Monroe Freeling OT Georgia |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #57 SUB-POSITION: Left Tackle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 03/23/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 4.93 seconds (96%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age: 22.0 DOB: 07/25/2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #57 | |
| SUB-POSITION: Left Tackle | |
| Last Updated: 03/23/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2026 | |
| Forty time: 4.93 seconds (96%*) | |
| Age: 22.0 DOB: 07/25/2004 | |
| Overall Rating: | 87.0 / 100 | |
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| Average rating of opposition Defense player has faced | ||
| Defense Rating: |
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80% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| Pass Blocking: |
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88% |
| Run Blocking: |
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68% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
1st - Mid
Overall Rank:
#23
Position rank:
#5 (OL)
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| College Games: 37 College Snaps: 1667 | ||
ESPN RATING: 86/100
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247 RATING: 97/100
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RIVALS RATING: 6.0 (98%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Abraham Lucas - Washington State |
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94% |
| Troy Fautanu - Washington |
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80% |
| Roger Rosengarten - Washington |
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78% |
Drafted: ROUND: 1 - Pick Number: 19 (CAR)
Draft Profile: Bio
The top-ranked prospect in South Carolina's 2023 class, Monroe Freeling came out of Oceanside Collegiate Academy in Mount Pleasant, just outside Charleston. A consensus four-star recruit with five-star grades from On3 and PrepStar, he was rated as high as No. 32 nationally and No. 5 among offensive tackles. His senior season anchored an offense that piled up nearly 3,000 rushing yards as the Landsharks went 12-2 and reached the SCHSL Class 2A title game. He also played 56 career basketball games at Oceanside and was selected for the All-American Bowl before enrolling early at Georgia.Freeling appeared in eight games as a true freshman in 2023 on a Georgia line that led the SEC in fewest sacks allowed. His role grew in 2024 with 14 appearances and five starts down the stretch after Earnest Greene went down. The 2025 season was his breakout: 14 appearances, 13 starts, and Second Team All-SEC honors. He earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week twice and played through a high ankle sprain suffered against Kentucky that cost him zero starts.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Rare athlete for the position; combine numbers confirmed what the tape already showed in his movement ability.
- Pass protection was strong in 2025, allowing minimal pressure across 747 snaps against SEC edge talent.
- Basketball background shows up in his balance, spatial awareness, and ability to redirect through contact.
- Quick first step off the snap gives him an advantage reaching landmarks on zone concepts and getting to linebackers.
- Active hands with quick punch resets; recovers well when his initial strike misses rather than conceding the rep.
- Finishes with intent when he locks onto a defender and gets his feet moving downhill.
- Showed tangible week-to-week growth throughout 2025 while managing an ankle injury and full-time starter duties.
- Length at 6-7 with 34-inch arms gives him a wide strike zone that edge rushers have to work around.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Run blocking lags behind his pass protection, especially in gap schemes where leverage matters most.
- Gets tall through his hips too often and loses power at the point of attack against stout defenders.
- Needs to add 10 to 15 pounds of functional weight to anchor consistently against NFL power rushers.
- Tendency to lunge and bend at the waist costs him his length advantage and creates missed assignments.
- Limited starting experience leaves real questions about handling a full NFL workload from the jump.
Scouting Report: Summary
The scheme conversation around Freeling starts and ends with zone blocking. His movement skills are the selling point, and the right offense will treat them as a feature. He can reach, pull, and get to the second level in ways that separate him from the other tackles in this class. In a wide-zone system that asks him to ride speed rushers past the pocket and use his length to wall off the edge, he can contribute early. His pass protection, already his more polished skill, gives a coaching staff something to build around while the run-game technique catches up.Gap-heavy schemes are a different story. Asking Freeling to anchor and drive at the point of attack right now will expose the areas where he still needs work, particularly his tendency to play tall and lose leverage against power. He is not a plug-and-play starter in that kind of system, and any team that drafts him expecting that is going to be disappointed. The weight needs to come, the run-blocking technique needs refinement, and the limited starting reps mean he is still learning how to handle the full range of NFL pass rush counters.
What keeps Freeling in the first-round conversation despite those concerns is the combination of ceiling and athletic foundation. The movement ability is genuinely rare for a player his size, and the improvement arc across 2025 suggests he responds to coaching. A team that can give him a developmental window behind a veteran, add the right weight, and pair him with an offensive line coach who will drill the details has a chance to develop a long-term left tackle. The tools are there. The question is patience.
Monroe Freeling percentiles vs other Offensive Tackles (NFL Combine historically - higher value represents better perfomance)
How other scouting services rate Monroe Freeling (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
28.3
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
5.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank
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.