Mark Nabou Jr. C Texas A&M |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #54 SUB-POSITION: Guard/Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 5.25 seconds (50%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age: 22.11 DOB: 08/20/2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #54 | |
| SUB-POSITION: Guard/Center | |
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 5.25 seconds (50%*) | |
| Age: 22.11 DOB: 08/20/2003 | |
| Overall Rating: |
77.9 / 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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77% |
| Run Blocking: |
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61% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
7th
Overall Rank:
#234
Position rank:
#33 (OL)
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| College Games: 28 College Snaps: 1495 | ||
ESPN RATING: 79/100
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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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| Nick Gargiulo - South Carolina |
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86% |
| Alex Forsyth - Oregon |
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83% |
| Trey Hill - Georgia |
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82% |
Draft Profile: Bio
A Seattle product out of O'Dea and a Polynesian Bowl selection, Nabou was a one-time Washington commit who flipped to Texas A&M, a move his family embraced after a life in the Pacific Northwest. He grew into the Aggies' starting center, learning the position on the fly as a young blocker.In 2025 Nabou started at center, taking more than 420 pass-blocking snaps and 334 in the run game across thirteen games while allowing twelve pressures and drawing four penalties. He re-signed with Texas A&M after the season, a powerful, athletic pivot man with starting experience in the SEC and the frame to keep developing into a long-term anchor up front. The Polynesian Bowl pedigree and the SEC starting reps give a staff a developing pivot man, and the decision to re-sign with Texas A&M signals the program's faith in his trajectory at the position.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Three-position interior season: meaningful snaps at center and both guard spots.
- Kept the sack and hit columns empty across 422 protection snaps.
- Heaviest-tier frame in the group with a comeback year banked after the 2024 knee.
- Polynesian award watch-list recognition on a playoff-adjacent A&M front.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Ranked near the bottom of these interiors as a run blocker.
- The Missouri tape was a full-spectrum failure at the point.
- Twelve hurries describe a pocket that bends even when it does not break.
- A torn MCL in 2024 is recent medical history on a max-weight frame.
- Ordinary movement numbers narrow the scheme fit to gap-and-power rooms.
Scouting Report: Summary
Availability and flexibility carried the season: a year removed from a torn MCL, Nabou played all thirteen games for Texas A&M with meaningful snaps at center and both guard spots, allowing no sacks and no hits across 422 protection snaps at the heaviest-tier weight in this group. The Polynesian watch-list nod and the staff's reported push to keep him for 2026 say the program values what the raw grades undersell.The grades themselves are stubborn. His run blocking sits near the bottom of these interiors, Missouri beat him comprehensively in the season's worst tape, and twelve hurries describe a pocket that bends even when the sack column stays clean. Average movement numbers narrow the projection to gap-and-power schemes, and a 330-pound frame with a recent knee reconstruction is its own actuarial line item.
The league drafts functional mass with a clean sack sheet late every single year, and three-position interior flexibility is precisely the multiplier that gets such players dressed on game days. A healthy 2026 with improved drive blocking, the skill his weight most implies and least delivers, would push him into the late rounds; the current projection is a priority free agent whose versatility, anchor and program endorsement get him a long camp, a patient evaluation and an honest chance.
How other scouting services rate Mark Nabou Jr. (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
217.0
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
29.0
*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.