Kingsley Eguakun NFL Draft 2024: Scouting Report for Florida IOL

HEIGHT: 6'3½"

WEIGHT: 304

HAND: 10⅛"

ARM: 32½"

WINGSPAN: 80¼"

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40-YARD DASH: N/A

3-CONE: 7.57

SHUTTLE: 4.51

VERTICAL: 32"

BROAD: 9'1"

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POSITIVES

— Violent, heavy hands with snap and jolt on contact.

— Pops out of his stance to create space off the line and get to his spot first.

— Relentless, aggressive mentality as a finisher sets the tone for the unit.

— Plays thick and heavy into double-teams with the power to reset the line.

— Has the balance and grip strength to seal off lanes on drive and base blocks.

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NEGATIVES

— Heavily reliant on the two-hand strike leads to a feast-or-famine result in pass protection.

— Middling arm length can delay his ability to press and get defenders off his edges.

— Will get caught off-guard, out-leveraged and stoned on the move due to high pad level.

— Throws himself into blocks and can whiff for glaring losses.

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2023 STATISTICS

— Four starts at center

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NOTES

— Born March 23, 2001

— 3-star recruit from the 2019 class, per 247Sports

— 30 career starts at center

— Was the lone returning starter on the offensive line in 2023

— Missed eight games in 2023 due to an ankle injury

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OVERALL

Kingsley Eguakun is a three-year starter with 30 career starts at center in Florida's balanced (52-48 run-pass split), multiple run scheme centered around inside zone, duo and counter concepts. Eguakun has a stout, thick and sawed-off build with solid athletic ability and adequate play strength.

Eguakun is a scrappy, charged-up blocker with good initial burst out of his stance and heavy, stubborn hands to deliver jolt on contact. He flashes the body control and balance to sustain, but his lack of length and raw power led him to overcompensate with an ultra-aggressive approach that leads to whiffs and glaring losses.

In pass protection, Eguakun is a heavy two-hand striker who looks to end the fight quickly and can do so with authority in spurts. But adept, skilled rushers can set him up and access his edges with ease.

Overall, Eguakun brings a brawler's mentality at the pivot with the initial burst and pop to end the fight quickly and generate some splash finishes. But his lack of size and feast-or-famine approach will make it difficult for him to carve out more than a backup role, especially without positional versatility.

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GRADE: 5.7 (Backup/Draftable — 6th-7th Round)

OVERALL RANK: 210

POSITION RANK: IOL30

PRO COMPARISON: Cody Wallace

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Written by B/R NFL Scout Brandon Thorn

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