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Agim

Agim (6’3/309) was a five-star recruit and four-year starter at Arkansas who added weight and rotated inside as a senior. He never fully lived up to his recruiting rank, but he at least posted two-straight 5.0-sack seasons and tested in the 88th percentile at the NFL Combine. His motor and athleticism are traits to bet on, but he’s far from a finished product, particularly against the run where he loses leverage by standing too tall. While not a sound technician, Agim does have the athletic traits to be a pass-rushing factor in an NFL rotation with time.

Agim (6’3/309) was a five-star recruit and four-year starter at Arkansas who added weight and rotated inside as a senior. He never fully lived up to his recruiting rank, but he at least posted two-straight 5.0-sack seasons and tested in the 88th percentile at the NFL Combine. His motor and athleticism are traits to bet on, but he’s far from a finished product, particularly against the run where he loses leverage by standing too tall. While not a sound technician, Agim does have the athletic traits to be a pass-rushing factor in an NFL rotation with time.

Agim (6’3/309) was a five-star recruit and four-year starter at Arkansas who added weight and rotated inside as a senior. He never fully lived up to his recruiting rank, but he at least posted two-straight 5.0-sack seasons and tested in the 88th percentile at the NFL Combine. His motor and athleticism are traits to bet on, but he’s far from a finished product, particularly against the run where he loses leverage by standing too tall. While not a sound technician, Agim does have the athletic traits to be a pass-rushing factor in an NFL rotation with time.

Agim (6'3/309) was first up to run the 40-yard dash to start out drills on Saturday. The Arkansas lineman is still learning to play on the interior -- he spent the majority of his career working off the edge -- but if he can gain some polish on the technical front he could have a shot at working his way into a rotational role in the pros.

“He has snap quickness to become a better one-gap penetrator and rush talent to build upon if he can attack with a better plan and more urgency,” Zierlein writes of the 6-foot-3, 300-pound Agim, who is still learning the ropes on the interior after playing off the edge for the majority of his time with the Razorbacks. The analyst stresses that “development of strength and technique will be critical if [Agim] is to become a rotational 4-3 defensive tackle.” Agim took part in the East-West Shrine Bowl earlier this winter as he looks to push for a Day 3 selection in April’s draft.

Agim (6'3/300) started each of the Razorbacks’ 12 games this season, accounting for 39 total tackles (8.5 for loss), 5.0 quarterback sacks, three quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. His production dipped some from his 2018 numbers, but the same can be said for the Arkansas program as a whole as the Razorbacks won just two games. Agim, who was given a sixth-round grade by Pro Football Network’s Tony Pauline before the season began, projects to be a Day 3 draft pick this spring.

Agim (6'3/279) was eligible to declare for the draft, but looks like he will be deferring an NFL jump until next winter. The junior defensive end posted a career-best season in 2018, logging 45 tackles (10.0 for loss), 4.5 sacks and a hearty three forced fumbles over the course of 12 games played. His return is a major boon for Razorbacks HC Chad Morris as Morris launches into his second year at the helm of the Arkansas ship.

“By traditional definitions, the Razorbacks are shifting to a 3–4. But Agim’s ability to play any technique, on any down, will make coordinator Paul Rhoads’ scheme more flexible than that, shifting opponent to opponent,” Connolly writes, adding that the 6-foot-3, 268-pounder’s “agility, at his size, will make Razorbacks stunt packages things of destructive beauty.” Playing as a true freshman in 2016, the former five-star recruit registered 20 tackles (5.0 for loss) and 2.5 sacks over the course of nine games played during the past campaign. Connolly would like to see him improve in his defense against the run, but otherwise believes that he “has the talent to torment any offense” as a pass-rusher at this point in his development.

Agim also received offers from Alabama and Auburn, among others, but opted to commit to the Razorbacks during the first month of the 2015 campaign. According to ESPN’s scouting team, the 6-foot-3, 268-pound product of Hope High School will offer HC Bret Bielema “solid, violent wrap-up tackling” in addition to the ability to “bull-rush blockers with an explosive jolt.” He can still improve in his anticipation of the snap count as well as his moves as an outside rusher.