work on. The way that he runs and moves people off the line of scrimmage in the run game … I don’t want to compare him to Trent Williams, that’s not fair to anybody. But he’s got that type of talent, movement. He’s gotta go do it. He’s gotta do it over a long period of time but he’s got really good movement and he’s probably gonna be the first guy taken."

Ekwonu is as high as No. 3 in some NFL mock drafts. He was a unanimous All-American and won the ACC’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy in 2021. He’s listed at 6-foot-4, 301 pounds with a 40-yard dash time of 4.93 seconds and a three-cone drill time of 7.82 seconds.

Baldinger said Alabama’s Evan Neal was another lineman he liked in the draft.

"Evan Neal, I mean look he turned down scholarships to Ivy League schools. He’s a very bright kid.