Joshua Gray NFL Draft 2025: Scouting Report for Oregon State IOL

HEIGHT: 6'5"

WEIGHT: 299

HAND: 9½"

ARM: 31⅜"

WINGSPAN: 78⅝"

40-YARD DASH: 5.04

3-CONE: N/A

SHUTTLE: 4.65

VERTICAL: 31"

BROAD: 8'8"

POSITIVES

— Loose, fluid mover with good athletic ability and very good burst to close ground in a blink.

— Plays with good pad level and strong hands to get under and inside of his target at the point of attack.

— Efficiently times up his overtakes and releases on combination blocks.

— Shows good competitive toughness, effort and strain to look for work when uncovered and drive his feet through contact.

NEGATIVES

— Mediocre arm length, play strength and power create quick stalemates, soft edges and shaky sustain skills.

— Gets to spots very quickly but not always under control, sapping his ability to consistently intersect and stay attached to his target.

NOTES

— Born March 13, 2000

— 3-star recruit from the 2018 class, per 247Sports

— Two-time team captain and three-time second-team All-Pac 12 selection (2020, 2022 & 2023)

— 56 career starts at left tackle (44) and left guard (12)

— Spent seven years at Oregon State and will be a 25-year-old rookie

— Accepted his invite to the 2025 Shrine Bowl

OVERALL

Joshua Gray is a five-year starter with his first four years spent at left tackle before transitioning inside to left guard for 12 starts in 2024 inside Oregon State's 57-43 run-pass split, zone-heavy scheme.

Gray is a quick-twitch mover in the run game with good pad level and strong hands to get to his spots on time, fit and establish initial leverage on angle-drive and combination blocks. He is fluid on the move and can intersect targets, but he lacks the contact balance to consistently stay attached as the rep progresses. Gray has mediocre arm length, play strength and power, which creates quick stalemates, soft edges and shaky sustain skills.

In pass protection, Gray's burst and quickness to spots shows up in his sets and when he reaches his spot first. He does his best work closing the runway of rushers on jump sets, clenching and mirroring from there. However, he struggles to navigate space against widely aligned rushers due to erratic strike timing and location with a middling anchor when challenged down the middle.

Overall, Gray has good athletic ability, gets to spots quickly and brings good competitive toughness to strain once attached. However, his lean, narrow frame and middling play strength sap his ability to stay centered and sustain consistently. His best shot in the NFL may be as a swing interior backup inside a zone-based run scheme. He has an outside shot at seeing meaningful snaps at center, although he has never played that position before.

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

OVERALL RANK: 267

POSITION RANK: IOL29

PRO COMPARISON: C.J. Hanson

Written by B/R NFL Scout Brandon Thorn