From John Harris’ Draft Guide. Excellent resource worth looking at for the newest Texans:
Ali Gaye, LSU
5th year - 6-6, 263 lb.
Edmonds-Woodway HS in Lynnwood, WA.
Gaye is a native of Gambia who moved to the United States when he was 12. He started playing high school football in Washington state and then went to Arizona Western College for a year. Following a one year stint at Arizona Western College, he enrolled at Garden City Community College for one year before finally enrolling in the spring of 2020 at LSU.
Gaye is well put together, to say the least, but he’s a grunting, try hard edge rusher who will be limited in his scheme versatility. He’s thick and high cut with 34+ inch arms. He SHOULD HAVE been able to dominate at the college level, but he was nothing more than a solid rotational player. He’s physical at the point of attack and at the Senior Bowl, I could see his strength up close. But, there’s no twitch or bouncy traits that get me excited about him as an edge rusher. He’ll be a two down player at best, playing the run on first and second down.
This dude is going to play hard on every single snap. He will never stop chasing after the QB, but he’s limited athletically and he’s stiff. At the Senior Bowl, he grunted, literally, through every single step. There’s no real fluidity to his game. It’s got to be strength and power in everything that he does.