Background
Dametrious Crownover grew up in Grandview, Texas, a small town south of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and attended Grandview High School, where he was a two-sport standout in football and basketball and helped lead the team to the Texas Class 3A Division I state championship as a sophomore. He earned first-team all-district honors at both tight end and defensive end. ESPN rated him a four-star recruit, while 247Sports and Rivals each rated him a three-star. He committed to Texas A&M as a tight end in the 2021 class and then moved to the offensive line during his redshirt year. For accepting the position switch, he received the Aggies' Offensive Unselfish Leadership Award. He appeared in eight games as a redshirt freshman in 2022, including his first career start at right tackle against Sam Houston, saw action in all 13 games in 2023 with reserve and spot starts, then locked down the starting right tackle job full-time in 2024 for all 13 games, helping anchor a rushing attack that ranked second in the SEC at 195.5 yards per game. In 2025, he came back for a fifth year, starting all 13 games once more, with 784 snaps played and only two sacks allowed. He declared for the 2026 NFL Draft.
Physical Attributes
The first thing you notice when watching Crownover is just how big he is. His height and weight combination make him look like a man mountain out there, with arms that seem to never end. However, while decent in a straight line, Crownover is not very fluid as an athlete. He looks clumsy in space, lacking purpose in where he places his feet and a sense of direction. He is very strong, upper body, core, and base combine to create a person who is not only hard to move, but moves others.
Data and Tape Analysis
If you are unfamiliar with my OL radar charts, you can find more information here
That right there is a very average radar chart. Every single stat looks right around the middle bands, outside of his poor pressures allowed. I agree with it wholeheartedly, but unlike many with charts like this, I think it could be much higher with one fix.
That fix is Crownover's use of his hands. It is awful. The worst I have watched so far, and I do not think it is remotely close. Being as wide as he is, someone taught him a forklift technique to work from the outside in. With that, his hands always aim for the outside of the shoulder pads. That position is terrible for leverage and really easy for defenders to squirm out of. In the run game, that placement means he cannot as effectively push through his opposite. In pass protection, this will lead to holds in the NFL, and means he cannot dictate to the pass rushers coming at him.
When he gets his hands right, good night. There is almost nothing a defender can do when he fully leverages them when Crownover's hands are on the chest plate. When he does that, pass rushers stop moving, and run defenders move backward.
The only other obvious downside of his game is that he gets beat by pass rushers across his face with speed too frequently. When they move from outside to in, he times his punch poorly, and the problem of his hand placement comes up more acutely than usual.
Grade and Outlook
As a player who is still a relative newcomer to the position, Crownover shows some decent play. I think if he ends up working under the right development, there is serious untapped upside with him. If he can fix the issue of his work with his hands, he will go from being a swing tackle lifer to a starter.
Grade: 5.2 (3rd Rounder)
