Jaylen

Twyman

“Wrong place, wrong time,” agent Drew Rosenhaus said. “He will make a full recovery.” Twyman was visiting his aunt. He doesn’t need surgery, and all wounds were superficial. Things obviously could’ve been much worse for the 199th overall pick out of Oklahoma State.

Twyman worked his way through the Pitt defensive line rotation before taking over as a full time starter in 2019 and subsequently opting out in 2020. He helped anchor a Pitt defense that allowed only 21.7 points and 107 rushing yards per game, 11th best in the country. He was wildly productive during his one year run as a starter with a line of 41 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 36 pressures, and 31 stops in 730 snaps. A crafty pass rusher who prefers to take a circuitous route around a blocker rather than try to overpower them head-on with a bull rush. Though he displayed impressive strength squeezing out 40 bench reps and breaking out a 32.5-inch vertical jump, Twyman’s 5.39 40-yard dash time would have ranked as the worst among the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine defensive line group. Throw in a lackluster 4.64 RAS and it’s fair to speculate whether Twyman possesses the requisite frame and athleticism to survive at the next level.