Parker Brailsford NFL Draft 2025: Scouting Report for Alabama IOL

HEIGHT: 6'2"

WEIGHT: 275

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POSITIVES

— Twitchy, explosive mover with excellent quickness, burst and change of direction

— Uncorks on contact with jolt, tight clench and unrelenting leg drive to strain and stay attached to blocks

— Can hook a shade in zone, line up a three-technique on back blocks and intersect targets on climbs

— Brings an attacking, junkyard dog mentality to the pivot

— Creates space out of his stance in pass protection with his head out of the block and light, active hands to punch and mirror sub-package rushers

— Shows good mental processing skills to avoid getting picked, sort and handle line games, stunts and late-loopers

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NEGATIVES

— Slight frame with middling sand and mass

— Will get stoned and stacked when squared up on angle-drive and bull-rushes that lead him to getting slowly pried open

— Frenetic playing style with some jerky movements that lead him to overshoot his aiming point and forced into scramble mode to recover positional leverage

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NOTES

— Born Oct. 20, 2003

— 3-star recruit from the 2022 class, per 247Sports

— Originally committed and played two seasons at Washington where he started 15 games (13 at center, two at right guard)

— Starting center on the 2023 Joe Moore Award winning Husky offensive line and runner-up in the National Championship

— 4-star prospect in the transfer portal before committing to Alabama before the 2024 season

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OVERALL

Parker Brailsford has split his two seasons as a starting center between Washington and Alabama, including on the 2023 Joe Moore Award winning Husky unit as the National Champion runner-up before transferring to Alabama's run-first (60-40 run-pass split), shotgun, RPO-heavy, multiple-run scheme for the 2024 season. Brailsford has a slender frame with a lean, muscular build and minimal mass. He is an excellent, twitched up athlete with outstanding competitive toughness.

Brailsford wins as a run blocker with excellent quickness and bursts into contact to close space on opponents with a jolt and unrelenting strain to claw and scrap to stay attached through the whistle. He does a nice job maintaining his clench, keeping defenders tight to his frame and chipping away at the defender's balance. He takes good angles to the second level on climbs with very good stop/start quicks to line up his target and can steer backers away from the ball once latched. Brailsford's middling sand and mass will leave him stalemated and slowly pried open when defensive tackles can square him up and establish the first meaningful contact. Still, he makes it difficult to shed clean due to persistent effort.

In pass protection, Brailsford creates space out of his stance with a flat-back posture and good processing skills to sort games and avoid picks. He uses light, effective hands to punch, reset, and keep rushers occupied while staying in front of sub-package rushers and speed moves. If he doesn't win initial leverage, he will get jolted back, pressed, and walked back against power, creating a shaky anchor in one-on-one situations.

Overall, Brailsford's slender frame and lack of sand pigeonhole him at center and will be a limiting factor in the NFL when isolated head-up against defensive tackles, but excellent movement skills, competitive toughness, alertness, and sustain skills are a chore to deal with and offer a valuable skill set that he can use to compete for a starting center job if flanked with bigger, hulking guards to help mitigate size concerns.

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GRADE: 7.3 (High-Level Backup/Potential Starter — 3rd Round)

OVERALL RANK: 70

POSITION RANK: IOL8

PRO COMPARISON: Jake Brendel

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Written by B/R NFL Scout Brandon Thorn

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Prospect workout numbers, measurables (40-yard dash, hand size, etc.) and 2024 statistics will be added at a later date.