NFL Draft: Big Green Notebook Loves K'Lavon

FRISCO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - Inside the Big Green NFL Draft Scouting Notebook, we're looking for the best edge rusher the Dallas Cowboys can pick to replace Robert Quinn's 11 and a half sacks last year.

Big Green NFL Draft Scouting Notebook (credit: Bill Jones - CBS 11 Sports)

New Cowboys Defensive Coordinator Mike Nolan has a simple approach to the draft: "The best player is what you want."

And the best player for the Cowboys defense just might be LSU's K'Lavon Chaisson. Just ask him.

"It's obvious. I'm going to be honest," Chaisson told reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine, "I'm the most valuable player in the draft. We all know that."

NFL Combine 2020: LSU's K'Lavon Chaisson interview by NYup on YouTube

Want some Michael Irvin swagger on your defense? Ya gotta love K'Lavon. Just 20 years old. 1st team All SEC. 6-3, 254. With so much speed and talent, National Champion LSU offered him a scholarship before he played a down of high school varsity football at North Shore High School in Houston. He would give Mike Nolan the option of playing a hybrid 3-4 or 4-3 defense.

"3-4 or 4-3 is really just a personnel decision to get your best 11 on the field," Nolan said.

Chaisson says, "I can fit into any system. Just put a blindfold on me and I'm ready to roll."

LSU LB K'Lavon Chaisson vs Oklahoma (Peach Bowl) by The Sports Junky on YouTube

K'Lavon wore LSU's prestigious number 18, a number given to a player who shows great leadership and high character. He's a 5-Star Prospect in the Big Green Notebook and could be the dynamic edge rusher this Dallas defense needs.

Linebacker K'Lavon Chaisson #18 of the LSU Tigers looks on from the sidelines during the game against the Oklahoma Sooners in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 28, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
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