Kewan Lacy RB Ole Miss |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #5 ROLE: Work-Horse Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 09/16/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 4.48 seconds (76%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #5 | |
| ROLE: Work-Horse Back | |
| Last Updated: 09/16/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 4.48 seconds (76%*) | |
| Overall Rating: |
86.6 / 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. | ||
| Rushing: |
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90% |
| Break Tackles: |
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74% |
| Receiving/Hands: |
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52% |
| Pass Blocking: |
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52% |
| Run Blocking: |
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58% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
2nd - Mid
Overall Rank:
#41
Position rank:
#3 (RB)
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| College Games: 24 College Snaps: 1033 | ||
ESPN RATING: 79/100
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247 RATING: 89/100
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RIVALS RATING: 5.9 (97%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Dylan Sampson - Tennessee |
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92% |
| Kaytron Allen - Penn State |
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82% |
| Tank Bigsby - Auburn |
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75% |
Draft Profile: Bio
Lacy led the SEC with 24 rushing touchdowns in 2025, one of the most productive seasons by any back in the country. A four-star out of Lancaster in the Dallas area, he signed with Missouri and ran for 104 yards as a freshman before transferring to Ole Miss.The move turned him into a bell-cow. In his first season in Oxford, Lacy led the FBS with 306 carries. He piled up 1,564 rushing yards at 5.1 a clip with those 24 touchdowns across fifteen games, adding 29 catches out of the backfield while forcing 89 missed tackles and gaining more than 1,000 yards after contact. He spurned a late transfer move and signed to return to Ole Miss for 2026, a durable, high-volume runner whose contact balance and finish carried the Rebel ground game. The 1,564-yard, 24-touchdown campaign drew Lane Kiffin's praise and established him as the engine of the Ole Miss offense.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Touchdown machine who reached the end zone two dozen times in 2025, an Ole Miss record.
- Carried the heaviest workload in the country and never missed a game through fifteen.
- Punished Florida for 224 yards and three scores on a 31-carry night.
- Contact balance shows in the yardage he grinds out after first contact across the playoff run.
- Keeps his legs churning in short yardage; converts the goal-line and third-and-short money downs.
- Plus speed when he clears the front, with breakaway runs against South Carolina and Miami.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Receiving is the broken half of his game: unreliable hands and modest route feel in 2025.
- Put the ball on the ground three times in 2025, including against Oklahoma and in the second Georgia meeting.
- Per-carry efficiency ran ordinary for long stretches; Arkansas and Tulane bottled him under three yards a pop.
- Light frame shows in blitz pickup, where he catches more than he strikes.
Scouting Report: Summary
Lacy is a durable, high-volume hammer with a scoring nose, leg drive and the burst and contact balance to make defenders miss without losing momentum, and the short-yardage conversion work is as bankable as anything in this backfield class. However, the profile thins out away from the carry: the receiving game is a stub of swings and checkdowns, the ball came loose too often for the volume, the route tree barely exists, and at around 200 pounds the blitz pickup is more catch than strike.Overall, Lacy is a productive, punishing runner who finishes drives, but he needs to improve his third-down skills to raise his NFL value beyond an early-down role. He projects as a starting early-down lead back, with the ceiling of a three-down starter if the hands and protection come and the floor of a short-yardage and goal-line specialist.
How other scouting services rate Kewan Lacy (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
28.3
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
2.0
*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.