Zach Frazier is a four-year starter inside West Virginia’s multiple, run-heavy scheme (64-36 run-pass split) with 47 career starts (38 at center and nine at left guard).
Frazier has a squatty, compact build with powerful hands, very good play strength and a high-level wrestling background that shows up on film with how well he manipulates leverage to his advantage. That allows him to halt movement on command before gaining control, generating movement and securing blocks to create alleys and lanes off of his backside.
Frazier shows a clear understanding of the play’s intent, putting himself in good positional leverage with the grip strength to tie up and pin defenders away from the ball. He has enough short-area quickness to reach a shade, locate and secure targets on the move as a puller and climbing off combo blocks. However, Frazier’s average-level athletic ability and length will leave him stranded in space against shifty targets without much twitch to redirect once defenders get on his edges.
Frazier quarterbacks the line pre-snap, showing a firm command of the calls and adjustments with sharp processing skills to diagnose post-snap. He recognizes basic line games and stunts quickly with the football intelligence to be a force multiplier, picking up late-loopers and blitzes with low pads, rooted feet and a firm anchor.
Frazier provides thump and a physical presence when uncovered, with a potent snatch-trap technique to break contact and steal away leverage from leaning defenders. He shows flashes of mixing in independent, accurate strikes on head-up or shaded defensive tackles, but he does have misfires with his hands against sub-package rushers either by being late with his snap hand or crossing his midline that creates soft edges.
Overall, Frazier is an experienced center-only prospect with adequate size, solid athletic ability and very good play strength that he combines with high-level football intelligence and competitive toughness to run the show pre-snap, lead and find ways to get defenders blocked in a variety of schemes. He projects as a long-term, dependable starter at the pivot.