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2025 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about CODY LINDENBERG:
Minnesota | Hometown: Anoka, MN | HT: 6023 | WT: 236 | 40 time: 4.71 | Hand: 0914 | Arm: 3234 | Wing: 7800
Three-year starter. First-team All-Big 10 in 2024 and honorable mention in 2022. Well-sized off-ball linebacker with a bulked-up torso and solid length. Plays inside with some wide nine and overhang. Leader of the defense who makes the checks before the snap. Patient when getting his run/pass read with a quick and explosive downhill trigger. Excellent cutback defender who usually stays on the back hip of the ball carrier in lateral pursuit. Instinctual player who reacts accordingly to blocking schemes and is consistent with run fits. Seeks out contact and sets the tone with an aggressive play style. Notable lateral agility to scrape tight to the line versus zone while maintaining leverage. Normally takes proper angles to the ball carrier on outside run plays. High effort player in pursuit and hauls to get to the sideline on perimeter plays. In zone coverage he takes solid drops getting to his landmark and leveraging routes. Reads the quarterback and uses peripheral vision to position against underneath and intermediate routes. Possesses the athleticism to match running backs and tight ends in man coverage. Flashes some burst as an outside blitzer. Shows proper wrap-up technique when tackling. Occasionally shows too much patience when reading the play allowing linemen to climb on him and cost him ball side leverage. Will over run chasing at times. Struggles to undercut blocks and work through traffic. Needs to take on blocks with lower pad level and more violence. Sticky when engaged with blockers and struggles to extend and shed. Shows some tightness both in coverage and when bending as a blitzer. Has some missed tackles coming off blocks. Needs to run his feet on contact to limit additional yards. Has NFL starter potential.
2024 Stats: 94 T, 5 TFL, 1 sack, 6 PBU, 3 QBH, 1 INT. Draft projection: 4th/5th round