Sam Greer

Physical Profile

Prototypical modern left tackle frame: 6-7 with long levers, a wide base and legitimate NFL-ready mass — he added roughly 20-25 pounds from his commitment listing (6-7, 310) to his current 331-335. The critical point is that the added weight did not cost him athleticism; the frame carries it well through the hips and lower half with no obvious bad weight. Arm length and height give him a natural pass-set advantage against edge speed, and the basketball athleticism translates to redirect ability and recovery balance that tackles this size rarely possess. The one frame-related caution is that his length can pull him upright, and at 6-7 pad level is a lifelong discipline rather than a fixable rep.

Play Style

A mauler with movement skills. Greer plays with a run-first mentality — he fires off, lands a violent, well-placed punch and looks to displace rather than merely wall off, and he finishes with intent through the whistle. In protection he leans on length and mass, using long arms to stop rushers short of his frame; when his hands are on time he is nearly immovable, but when he's late or high he catches rather than strikes and has to recover with athleticism. The basketball traits show most in his mirror ability and his balance on redirects — he does not lunge or fall off blocks, and he can reset his feet after initial contact. His film is heavy on gap/duo concepts where he's asked to move a man off the spot, and light on zone reach blocks and pulls.

Strengths

• Elite initial punch and grip strength — 247Sports' evaluation specifically credits his ability to control defenders on contact; once his hands land inside, the rep is effectively over, and he routinely finishes defenders into the ground in the run game
• Combative, finisher's demeanor in the run game — Hoban ran behind him as their primary left tackle en route to a 10-2 season and a Division II Region 5 final, and he earned All-Ohio honors as both a junior and senior
• Rare athletic profile for a 335-pound frame, validated on a second sport — a D-I-caliber basketball player (13.6 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 2.2 bpg) whose footwork, balance and hand-eye coordination in space are visibly better than his measurables suggest
• Proven against elite competition — started at left tackle for the East in the Navy All-American Bowl, confirming the tape against national-level edge rushers rather than only Ohio D-II defensive ends

Areas to Improve

• Pass-set technique refinement — 247Sports flags this directly, and it is partly a byproduct of missed development time; his sets can get shallow and his pad level rises, leaving him susceptible to inside counters and long-arm bull rushes from technically advanced rushers
• Limited pulling and second-level experience — he was rarely asked to pull or climb at Hoban, so his tape offers little evidence of him working in space, tracking linebackers, or executing on the move; this is the biggest unknown in his projection
• Durability and reps banked — a variety of prep injuries, including a leg injury requiring surgery that cost him most of his sophomore season, means he is behind peers on total developmental reps and needs a clean run of availability to close the technique gap
• Play strength conversion — he wins on mass and punch now; at the college level he must convert that into sustained anchor mechanics rather than relying on size to absorb bull rushes

College Projection

Already on campus and taking left tackle reps, but the realistic 2026 outcome is second- or third-string LT behind returning starter Austin Siereveld on an Ohio State line returning four of five starters — he has publicly targeted cracking the two-deep as a true freshman, which is achievable but would be his ceiling this season. Expect a redshirt-or-swing-tackle year one focused on strength program, pass-set mechanics and conditioning the frame, then a push for a starting job in 2027-28. There is an argument, made in his 247Sports evaluation, that right tackle is his more natural long-term home despite the LT reps — his power profile and technique gaps fit better on the strong side, and Ohio State may end up there. Multi-year starter is the expectation, not the ceiling.

NFL Outlook

Legitimate NFL projection — 247Sports assigns a 2nd-3rd round, Day 2 grade, and the traits support it. The size-athleticism combination at 6-7/335 with basketball feet is a genuinely scarce commodity, and NFL teams will pay for tackles who can anchor without sacrificing lateral quickness. The delta between Day 2 and Day 1 will be decided by two things: whether the pass-set refinement takes at the college level against Big Ten edge rushers, and whether the injury history stays behind him. A three-year starter at Ohio State with clean medicals and improved technique is a first-round conversation; a swing tackle who never fully cleans up his sets is a Day 3 developmental pick.

Best Fit

A gap/duo-heavy, downhill run scheme that lets him displace defenders vertically rather than asking him to reach and cover ground laterally — his 247Sports evaluation specifically projects him into gap-scheme systems. He needs a program with an established offensive line development pipeline and enough returning talent that he isn't forced onto the field before the technique catches up, which is exactly what he chose in Ohio State (he cited the Buckeyes' championship culture and OL developmental track record as his reason for committing, and he's the second commitment of new OL coach Tyler Bowen). A team that will redshirt or sit him a year and let a strength staff work on the frame will get a substantially better player in 2028 than in 2026.