A freakishly strong interior defender who treats every snap like a bar fight at the point of attack. Van den Berg is a true run-stuffing DT who anchors gaps, holds the point, and uses absurd functional strength — 675-pound squat, 450-pound bench — to ragdoll interior linemen in phone-booth battles. His pass rush is underdeveloped, with limited counter moves and inconsistent get-off that caps his impact to early downs. The total absence of Tier 1 scouting attention despite back-to-back All-ACC seasons, a PFF run defense grade north of 80, and a Freaks List pedigree makes him one of the more intriguing under-the-radar UDFA-to-Day 3 prospects in this class — if a team's DL coach gets his hands on this clay, there's a rotational run-stuffing DT in there.

• 🦬Elite functional strength at the point of attack — 675-lb squat, 450-lb bench, 393-lb power clean create a physical foundation that translates directly to holding the line of scrimmage
• 🧱Excellent run defender who earned an 81.2 PFF run defense grade in his final season and was PFF's No. 9 interior DL nationally against the run during his 2024 campaign
• ⚡Surprising explosiveness for his size — 36.5-inch vertical at 310 pounds, ranked No. 18 on Bruce Feldman's Freaks List
• 🚀Reliable, consistent producer who accumulated 42 tackles, three sacks, and 21 QB hurries in his final season while earning First-Team All-ACC alongside elite prospects like Rueban Bain Jr. and Peter Woods

• 🦬Pass rush is limited and underdeveloped — PFF overall grade of 75.0 in his final year is solid but not special, and he lacks a refined counter-move repertoire when his initial bull rush is stalled
• −Was not invited to the NFL Combine despite two All-ACC seasons, suggesting NFL scouts see a ceiling limitation that production alone doesn't capture
• −Late bloomer with a winding developmental path (JUCO to Penn State rotational piece to Georgia Tech starter) — only two seasons of meaningful FBS starting experience