Height: 6-4
Weight: 340
40 Time: 5.56
Position: T
College: Pittsburgh
Birthdate: 6/17/86
Hometown: New Castle, Del.

NFL Draft Scouting Report

Great size … Former basketball player … Good footwork … Toughness … Raw, but has upside … Should be a first day pick … Projects to be Mauler/RT type … limited in athletics versus other tackles. Is more athletic than one would expect for a 340 pound player.

College career

2007

v Navy: Good technique in the running game … Hurt knee in third, but jogged off the field … Returned a few plays later and Pitt continued to run behind him

2006

Filled an immediate need by taking over Pitt’s starting left offensive tackle assignment…started all 12 games.

Junior College

Considered one of the nation’s top junior-college offensive line prospects…two-year starter at offensive tackle at Valley Forge (Pa.) Military Academy’s two-year college…named Most Valuable Player of the Seaboard Conference…two-time first team All-Seaboard Conference…led Valley Forge to two conference co-championships…played under VFMA coach Jim Burner…also a two-year standout on the basketball team who averaged nearly 19 points and 12 rebounds for VFMA…rated the nation’s No. 26 offensive line prospect by Scout.com…rated the nation’s No. 31 junior-college prospect by Rivals.com.

High School Career

Graduated from William Penn (Del.) High, where he played only one season of high school football (his senior year)…played under William Penn coach Bill Cole…also a two-year basketball letterman in high school.

Background

Jeffrey C. Otah, born 6/17/86, is the son of Patrick and Patricia Otah…has one brother and one sister…public service major.