Drew Azzopardi OT Washington |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #74 SUB-POSITION: Right Tackle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 5.08 seconds (84%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #74 | |
| SUB-POSITION: Right Tackle | |
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 5.08 seconds (84%*) | |
| Overall Rating: |
80.7 / 100
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| Average rating of opposition Defense player has faced | ||
| Defense Rating: |
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76% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| Pass Blocking: |
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66% |
| Run Blocking: |
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60% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
5th
Overall Rank:
#163
Position rank:
#24 (OL)
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| College Games: 31 College Snaps: 1917 | ||
ESPN RATING: 74/100
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247 RATING: 84/100
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RIVALS RATING: 5.5 (90%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Alan Herron - Maryland |
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95% |
| Rasheed Walker - Penn State |
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95% |
| Austin Deculus - LSU |
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90% |
Draft Profile: Bio
Lightly recruited out of Junipero Serra in San Mateo, California, Azzopardi began his career at San Diego State as a three-star before a breakout that earned a move up to Washington through the transfer portal. He grew into a starting tackle for the Huskies after impressing in his first full year of college football.In 2025 Azzopardi started at tackle, taking 383 pass-blocking snaps and 273 in the run game across eleven games while allowing just one sack and fifteen pressures. At six-foot-seven, the long, powerful blocker rose from an overlooked prospect to a Power Four starter, the kind of late-blooming development arc that gives a tackle with his frame and feet real upside heading forward. The jump from San Diego State to a Power Four starting tackle in one season underscores his development, and the long frame and clean pass protection give a coordinator a dependable bookend with room to grow.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Thirty-one career games with back-to-back seasons of Big Ten starts at right tackle.
- Finished the 2025 opener against Colorado State as the best performer on Washington's offense.
- Moves well for his size, reaching landmarks on time and handling speed off the edge.
- Stacked composed pass-protection outings against Rutgers and Illinois in midseason.
- Cut his sack and pressure totals dramatically from a rough 2024 to a solid 2025.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Faded badly late; Wisconsin and the Boise State bowl loss were his two worst games.
- Zone tracks too often end in stalemates or slipped fits; run blocking is his weaker phase.
- Plays high at contact and loses leverage exchanges against compact power rushers.
- Missed two games injured midseason, and his level after returning never matched September.
- Game-to-game swings define the profile; his best and worst weeks look like different players.
Scouting Report: Summary
September tape and November tape tell two different stories. Early in 2025 Azzopardi looked like a breakout, finishing the opener against Colorado State as the best performer on Washington's offense and stacking composed pass-protection work against Rutgers and Illinois. He had cleaned up the problems from a rough 2024, cut the sack count to one, and paired his easy movement skill with steadier technique.Then the season got long. A midseason injury cost him two games, and the level never fully returned; Wisconsin was his worst outing of the year and the bowl loss to Boise State was close behind. The run game remains the weaker phase, with too many zone tracks ending in stalemates or slipped fits, and he plays tall enough at contact that compact power rushers win the leverage exchange consistently.
What the league will weigh is the volume: thirty-one career games and back-to-back seasons of Big Ten starts at right tackle, with stretches proving he can protect at a winning level. Experienced blockers with functional athleticism tend to stick on rosters even when the tape is uneven, because the gap between their good and bad weeks reads as coaching work rather than a talent ceiling. His best fit is developmental right tackle depth with a starter's ceiling if the consistency ever matches September, and his final college season is the audition for which version is real.
How other scouting services rate Drew Azzopardi (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
170.0
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
24.0
*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.