It's not easy to stand out on a defensive line when your teammate had 48 tackles for loss and 20.5 sacks over two seasons. Kentavius Street played second fiddle to Bradley Chubb at North Carolina State — and will do so over the next three months as Chubb sits atop NFL Draft boards as a top-five prospect — but the Wolfpack's lesser-known defensive end is finally getting some love.
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COMPARE: Chubb vs. Landry | Street vs. Vea
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Street is a former four-star recruit from Greenville, N.C., who was North Carolina State's top-rated recruit in the class of 2013, more than 700 spots above Chubb, a three-star prospect from Powder Springs, Ga.. Though the 6-foot-2, 287-pound Street didn't demolish stat sheets like Chubb, he was a valuable and versatile piece on their defensive line. He played both tackle and end over four seasons and finished his career with 19 tackles for loss and nine sacks.
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Street is projected as a defensive end at the next level and is one of five ends at the East-West Shrine Game, where one NFL scout delivered a glowing — and violent — assessment of him.
"Street is killing these guys," said a New York Giants scout during practice.
He has good speed on the edge (ran a 4.58 40), can squat 700 pounds and has been interviewing with multiple teams in St. Petersburg, Fla., this week but is considered a third-day prospect by most draft analysts. Maybe that will change if plays well in the Shrine Game and tests well in the coming weeks.
