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GUTEY'S GUYS: UCF pass rusher Malachi Lawrence has Josh Sweat vibes, perfect for Jonathan Gannon

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Josh Sweat had his best season under Jonathan Gannon. Then he followed Gannon and beat it. UCF Edge Malachi Lawrence has a lot of the same traits and could give the Packers exactly what their new DC wants. On today's Gutey's Guys we break down his game and his fit in Green Bay.

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0:00.0

If the Green Bay Packers are going to surprise and draft an edge rusher at 52,

0:06.5

UCF standout Malachi Lawrence is the guy for them.

0:16.1

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0:28.8

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0:33.5

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0:34.3

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0:38.0

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0:49.8

Another goodies, guys, this one on Malachi Lawrence, who is one of my favorite players in this draft.

1:00.1

He went to UCF, but they're in the Big 12 now.

1:02.1

So they actually played some other schools, some real schools in his collegiate career.

1:09.1

We're talking about an awesome, awesome athlete. 9.95 relative athletic

1:15.8

score, 95th percentile speed score, 97th percentile burst score. His 1.57 10-yard split is well

1:24.7

below, well, it's more than good enough. 1.6 is the line anything over 1.6

1:31.0

in terms of that 10 yard split that measures that get off that get off and go attack he is

1:36.7

elite elite at that 64 253 has the length you look for 33 and 5 eighth inch armed anything over 33 is good enough

1:46.7

anything as you get closer to 34 is excellent excellent length for a pass rusher especially

1:53.2

at his size the one thing that I think you're going to call out is the run defense and then

2:00.1

if there's going to be a question on productivity, it was really that his best season was his last season at UCF and he's

2:08.3

going to be 23 in July. So it was his last year when he was his oldest. I tend to like especially

2:13.6

pass rushers who are on the younger side, who broke out a little bit sooner in their

2:19.1

career. I like the guy who walks onto campus as a, you know, a 20-year-old. Obviously, you walk

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