With many players departing from the roster earlier in the offseason, the Los Angeles Rams had a variety of needs entering the 2020 NFL Draft.
One area that the Rams chose to improve on in the draft was their offensive line, which was a big point of contention last year as the team had few veterans to ground their very young line.
With less than 10 picks left in the draft, the Rams decided to use their final pick to bring in another young offensive lineman in Tremayne Ancrhum. Anchrum, who played college ball at Clemson, said he assumed he was headed for undrafted free agency as it was so late in the draft when he got the call from Sean McVay, via Stu Jackson of TheRams.com:
“Honestly, we didn’t really know where our future kind of lied,” Anchrum said on a video conference Saturday. “I knew I was going to be a day three kind of guy. Getting to those later rounds, we started getting calls about, ‘Hey, we’d love to have you as a free agent.’ I got a couple of head coaches that called me talking about, ‘Hey, we want you now.’ Me and my father were kind of making arrangements for that. But, then Coach McVay called and said, ‘Hey, are you ready to be a Ram?’ At that moment, we all kind of figured I was going to be a free agent, but with the news, we were all really excited.”
Although Anchrum is another young addition to the offensive line, he should be able to bring in some much-needed talent. He is one of 30 other players on his Clemson squad that will be going pro and cited that the stiff competition on the team as a reason for their success.
Anchrum primarily played as a right tackle with the Tigers but also saw some time at right guard towards the end of his collegiate career. Anchrum said he would be willing to move around on the line once he joins the Rams:
I’m comfortable on the right side of the line, mostly, right tackle, right guard,” Anchrum said. “But again, I am open to playing any spot on the line.”
Although it could be on either side of the ball, Anchrum will likely see most of his time as a guard. The Rams have a pair of veteran offensive lineman, Rob Havenstein and Andrew Whitworth, that occupy the right and left tackle spots, respectively.
Anchrum’s versatility will be a big advantage of his though as he can fill in at multiple positions if needed.
