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NFL.com Draft Profile

Overview

Highly touted prospect who met expectations as a durable three-year starter at right tackle. Mauigoa has a guard’s broad build, but he moves like a tackle in pass sets. He’s highly experienced with an impressive football IQ that pops on tape. He has good contact balance and a strong core. He delivers firm first contact but excessive leaning diminishes not only his leverage and sustain as a run blocker but also his ability to deal with spin counters when protecting. He’s good at trapping rushers at the turn and can smother their momentum. He has the footwork, anchor and punch timing to diversify his pass-set approach. He works with an innate feel for pocket depth and is rarely out-paced to the top by speed. Mauigoa has a high ceiling but the leaning must be eradicated. He’ll be an early starter at right tackle but a move to guard could be on the table in the future.

Strengths

• Three-year starter and 2025 team captain.
• Dense build with broad frame and outstanding lean muscle mass.
• Well-balanced delivering pop on contact into the opponent’s frame.
• Generates torque from hips to clear kick-out blocks from gaps.
• Fits the block and cranks up his foot chop to push the sled.
• Good hip-to-hip positioning working double-teams.
• Unlocks hips and digs in with in-steps to door-jamb bull rush.
• Hands are patient during smooth, measured pass slides.
• Latches in and runs the rush around the pocket.
• Has anchor for vertical sets and range to hit diagonal set points.

Weaknesses

• Average range getting to angles and landmarks in outside zone.
• Too much leaning and not enough bending as a drive blocker.
• Falls off the block when feet lag behind his pads.
• Spin counters are a mounting concern in pass pro.
• Lack of length limits rush redirection when beaten.
• Could struggle staying connected to stacked moves.

Round 1, Pick #30: Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Safety, Toledo

“If the board falls this way, it might be a decision between Keldric Faulk and McNeil-Warren. The Dolphins have seven picks in the top 100, and the draft is deeper at edge than safety, so let’s grab the long, rangy hitter out of Toledo.”

NFL.com Draft Profile

Overview

Long, downhill safety capable of bolstering a team’s run defense and playing enforcer over the middle. McNeil-Warren is most valuable when playing near the line of scrimmage or in robber positioning. He anticipates well in coverage and is quick to close on receivers but will need to be protected by scheme to prevent speed mismatches. He’s urgent in run support and has a feel for slipping blocks/meeting runners early in the carry. He’s a rangy tackler, but needs to quiet his feet when diagnosing and flowing downhill to tackle. McNeil-Warren might be pigeon-holed schematically but he’s good at his job.

Strengths

• Tall, long-limbed and rangy as a down safety.
• Adequate eye balance and anticipation from off coverages.
• Triggers to the action with long, ground-gaining strides.
• Frequently delivers strikes on pass-catchers.
• Size and toughness to bolster run defense from the box.
• Slips blocks and slithers through traffic deep into run lanes.
• Uses his expansive tackle radius to run and capture in space.
• “Peanut punched” his way to nine career forced fumbles.

Weaknesses

• Excessive bouncing and movement during run diagnosis.
• Needs to settle feet sooner to prevent open-field misses.
• Downhill dives open him to loss of containment against the run.
• Won’t be a versatile coverage piece on the back end.
• Inefficient footwork when covering in space.
• Will struggle staying connected to vertical speed.