YouTube Bret Kollman's take on Khristian Boyd (1 Viewer)

[Whodat GT]

Another great scouting report on a draft pick: this time, Khristian Boyd - (DT Northern Iowa). Starts at the 51:35 mark.



Notes:

- Best value pick for the Saints.
- Visited entire league.
- Dominated the Shrine Bowl.
- Tons of power at 6'2 325 pounds. Is a Nose tackle but he is more than that. He can hold up against double teams, can dominate guards 1 on 1.
- Also a good pass rusher: legitimate pass rush moves. Good feet, good hips, one of the better interior pass rushers in Shrine Bowl week.
-Positional versatility.
- He could play from true 0 to 3 tech.

 

[Jesse Custer]

I'm weirdly hyped to see him playing 0-tech next to Bresee. I think he'll be starting next to Bresee by mid-season.

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

I'm weirdly hyped to see him playing 0-tech next to Bresee. I think he'll be starting next to Bresee by mid-season.

I don't have my hopes up. I think, when you look at the body type...there weren't many NT's in this draft. You had him, Sweat, and maybe 1 or 2 others?!?! The 2025 draft is littered with them. If he pans out great, but if he doesn't I don't doubt they'll be able to find a guy next year...especially if Saunders continues to be underwhelming. Notice they didn't extend his contract, meaning they didn't want to allocate resources to him anymore than they already had, meanwhile we did move around some money for Nathan Shepherd who had a much more solid year.

Now what does have me hype about him, is I watched his post draft interview, and he seems to understand the nature of the business. How battling against grown men trying to pay their mortgage and feed their kids, changes thing and makes it more intense. So he comes in having an understanding of what it will take, that's invaluable to me.

 

[MSUSousaphone]

DTs and especially NTs take time to develop. There's such a huge difference in young man strength and old man strength and that position needs it. With NTs it's usually best to lessen immediate expectations. I could see him and Bresee being a formidable duo in 2026 or 2027.

 

[Whodat GT]

Keyword is role.. he will not have the responsibility to play 3 down DT. He will step into a rotation... if he is at least adequate against the run, then that's a win for this year.

 

[Plow]

But can he tote the rock like Khalen Saunders?

 

[SaintStephen1]

If he is as good as that analysis shows and the great demand on DTs, why was he still available so late?

 

[Whodat GT]

Short arms, level of competition if I had to guess.

Here is a short film breakdown:

 

[B_doggman47]

If he is as good as that analysis shows and the great demand on DTs, why was he still available so late?

I think it was due to level of competition, where they had him ranked and what round they had him graded to being drafted. It depends on how many teams were in the market for a NT type. It could be a number of reasons. I know the Saints have been needing one for some time now and we may have gotten good value and a good player with Boyd.

 

[bobad]

I'm excited about him. He did 38 reps and has good quickness, so the coaches have something to work with. He's behind the 8 ball with his lack of length, so his conditioning will be very important.