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2025 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about KAIMON RUCKER:
North Carolina | Hometown: Hartwell, GA | HT: 6012 | WT: 255 | 40 time: N/A | Hand: 1000 | Arm: 3258 | Wing: 7978
Four-year starter. Second-team All-ACC in 2023. Well undersized with below average arm length. Highly experienced player with 58 career college games under his belt. Explosive first step matched with bend makes him an enticing option on stunts. Can put pressure immediately on tackles off the edge with burst and speed. Generates significant pop on contact. Disengages from blocks with strong hands and his aggressive nature. Slips by blockers with sudden level changes and agility. Notable twitch to cross-face and slant into the next gap. Has shown a wide variety of successful pass rush moves to win and has 22 sacks to show for it throughout his career. Strength and form to bring down ball carriers and allowing minimal yards-after-contact. High motor player both in pursuit and when engaged. Tweener with suboptimal measurements for an NFL edge prospect. Wildly inconsistent with pad level; sometimes stands straight up allowing linemen to get underneath him and drive him out of the picture. Also shows inconsistencies with his punch; can sometimes swat his hands down rather than connect with violence. Fringe functional strength as he struggles to generate any push into the backfield. Lacks the lower body strength and anchor to set the edge with success. Struggles to flip his hips towards the quarterback when cornering off the edge. Very limited with his counter rush moves.
2024 Stats: 30 T, 8 TFL, 6 sacks, 1 PBU, 3 QBH, 1 INT. BP-27. Draft projection: 6th-7th round