Jayden Limar RB Oregon |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #27 ROLE: DUAL-ROLE Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 4.46 seconds (81%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age: 21.11 DOB: 09/09/2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #27 | |
| ROLE: DUAL-ROLE Back | |
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 4.46 seconds (81%*) | |
| Age: 21.11 DOB: 09/09/2004 | |
| Overall Rating: |
69.5 / 100
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| Average rating of opposition Defense player has faced | ||
| Defense Rating: |
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81% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| Rushing: |
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70% |
| Break Tackles: |
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69% |
| Receiving/Hands: |
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59% |
| Pass Blocking: |
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65% |
| Run Blocking: |
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50% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
UDFA
Overall Rank:
#582
Position rank:
#26 (RB)
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| College Games: 24 College Snaps: 276 | ||
ESPN RATING: 80/100
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247 RATING: 90/100
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RIVALS RATING: 5.9 (97%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Jermar Jefferson - Oregon State |
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90% |
| Byron Cardwell Jr. - San Diego State |
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80% |
| Jam Griffin - Oregon State |
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80% |
Draft Profile: Bio
At Lake Stevens High School in Washington, Limar ran for 1,549 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior while leading his team to the 4A state title game, committed to Notre Dame, then flipped to Oregon as a four-star prospect rated among the nation's top dozen running backs by 247Sports.Limar played eight games as a true freshman in 2023 and worked as a reserve again in 2024. In 2025 he posted career highs with 262 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 46 carries plus 11 receptions for 75 yards, highlighted by an 87-yard, one-touchdown day on six carries against Oklahoma State. An injury sidelined him for the second half of the regular season before he returned in the College Football Playoff, catching a 27-yard pass against Texas Tech.
In three seasons in Eugene, Limar totaled 442 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 95 carries with 20 receptions for 207 yards. He entered the portal afterward and transferred to Washington for 2026 with one year of eligibility left.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- A clean, decisive one-cut style built on plus wheels.
- Efficient when called: 262 yards on 46 carries in the rotation.
- Blitz pickup tape respectable for a part-time role.
- Washington transfer hands him the featured chance Oregon never did.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Forty-six carries in a full season; the file is a rotation footnote.
- Ground tape sits modest even within the small sample.
- Three seasons without cracking a depth chart's top two.
- Receiving production stayed light: eleven catches for 75 yards.
- Every projection extrapolates from garbage-time and spell duty.
Scouting Report: Summary
Oregon's backfield never had room, and the glimpses stayed glimpses: 262 efficient yards on 46 carries, plus timed speed driving a clean one-cut style, and blitz pickup that ranked respectably for a player whose role rarely demanded it. Limar spent three seasons as a rotation footnote behind NFL-bound depth charts, which is how a former four-star reaches a fifth college market with under 150 career carries.The honest accounting is that everything projectable extrapolates from spell duty and late leads. The ground tape sits modest even inside the small sample, the receiving production stayed light, and three seasons without cracking a top two is a pattern scouts weigh against the excuse of circumstance. Nothing in the file is bad; nothing in it is proven either.
The Washington transfer finally hands him the featured opportunity, in the same city where his high school legend was built, and cross-town familiarity should speed the ramp. A 200-carry season sustained at anything close to this per-touch efficiency would put a late-round grade on a completely fresh file; anything less than that confirms the rotation ceiling for good. He projects as a camp free agent carrying an audition year that could still change the label entirely, in the city where his name already means something.
How other scouting services rate Jayden Limar (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
307.0
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
21.0
*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.