NFL Scouting Combine Secrets: Which WRs, OTs, CBs—and Surprise RBs—Could Redefine the Draft?

Monroe Freeling, OT, Georgia

Freeling was on the fence of even declaring for this year’s draft, but after the combine wraps up, he might be feeling pretty giddy that he did decide to throw his hat into the ring. Freeling’s film in the second-half of the year has had him shooting up draft boards, including my own. He’s a great athlete, at 6-foot-7, with a large frame that hints at his basketball-playing background. It’s a frame that he still has room to continue to grow into, too. Freeling’s strength and ability to anchor against stronger pass rushers greatly improved as the 2025 season wore on, all while he was still able to nimbly move to the second level or as a puller in space. His balance is truly a strong point of his game. In a wide open offensive tackle class that has plenty of interesting names (including another one in a moment), Freeling has been labeled a project by some, but his film is much stronger than that. He has a chance to vault himself to the top of some boards with a strong display of athletic testing and during team interviews. I’m already leaning that way as it is.