Name: Javon Foster

School: Missouri

Year: SupSr

Position: Offensive tackle

Measurables: 6054 313 (Combine Measurements)

Combine: ARM: 34 5/8”. HAND: 9 5/8”. VERTICAL: 32.5”. BROAD: 8’10” 40-YD DASH: 5.30 10-YD SPLIT: 1.79u.

General Info:

Foster, a native of Detroit, Michigan, was a three-star prospect coming out of high school. He redshirted his first year at Missouri. The former Tiger played in just two games the following season as a redshirt freshman. The following 2020 season Foster played in nine games with two starts both at right tackle, against Florida and South Carolina. In the 2021 season he started all 13 games at left tackle. The Michigan native returned in 2022 and started every game again at left tackle. Foster then decided to take advantage of the COVID rule that allowed him to return for a sixth year and started every game at left tackle again and was named First Team All-SEC

Positional Skills:

Strengths

His size and length definitely show up on film, he is a long tackle that is hard to get around. On film he moves well laterally in pass protection, with well coordinated feet. Foster does have a strong upper body, where if he gets locked in on you, you aren't going anywhere. When he does get his heels dug into the ground he is very hard to move. He has shown he can get to the second level and block linebackers. Foster has also shown an aggressive mentality on the field, keeping his legs churning at the point-of-attack especially in the run game and keeps his hands working. Even if his hands start outside he will work them back inside. Foster has shown on film that he can work his hands independently. The sixth year senior also has experience playing on the right side as well. Off the snap he keeps his hands high and tight. When he keeps his shoulders square to the defender he's hard to get past.

Weaknesses

He gets too high out of his stance and will let rushers get under his pads. The Detroit native will also give some ground to power rushers, some of it is technical some is being thin in the lower body. Foster is a little clunky moving backwards and can sometimes open the gate too soon allowing rushers to get into him and press the corner. The 5.3 forty he ran at the combine shows on the field when he's running to block down the field. Foster needs to do a better job of coming out low from his stance and not letting his head get too far over his feet, this causes him to lose his balance sometimes. The former three-star recruit will duck his head at times. He does set his hands too high and wide at times which will lead to holding calls in the NFL. Foster doesn’t show independent hand usage a lot on film. Right before contact he will drop his hands before he strikes, negating some of his upper body power. He also tends to point his feet outwards instead of inwards.

Fit with the Packers:

Foster is a solid fit with the Packers, he may not be a perfect fit due to the fact he's not a freak athlete, but neither was David Bakhtiari. He has the size, length, and bulk to play in the NFL and while not an elite athlete his feet are quick enough to keep him on the left side. Foster is also a solid run blocker which is a bonus in LaFleur's outside zone blocking scheme. His transition to Green Bay's offense would be pretty simple as well since Missouri runs a very similar blocking scheme and uses a lot of RPO’s like LaFleur. Foster could spend his rookie year as a swing tackle while he works out his technical flaws and continues to add lower body strength. If he can fix some technical flaws with his pad level, back/butt, head, feet and hands he could end up a really good left tackle in the NFL, if not he could at the very least be a decent swing tackle. He should hear his name sometime late day two/early day three.

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