The Tennessee Titans have struggled with penalties from their offensive line from time to time in recent history, but it doesn’t look like they’ll have to be concerned about that with their 2020 first-round draft pick.
Former Georgia offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson was just one of seven SEC tackles to commit one or fewer penalties in 2019, according to Pro Football Focus.
Wilson joins the Titans shortly after the team lost right tackle Jack Conklin, who was very much on the upswing, to the Cleveland Browns earlier this offseason.
Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire recently released a statistic for each first-round player for this year’s draft that defined them individually, including Wilson.
“Last season, the Titans made it all the way to the AFC Championship round behind a play-action passing game, and the brilliant power running of Derrick Henry,” he wrote. “The selection of the 6’6″, 350-pound Wilson out of Georgia will make it even more difficult for enemy defenses to deal with that run game. He also has potential as a pass-blocker, as he allowed just nine total pressures (one sack, two quarterback hits, and six quarterback hurries) in 358 pass-blocking snaps last season.”
Wilson has a sizable void to fill as he transitions to the NFL level and prepares to compete for the starting right tackle job with Dennis Kelly — and only time will tell if he’s up to the task.
