2024 NFL Draft: Joe Alt is as dominant an offensive tackle as we have seen

The Arizona Cardinals may not take the offensive tackle, but Joe Alt is the best in a very good class.

Over the next couple of weeks, leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft we will take a look at close to 30 prospects to know.

Within that, we will use the excellent work of Dane Brugler, who has just released his “The Beast” 2024 NFL Draft Guide. I highly recommend taking a peek and signing up for The Athletic if only to get Dane’s guide.

It is always an exhaustive work, and he should be commended.

With that said, we will go in order of Dane’s Big Board and use his final analysis as the wrap up of each prospect.

Let’s check out Dane’s number five overall prospect, and the guy I have graded as the second best player in the 2024 class, Joe Alt.

Dane’s Take:

The son of a Pro Bowl offensive lineman, he played quarterback and tight end in high school before transitioning to tackle and becoming an All-American in South Bend. Although his pass pro anchor isn’t always immediate and he gets caught overextending, Alt has the natural ability to achieve proper leverage, frame up rushers with his length and consistently get back to the strength of his body without losing balance.

Alt is a technician and moves like a power forward, light on his feet, with a giant wingspan and long arms, with vice grips for hands. His pass pro is next level because of his feet and his reach.

In the run game, he displays terrific movement skills and large, skilled hands to generat e movement at the point of attack. Overall, Alt stayslight on his feet with the big-man agility, body control and instinctive recovery skills to become a high-level run blocker and above-average pass protector very early in this NFL career.

Alt’s game is tailor-made for the Arizona Cardinals offense. It seems like a longshot that they will draft him, but he projects as the prototypical left tackle for what Drew Petzing and the Cardinals offense wants to be.

Someone is getting a gem with Alt.

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