Little has said he's happy playing either left or right side, and that he loves the game. He took the year off on the advice of his coach - David Shaw, because of the shortened season for the PAC-12. He needs to learn to deal with speed rushers better from what I've read, but if he can shake off his rust very fast he could be a good starting tackle on either side for years to come for us. And that's a great 'get' in the second round. Tony Pauline had him ranked 4th among his Tackle Prospects, and graded him as a first/second round pick.

It's easy to look at it and say "He hasn't played football in two years!" but one of those years was because of a nationwide pandemic. He was ready to play last year, and wanted to. But ultimately started to prepare for the 2021 NFL Draft. Hopefully our scouting department did their due diligence in finding out what Little has been up to during the 2020 season. But even if he's a little rusty, if he shakes off that rust and is ready to be a starter in 2022 then I think the pick will turn out to be good.

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