Demario Ambrose 6'5” 270
DE, Arkansas
NFLDraftScout lists Ambrose as 6'3”, 260.
Rankings: NFLDraftScout's 39th-ranked defensive end, #490 player overall. Free agent grade. Not ranked by Pro Football Weekly, which listed 58 defensive ends.
Biography/honors:
2010: Started all 12 games. 31 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 4 quarterback hurries, 6.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and one pass break-up.
2009: Played in all 13 games, starting five. 13 tackles.
2008: Played in 11 games, starting three. 29 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 quarterback hurries, 3 tackles for loss and 2 passes broken up.
2007: SEC first team All-Freshman. Played in 11 games. 13 tackles, a sack, 3 quarterback hurries and 2 tackles for loss.
Major: Business education. Multiple honor roll citations in 2007 and 2008.
Injuries:
2010: Missed time in November due to unspecified injury.
2008: Minor knee injury; missed at least one game.
Pro Day Stats: (not invited to NFL Combine)
4.76 40 – would have been a top 10 time at the Combine for defensive linemen
1.68 10-yard split – near top 10
4.32 short shuttle
7.39 3-cone drill – average (7.36)
33.5” vertical jump – top 10
9'7” broad jump – near top 10
17 bench presses - poor
Positives: Good size, has long arms. Good first step, overall speed and lateral quickness. Did some pass rushing from the interior as part of a 5-man front. Would also drop back into linebacker position out of 5-man front. His defensive line coach at Arkansas coached Leonard Little at Tennessee. Knows the defense and is like a coach on the field.
Negatives: Struggles to hold his ground. Not overly explosive or strong. Has trouble getting off blocks. Was arrested for failing to appear in court on a speeding charge.
Compares to: C.J. Ah You.
Fun Facts: Doesn't Arkansas have a team nutritionist? Ambrose needed to put on weight before his junior season, so he ate more... Big Macs. He got up to 280, but his conditioning suffered, so he gave them up before his senior season. Ambrose was a pitcher on his high school baseball team in Mobile. Please give the Cardinals a call if things don't work out with the Rams.
RamView: A starting defensive end in college's strongest conference, coached by Leonard Little's line coach, rushes from the inside, drops back into coverage? No wonder the Rams and Steve Spagnuolo had their eye on Ambrose. Schemewise, he's as good a fit as they could find in the college ranks. Wouldn't be a surprise at all to see a coach that covets as many pass rushers as he can get push to have a player like Ambrose on the practice squad. If Ambrose can use his limited opportunities to flash productive play he didn't show in college, maybe he even aspires higher.
Sources: Pro Football Weekly 2011 Draft Guide, NFLDraftScout.com, University of Arkansas Athletics, Mobile (AL) Press-Register, Fort Smith (AR) Times-Record, SBNation, BlogHawgs.com, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, KTAL-TV (Shreveport/Texarkana), DraftBulletin.com
Photo: ESPN
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