Anthonie Knapp OT Notre Dame |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #54 SUB-POSITION: Left Tackle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 5.30 seconds (42%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #54 | |
| SUB-POSITION: Left Tackle | |
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 5.30 seconds (42%*) | |
| Overall Rating: |
83.5 / 100
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| Average rating of opposition Defense player has faced | ||
| Defense Rating: |
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74% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| Pass Blocking: |
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62% |
| Run Blocking: |
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72% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
4th
Overall Rank:
#113
Position rank:
#18 (OL)
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| College Games: 27 College Snaps: 1531 | ||
ESPN RATING: 78/100
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247 RATING: 88/100
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RIVALS RATING: 5.7 (93%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Isaiah Adams - Illinois |
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83% |
| Nick Broeker - Ole Miss |
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80% |
| Spencer Burford - UTSA |
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80% |
Draft Profile: Bio
Anthonie Knapp played tight end and outside linebacker at Roswell High School in Roswell, Georgia before his coaching staff moved him to offensive tackle as a sophomore. The transition paid off. Knapp earned three consecutive first-team all-region selections and was named to the Army All-American Bowl, drawing offers from Penn State, Georgia Tech, and Louisville before committing to Notre Dame as a three-star recruit in the 2024 class.When projected starter Charles Jagusah tore his pectoral muscle in fall camp, Knapp stepped in at left tackle for the opener at Texas A&M. He became only the third true freshman offensive lineman to start a Week 1 game in Notre Dame history. He started all 15 games before an ankle injury in the Orange Bowl against Penn State, earning Freshman All-America honors from ESPN, The Athletic, College Football Network, and 247 Sports.
As a sophomore in 2025, Knapp started 12 games and took a clear step forward. He cut his pressures allowed by roughly two-thirds, gave up just one sack all year, and anchored an Irish rushing attack that hit 329 yards against Syracuse and 306 against USC.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Two-year starting left tackle for a playoff-caliber program before his junior season.
- Freshman All-American pedigree earned protecting a championship-game run.
- Eleven pressures allowed across the final eleven games once the opener faded.
- Grades better as a run blocker than a protector, unusual for his build.
- Navy and the November stretch showed his cleanest two-way football.
- Processing speed and snap-to-snap consistency read older than his class year.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Badly undersized at 296 with short arms for the tackle spot he plays.
- Miami opener was a protection meltdown that lasted a half.
- Modest foot speed by the stopwatch narrows the margin his technique must cover.
- Frame math suggests guard or center, where he has never taken a snap.
Scouting Report: Summary
Notre Dame keeps starting him at left tackle and the results keep arguing for it: a Freshman All-American season protecting a championship-game run, then a sophomore year in which he allowed eleven pressures over the final eleven games while his run blocking, unusually for a lighter tackle, graded ahead of his protection. The November stretch against Navy and beyond was his cleanest two-way football, a second-year player visibly learning in public.The frame is the whole argument against. At 296 pounds with short arms and below-average timed athleticism, he is the smallest tackle in this group playing the position's hardest spot, and the Miami opener, a half-long protection meltdown, showed what happens when NFL-grade length attacks the margin his technique must cover. Every scout's projection slides him inside, to guard or center, where he has never taken a college snap.
That conversion question is the evaluation. Two more seasons of eligibility give Notre Dame time to either prove him a true tackle or start the move themselves, and his processing, balance and run-game feel would translate inside immediately. He projects as a mid-round interior conversion with starter upside, and as the rare undersized tackle whose game tape, season after season, keeps stubbornly refusing to confirm what the measurements insist about him.
How other scouting services rate Anthonie Knapp (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
67.3
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
12.0
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in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance.
For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.