2025 NFL Draft Profile: Emery Jones Jr., LSU

2025 NFL Draft: Emory Jones Jr. Draft Profile

Emery Jones of LSU brings his broad shoulders, long arms, and three years of starting experience to the 2025 NFL Draft. He can get to his landmarks on his reach blocks with his 34 1/4-inch arms. He can grip his targets with his 10 ¾ ¾-inch hands when he has his hand readiness is not an issue. Jones, however, lacks body control, as he is prone to falling onto the ground too often. His lack of foot speed (5.30 40-yard dash) is also an issue against speedy, skilled rushers, which causes him to race and be rushed to the edge.

Jones was a four-star recruit out of Catholic High School in Baton Rouge. He started from this third game of his freshman season until the present, where he was named Second Team All-SEC in 2023 and 2024. He was a part of an offensive line, along with bookend tackle Will Campbell, as the Joe Moore Award finalist given to the nation’s top offensive line in 2023, helping Jayden Daniels win the Heisman Trophy. Jones wears the number 50 in honor of his father, who he lost to a heart attack in February 2021.

School: LSU

Position: Offensive Tackle

Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Measures

Height: 6’ 5”

Weight: 316 pounds

Arm Length: 34 ¼ inches

Hand Size: 10 ¾ inches.

Pro Day Results

40-yard Dash: 5.30 seconds

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Strengths

• Prototypical right tackle body with broad chest and long arms.
• He protects himself with his hands with a direct punch.
• He is adept at pushing ushers beyond the tackle box.
• Adjusts his hands well when the defender attempts a counterattack.
• He uses his lateral quickness to slide on skilled rushers.

Blocks with a good base and technique in pass protection

Weaknesses

• He lacks ideal body control blocking in the running game.
• Lacks aggression going to the second level in blocking his target.
• He will need to work on his inside-hand usage.
• Technique suffers when he feels that he is getting beat by speedy rushers.
• He needs to improve his play recognition of twists and stunts.

NFL Comparison

Tyler Steen, Philadelphia Eagles

Potential Team Fits:

Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks.

Draft Projection

Round 3-4

Last Word on Emery Jones Jr.

Emery Jones Jr. has the prototypical size and length to be a starting right tackle in the NFL; however, scouts are not sure if he has the foot speed to keep up with the speed rushers at the next level. Body control and hand placement can be coached at the next level, but his lack of natural agility may prevent him from playing full-time right tackle in the NFL. Jones’s best fit would be playing a third tackle in a jumbo package in short-yardage situations. The worst-case scenario is that Jones moves to guard, where he accentuates his strength as a drive blocker and minimizes his weaknesses against speed rushers. In any case, Emery Jones Jr. could develop into a quality starter by year two or three with proper coaching at the next level, as he’s one of the youngest draft prospects at 21 years old.