Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cHe came to Oregon as the No. 1 transfer offensive tackle in the nation, and expectations of developing into a first-round draft pick,\u201d Zachary Neel, the beat writer for Duckswire, said. \u201cHe has the size and appeared to have the tools necessary to be a Day 1 guy in April, so long as he could develop and improve. It simply didn\u2019t happen. That\u2019s not to say that he was bad by any means, but he didn\u2019t quite meet the high expectations that Duck fans had for him going into the season. He was a solid locker room guy, and I think he had a positive impact in his one year with the team. It\u2019s always strange when someone coming in is expected to be great, and is merely good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Standing at 6-5, 321 pounds, World certainly looks the part. His athleticism and size jump off the tape. He has impressive movement skills and his range as a run blocker is impressive. He has the upper body strength to overwhelm defenders and displace them.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing that makes World good is his size, and his improved strength,\u201d Neel said. \u201cWhen he got to Oregon, he needed to add 10-20 pounds of muscle, and I think he achieved that. He is a physical player who is good with his feet and a willing blocker.\u201d<\/p>\n
World has a good reach to get into the chest of blockers before they can get into him. He has the lateral quickness to shut down outside rush angles and he plays with good knee bend. He needs to do a better job of keeping his weight centered in his shuffle and can struggle to anchor against power. When his strike lands, it delivers a thud, but his hands are wildly inconsistent. This past season he gave up one sack and 18 pressures.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you simply look at the size of World, you\u2019ve got the makeup of someone who can be a prototypical left tackle at the NFL level,\u201d Neel said. \u201cHe has solid tools and attributes, he just needs to continue to develop his technique and fine-tune his game. There were a couple of times this year where he simply just got caught in his stance, making a mistep here or there, and got beat around the edge by better defensive ends. He can definitely improve, but the ball of clay is there, ready to be formed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fit with the Packers<\/p>\n
World is dripping with tools that will have offensive line coaches lining up to work with him. He is a player who got better each season and it\u2019s easy to see why he was viewed as a potential Top 50 pick prior to the start of the season.<\/p>\n
With the Packers having a need for a swing tackle, Gutekunst could target World and all his tools to be the team’s swing tackle of the future. He’s a player who’s going to need a redshirt season to be eased into the NFL world, making the Packers an ideal landing spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to believe that he\u2019s going to improve with the right coaching, because at the moment, he\u2019s not ready to be an NFL starter,\u201d Neel said. \u201cI think with more time in Eugene under the coaching of A\u2019lique Terry, World could have turned into a Day 1 pick, but he didn\u2019t have the time to develop the necessary tools in just a single season. He did improve, though, and should be able to have a nice career at the NFL level with the right coaching.\u201d<\/p>\n
Players with World’s frame and athleticism don’t grow on trees. With his experience playing both tackle spots and his tools, it would not be shocking to see the Packers select World if he fell to them in the fourth round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 6, 2026, 8:21 p.m. CT The Unpacking Future\u00a0Packers\u00a0Countdown is a countdown of 100 prospects who the\u00a0Green Bay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[95878,7,41,345,2514,2513,6,428,95980,95981,95882,96027,95976,96166,99194,95896,95888,95895,95906,95883,103710,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-734906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-green-bay","11":"tag-green-bay-packers","12":"tag-greenbay","13":"tag-greenbaypackers","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-packers","16":"tag-sstssportsnflpackers","17":"tag-sstsnpackers","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagcollege-sports","20":"tag-taggreen-bay-packers","21":"tag-tagjordan-love","22":"tag-tagjordan-morgan","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagoverall-positive","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagzach-tom","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116027397758503070","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}