Top OT prospect meeting with Eagles, Jets ahead of NFL Draft

One of the draft’s top offensive tackles will have a busy week meeting with potential suitors. According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, left tackle Paris Johnson Jr. was in Philadelphia Tuesday for a predraft visit with the Eagles.

The Ohio State product is also set to meet with the Jets Tuesday night and Wednesday. These meetings follow a trip out West, where Johnson met with the Cardinals last week. As Garafolo points out, there are a “lot of possible fits” for the lineman in the top 15, so these surely won’t be the prospect’s only official visits.

After playing sparingly through his first two collegiate seasons, Johnson took on a larger role in 2022, appearing in 13 games for Ohio State. The 6-foot-6, 315-pound blocker was charged with only a pair of sacks this past season, and Pro Football Focus gave him one of the highest grades (88 overall) at his position. As a result of his performance, Johnson earned a consensus All-American nod after the season.

Johnson has climbed NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah’s rankings of the top 50 draft prospects, landing at No. 16 in the latest update. Northwestern’s Peter Skoronski is still the favorite to be the first offensive tackle off the board, but a team could end up selecting Johnson and banking on his size and temperament.