SEVENTH-ROUND PICK (250TH OVERALL)
NT KHYIRIS TONGA
Age: 24
College: BYU
Ht./Wt.: 6-2, 325
Background: A three-star recruit who didn’t play football as a senior in high school, Tonga didn’t play at BYU until he was 21 in 2017 after a two-year mission. Started 32 games, including 22 of 24 games as a junior and senior.
The skinny: Typically stout runstopping nose tackle with good, strong hands. He’s also athletic enough to affect the passing game with his rush ability and had 12 career pass deflections.
He said: ‘‘[I’m] somebody who tries to be powerful. That’s something I pride myself in — being a powerful player and being disruptive and winning most of my one-on-ones and being able to find the ball.”