Will Campbell 2025 NFL Draft Profile

Will Campbell 2025 NFL Draft Profile

This one is going to be something, huh? Up next on the to-do list for the 2025 NFL Draft profile series is LSU offensive lineman Will Campbell. We have lots to get to here so I’m not going to cheese this intro paragraph any further.

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Feel free to read the stock report notes up top if you desire but I can summarize them for you quickly. He got his ass whipped against South Carolina. Kyle Kennard and Dylan Stewart undoubtedly won that matchup. The other games I watched, Campbell played pretty well.

I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again. Most of my scouting with the offensive line starts with the Combine. This position more than any, I just don’t care what the “tape” says. Nothing matters more than how they move in space because the secret to winning at the NFL level starts with the ability to win in chaos.

Campbell failed the smell test at the Combine. He didn’t just fail, he was among the biggest Losers at the event. It’s one thing to be limited in movement skills. It’s another when you’re face planting with no one touching you, while everyone is fearful, the guy just injured himself doing nothing. It was as bad as it gets. He ran fast but that was about all the good there was to report there.

The LSU product checks in at 6-foot-6, 319, but that’s not the story here. His 32 inch arms and 77 inch wingspan is historically bad for the position. Like to the point where you can’t find any historical data of someone with those measurements succeeding at the NFL level. It’s one thing to be an outlier. It’s another to be an outlier who can’t move. It’s red flag city here.

Again, when you watch Campbell, he appears to be a good player. Has some vice grips on him and appears to have smarts on him adjusting protections. Two first team All-SEC selections speak for itself.

Campbell, 21, was a former four star prospect out of the state of Louisiana. Honestly, the best part about him is the fact that I like his grip work. When he gets his hands on you, he usually wins. What I don’t like is that his pad level gets too high, his pure footwork stinks, and his length is so poor that it’s hard not to worry he’s going to get killed against NFL athletes.

People can pretend this is an elite player all they want but the data doesn’t back that up. Not to mention the fact that his measureables and movement skills don’t stack up either. His 0.0443% pressure rate is as average as it gets in this class. Of course, that’s against SEC competition. It’s also a far cry from others in this class.

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I have a late second / third round grade on Will Campbell. Based on the importance of the offensive line, I understand if he sneaks in as a late first rounder based on having the fallback option of playing guard. Otherwise, I’m totally out on this idea that this is a generational tackle prospect. If this is the next Jonathan Ogden, I’ll jump off a bridge. That’s not happening. I don’t hate this player but he screams red flag and there has to be a line that’s not even a consideration in the draft because of it.

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