Interestingly enough, I just watched a podcast with Nate Tice and his dad Mike Tice, and Mike pointed out a couple of things I already had concerns about. Specifically, he questioned his overall strength and pointed out that because of his high stance, that is a bit of "extra fat" in terms of additional movement. However, doesn't necessarily think it's a huge deal. That said, he thinks he's worth giving a shot at LT if your team doesn't have one, but sees him more of a RT in the NFL. Also said that because of the strength concerns, he's not sure if he could play OG. I also had questions about his strength, so it was very interesting to hear Mike Tice say the same thing. Btw, I highly recommend watching the podcast if you can...they break down a lot of the OL prospects and Mike had several OL prospects ahead of Campbell. Nate is higher on Campbell than his dad, FWIW.
You also brought up Campbell's PFF grade, and yes, I do look at that as part of my "evaluations." While it certainly shouldn't be treated as gospel, I do believe it's a useful tool, especially for OL/DL players, IMO. I view it similarly to PER in basketball. You can't just look at it on its own, but I do think there's merit to it, combined with actually watching the player. Campbell was graded a 72, which is fine, but it's underwhelming for a LT prospect being talked about as a top 5-10 pick with his arm length/wingspan measurements. Banks Jr for example, who also played in the SEC like Campbell graded out at 86. That's a significant difference. Conerly Jr, who played in the Big Ten, graded out at 78. Membou, who played in the weakest conference of these guys graded out at 90, so Campbell has the lowest PFF grade of all the other top OT prospects.
When you combine it all together - The on field play, the lack of strength, the arm length/wingspan/outlier concerns, the PFF grade etc., I just don't like him as an option for the Bears.
