With Pick 4B GB Selects Dean Lowry DE NorthWestern

[Mark87]

2015: True senior ... Consensus Second-Team All-Big Ten honoree ... Picked up a spot on the All-Big Ten third team defense by Athlon Sports ... Critical part of the stout Northwestern defense that is in the top of the nation in scoring defense ... Ranks second on the team with 13.5 tackles for loss ... Set an NU single-game record and tied the sixth-best mark in Big Ten history with his six tackles for loss in the win over Nebraska ... Also notched two sacks in that game and was named NU's Defensive Player of the Game ... Tied for the team lead with eight quarterback hurries ... Picked up six tackles and 0.5 tackle for loss in win over Duke, earning Defensive Player of the Week for Northwestern ... Posted a pair of TFLs and 5 tackles in shutout of Minnesota ... Recorded five tackles and one tackle for loss versus Purdue ... Named to the fourth-team defensive team on Phil Steele's 2015 Preseason All-Big Ten Team.
2014: True junior ... Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honoree by league coaches ... Started all 12 games at defensive end and totaled 41 tackles, ranking second on the defense with 8.0 TFLs ... Matched career high with six tackles against Illinois, adding a PBU and a QB hurry ... Also had six stops at Notre Dame ... Tallied 1.5 TFL and forced a fumble at Notre Dame ... Had five tackles, including 1.0 TFL at Minnesota ... Collected 1.5 TFL and a pass breakup from DE spot at Penn State ... Showed versatility against Western Illinois by assuming the starting
DT position and finished with four tackles, one sack and two pass breakups ... Posted five tackles and a half-sack against NIU ... Recorded one sack in season-opener vs. Cal ... Named NU's Defensive Player of the Game vs. Northern Illinois and the Defensive Big Playmaker vs. Notre Dame ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2013: True sophomore ... Started nine games at defensive end ... Tied for second on the team with 7.0 tackles for loss ... Third on the team with 4.5 sacks ... Posted career-high 1.5 sacks at Illinois ... Had one of five NU sacks vs. Michigan ... Missed action at Nebraska with an injury ... Tallied two assisted stops vs. Minnesota ... Notched a career-high six tackles against Ohio State, including five solo stops ... Also recovered a fumble against the Buckeyes ... Picked off a pass and returned it 19 yards for a touchdown against Maine ... Also forced a fumble against the Black Bears ... Credited with a pass breakup against Western Michigan ... Made first career start at defensive end against Syracuse ... Recorded first career interception and returned it 16 yards against Orange ... Added four tackles, 1.0 TFL and a pass breakup against Syracuse ... Tallied two tackles and a forced fumble in season opener at Cal ... Deflected pass that led to Collin Ellis' 56-yard interception returned for a touchdown.
2012: One of four freshmen to crack the lineup in 2012, playing in all 13 games as a backup to Tyler Scott ... 14 tackles on the year with 3.0 TFL's and six QB hurries ... Named to ESPN.com Big Ten All-Freshman Team ... Made his debut as a reserve defensive end at Syracuse and recorded one QB hurry ... Made a big impact vs. Vanderbilt with a fumble recovery, a QB hurry, two tackles and a pass deflection at the line of scrimmage ... Two stops against South Dakota ... Career-best three tackles (all solos) with a PBU and a QB hurry against Indiana ... Recorded two tackles at Penn State ... Posted two tackles, including a 10-yard TFL, against Nebraska ... Notched first career sack at Michigan State, dropping Andrew Maxwell for an 11-yard loss in the fourth quarter ... One stop in TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl win vs. Mississippi State.

High School: ESPN.com three-star honoree ... Ranked 47th overall among defensive ends and 20th best prospect in Illinois by 247Sports ... Ranked 95th overall among defensive ends by Scout.com and 115th overall nationally among defensive ends by ESPN.com ... SuperPrep All-Midwest honoree ... Chicago Tribune All-State and Champaign-News Gazette All-State selection ... IHCA 7A All-State honoree ... Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10) Defensive MVP and Team MVP ... Recorded 65 tackles, 21 TFL's and 10 sacks ... Lettered twice in football and was a member of back-to-back 14-0 Boylan teams ... Lettered one year in basketball as a center and played baseball his freshman year ... Honor roll during his junior and senior years at Boylan, earning a NIC-10 Scholar Athlete distinction ... Recognized for Excellence in Business Law and Excellence in Marketing ... Coached by Dan Appino.

Personal: Born Dean Vincent Lowry ... Son of Margaret and John Lowry ... Played against fellow Wildcat Dan Vitale and former NU player Jarrell Williams ... Majoring in economics with a minor in business institutions.

 

[57packer]

The CBS guys seemed to like him and had him as their #120 guy:
STRENGTHS: Heavy-handed and uses his momentum and natural lean to put blockers on their heels at the point of attack. Able to use his natural lean and first step momentum to generate power and move blockers from their spot. He sets the edge in the run game and is quick to diagnose and put himself in position to be opportunistic.
He plays fast a never with anything less than full effort. Practiced at the Shrine Game with the same killer instinct and competitive drive that made him effective at Northwestern.

WEAKNESSES: For a player of his size, Lowry has short, disproportionate arms. Lacks ideal explosive traits for the next level and needs to develop his pass rush moves to not be so predictable off the snap. Unimaginative pass rush strategy and needs to better set up his moves instead of forcing his way through blockers each play.

Needs to develop his counters, allowing his rush to stall once initial momentum is slowed. Relies more on timing than burst. Can drop in space, but marginal change of direction skills limits his potential off the line of scrimmage.

IN OUR VIEW: He doesn't play with anything less than full effort and that hustle, along with his instincts, allows him to be effective containing the edge. Lowry lacks athletic twitch and move-to-move transition to be a consistent pass rush threat in the NFL, but his initial power and unrelenting play style wears down blockers.

He lacks ideal traits to start at the next level, but shows the recognition skills and versatility to play various scheme techniques as a reserve.

--Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) (2/21/16)

Sounds like a high effort guy who'll be a solid back-up and rotation guy, and maybe do some things on special teams. Ran a 4.8 40-time which is pretty darn fast for a guy his size.

 

[salmar80]

Will watch his tape later today (it's almost 1AM now), but that's some great combine numbers for that size. Not only speed and explosion, but also 30 reps on the bench.

We filled the need for a 3-down DL in round 1. This IMHO is a rather early flyer at an athletic, moldable guy. A guy who'll likely play 2017.