Saw the below tweet from Field Yates that Stewart only had 4.5 sacks in 3 seasons. Crazy.

Texas A&M edge Shemar Stewart (#4) might be the most interesting prospect who has a real shot to go in the first round.

Just 4.5 sacks in 3 seasons. A lot of “almost” plays like the one below.

6-foot-6, 285 pounds and some rare physical traits. Powerful and explosive, but it… pic.twitter.com/VMdclDtUsB

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 20, 2025

Edited for Stewart not Turner

Dang it, thanks.

shemar stewart is a perplexing prospect. on the one hand you have a julius peppers clone on the other hand you have a guy who never really put up any production. i can't tell you why he isn't more productive he just hasn't been. i could not justify spending a first round pick on a guy who never totallly did it at the college level. but i hope he prove m wrong seem like a good teammate.

Well at least it's about Shemar!!

Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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shemar stewart is a perplexing prospect. on the one hand you have a julius peppers clone on the other hand you have a guy who never really put up any production. i can't tell you why he isn't more productive he just hasn't been. i could not justify spending a first round pick on a guy who never totallly did it at the college level. but i hope he prove m wrong seem like a good teammate.

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Agree - he seems to have it all but the numbers. Seems like a good teammate also. Too big of a risk for a first round pick imo

He's not a first rounder

TX_Aggie37 said:

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He will have a great NFL career. He had some brilliant flashes in his time here.

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Nothing screams "great" NFL career.

Plenty of talent but the "want to" is questionable

I guess only time will tell.

TX_Aggie37 said:

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He will have a great NFL career. He had some brilliant flashes in his time here.

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So his ceiling is the defense version of Martellus Bennett.

Part of the lack of production was that opposing teams could not commit holding against someone wearing an A&M uniform.

Another part was his inability to actually make the tackle when he had a sack opportunity.

OP can edit the thread title so to stop misleading the herd...

An L of an Ag said:

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TX_Aggie37 said:

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He will have a great NFL career. He had some brilliant flashes in his time here.

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So his ceiling is the defense version of Martellus Bennett.

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A lot of guys would be happy with a 10 year career in the NFL.

Agent doing what agent does and making the rounds…

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ahpetty33 said:

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Criminal development by our defensive line coaches

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When Price was sick and after he died, it seemed that the DL performance took a dip.

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heard that from a pretty reliable source. makes you wonder about Elijah's long term prospects as well.

Love it... "almost plays"...

Dude has an effective marketing team, that's for sure.

zephyr88 said:

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Love it... "almost plays"...

Dude has an effective marketing team, that's for sure.

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As long as the coaches in the nfl can teach him how to wrap up a tackle (an ability most 8th grade B-team coaches possess but somehow A&M's defensive staff does not), he could become a great player

NFL scouts will draft on his measurables...

But in college I watched a guy who rarely could win a 1 on 1 block. Not sure how or why that projects well to the NFL.

I couldn't see using a first round pick on the guy. Too much risk that you wasted a high draft choice.

Think S Stewart will go 1st rd as way too much athleticism, size, bend and speed. NFL will note he played against top competition in SEC (some top Tackles along the way esp vs tu, LSU, USCe). He might have been one of the best DEs to play at A&M (not M Garrett level, but could show some of that capability at the next level). Many grading him 1st rd and a couple have him even top 10 due to his upside (too much upside to pass up).

He didn't disappear as much as some think (many mistake sacks as stat of greatness), but was doubled, chipped a lot, and over-used by our staff (poor rotations and was out of gas in second halves and even by EOY it was showing). May even be a bit of poor coaching tech which we'll see once he's in NFL (which is a different game and he'll have to beat 1:1s more).

Part will be NFL motivation to perform or be banished which can change some players.

Think that play vs Pigs scream holy heck Batman (regardless of Pigs poor blocking).

ahpetty33 said:

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Criminal development by our defensive line coaches

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In fairness, while our DL as a whole underachieved, Shemar Stewart played under 2 separate staffs and DL coaches.

He had 1.5 sacks, 1.5 sacks, and 1.5 sacks in his 3 years here.

Maybe he's just not that good at getting to the QB?

90ags said:

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Think that play vs Pigs scream holy heck Batman (regardless of Pigs poor blocking).

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your signature at the bottom of your posts is hilarious in today's day and age.
that's not a negative shot at you personally....just a sad reality of how the Portal and NIL have distorted things.

90ags said:

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Think S Stewart will go 1st rd as way too much athleticism, size, bend and speed. NFL will note he played against top competition in SEC (some top Tackles along the way esp vs tu, LSU, USCe). He might have been one of the best DEs to play at A&M (not M Garrett level, but could show some of that capability at the next level). Many grading him 1st rd and a couple have him even top 10 due to his upside (too much upside to pass up).

He didn't disappear as much as some think (many mistake sacks as stat of greatness), but was doubled, chipped a lot, and over-used by our staff (poor rotations and was out of gas in second halves and even by EOY it was showing). May even be a bit of poor coaching tech which we'll see once he's in NFL (which is a different game and he'll have to beat 1:1s more).

Part will be NFL motivation to perform or be banished which can change some players.

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I think he'll end up a 2nd rounder. For his sake, hope he's a 1st rounder, but i think most every player we put in the draft ends up going later than any Aggie fan would expect. We're too close to it, and lack objectivity.

Bigger picture, it translates across the team too. It's mentioned all the time about how much "talent" we have, when we really don't have anywhere near what we think.

Guys get drafted as much on their "measurables" as they do their performance.

Reminds me of John Jolly