Dontari
Poe.
Dontari
Poe.
Memphis· 6'3"· 346 lb· 4.89s 40
Dontari Poe is a prototype 3-4 nose tackle, excelling in two-gap run defense concepts and occupying blockers to free up linebackers.
Year 1 impact starter as a space-eating nose tackle; ceiling of a Pro Bowl anchor in a 3-4 defense.
A penetrating one-gap 4-3 defensive tackle scheme where his primary responsibility would be to shoot gaps rather than hold the line.
His rare combination of size, strength, and surprising athleticism makes him an elite fit for a two-gap defensive front.
Selected #11 overall in Round 1 of the 2012 NFL Draft by Kansas City Chiefs out of Memphis.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.89sp50
- Vertical
- 29.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 105inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.90sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.56sp50
- Bench
- 44repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Memphis | 11 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | Memphis | 12 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Memphis | 12 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | — | 35 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Parsed from Sports-Reference CFB career page via Firecrawl.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Dontari Poe played for the Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, and Dallas Cowboys. He was a dominant defensive tackle for the Chiefs, earning two Pro Bowl selections.
Data note: Imported from Wikipedia 2012 NFL draft player selections table.