Omarr Norman-Lott NFL Draft 2025 Scouting Report for Kansas City Chiefs DL

The Kansas City Chiefs selected Tennessee DL Omarr Norman-Lott with the No. 63 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft.

Omarr Norman-Lott spent three years at Arizona State before transferring to Tennessee for the final two years of his career and will be an older draft prospect, turning 23 years old this spring. Despite that, he still has limited on-field experience as injuries and being a rotational player throughout his career have limited his time on the field.

Omarr Norman-Lott Highlights

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Norman-Lott has potential due to his combination of size and athleticism. He can be a productive pass rusher with his movement skills, showing the quickness and twitch to develop a good pass rush arsenal if he improves his use of hands. Also, he's been an effective rusher from several different alignments, from a 1- to a 4i-technique.

However, Norman-Lott has been in two programs and was in college for five years, so it's a little concerning that his technique isn't up to par yet. Additionally, he lacks lower body strength to anchor and stay in his gap against the run. That said, he's shown the ability to win at the point of attack when he lands his hands first and keeps his pads down.

The former Volunteer is a project despite his age and time spent in college. That could cap his ceiling with some teams as he might be viewed as an interior pass-rush specialist at the next level.

Meanwhile, other clubs could see his potential and view his lack of on-field experience as the reason his technique isn't up to snuff, making Norman-Lott a polarizing prospect in this draft class whose draft projection could vary from team to team.

MEASUREMENT AND WORKOUT RESULTS

HEIGHT: 6'2"

WEIGHT: 295

HAND: 11⅛"

ARM: 33⅝"

WINGSPAN: 80½”

40-YARD DASH: 5.15

VERTICAL: 31.5"

BROAD: 9'5"

POSITIVES

– Solid size and is a good athlete with some quickness/twitch.

– Impressive get-off, accelerates off the line of scrimmage well to occasionally get penetration.

– Sets up his pass-rush moves well by getting to square to give himself a two-way go and can use his quickness to win around the edges with stick moves.

– Has the athleticism to develop a good pass-rush arsenal if his use of hands improves.

– Good agility to be effective as the looper in line games and has decent bend at the top of the rush.

– Good pass-rush motor to get coverage sacks.

– Impressive upper body strength to win at the point of attack as a run defender.

NEGATIVES

– Sub-par lower body strength to anchor and hold his gap against the run. Also reduces the effectiveness of his bull rush.

– Turns his shoulders when taking on blocks, making it easier for offensive linemen to wheel him out of his gap.

– Appears to have shorter arms.

– Use of hands as a pass-rusher is subpar; he often misses with his hands/initial chops and allows offensive linemen to get into his body.

– Needs to rush with a better plan, lacks counter moves.

– Older prospect who has never been a full-time starter and has primarily been used as a rotational player/pass-rusher over the last two years at Tennessee.

NOTES

– Born Mar. 11, 2002

– A 4-star recruit in the 2020 class, per 247Sports

– Injuries: 2025 (Knee, discovered at NFL Combine and could be chronic according to A to Z Sports' Ryan Roberts), 2023 (Undisclosed, missed 3 games), 2022 (Undisclosed, missed 3 games)

– Suspended for the first half of one game in 2023 for an in-game fight

– Transferred from ASU ahead of the 2023 season

GRADE: 7.0 (High-Level Backup/Potential Starter – 3rd Round)

OVERALL RANK: 110

POSITION RANK: DL11

PRO COMPARISON: Maliek Collins

Written by B/R NFL Scout Matt Holder