NFL Draft
3/31/25
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Garrett Dellinger 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For LSU Tigers OG
Height: 6042 (verified)
Weight: 325lbs (verified)
Year: Senior
Pro Comparison: Landon Young
Scouting Overview
LSU Tigers offensive guard Garrett Dellinger projects as a depth player at the NFL level. He boasts an NFL build with uncoachable stature and, by extension, physicality.
However, his consistency with balance and control at the point of attack should create a pause in his collecting significant playing time unless he becomes a more refined player. Dellinger offers sufficient athleticism to run combination blocks off the point and enough density to anchor against power rushes, giving him some diversity that could appeal to each team uniquely as a late-round option.
2025 NFL Combine Results
TBD
Positives
- Illustrates good application of his wide frame to provide sturdy contact and initial movement
- Is athletic enough to execute zone landmarks and dense enough to execute solo blocks at the point
- Is a three-year starter with good experience and play exposure
Negatives
- Balance issues are notable in both pass protection and in the run game
- Lack of length stresses his base and posture as he tries to establish contact or sustain his hand fit
- Lacks lateral mobility to flash late and protect his edges
Background
Dellinger is from Clarkson, MI, and played high school football for Clarkson HS. There, he was a standout recruit as an offensive tackle; Dellinger was rated as a 4-star recruit (247 Sports) who was named an Under Armour All-American. Dellinger left high school with experience playing as a right guard, right tackle, and left tackle. He committed to LSU as a member of the school’s 2021 recruiting class.
Dellinger played in 12 games with four starts as a true freshman in 2021, including starts at left tackle and left guard. Dellinger then collected starts at center and left guard in 2022 — he played in nine games with six starts; he missed time with an MCL sprain and a broken hand that season.
A full season of play awaited Dellinger in 2023. He started 13 games, all at left guard. His final season of play in 2024 saw him start seven games, all at left guard, before missing the remainder of the season, recovering from a tight rope procedure for an ankle injury.
Dellinger accepted an invitation to the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl to culminate his college career after collecting 30 total starts with the Tigers.
Tale Of The Tape
Dellinger is a well-tenured interior offensive lineman who boasts a likable blend of physical tools to try to develop further. He’s got a broad frame to pose wider edges to defensive linemen and pairs it with enough mobility and strength to offer upside in a number of schemes.
As a run blocker, Dellinger offers a good ability to churn out dirty gains at the point of attack on his solo block opportunities. You can appreciate the scrappiness of his play in these instances and he can be rewarded with big movement if he catches a defender right.
However, his margin for error on successful blocks is more narrow than others. He plays with an erratic base at times, which negatively impacts his balance and can leave him prone to leaning too frequently.
Dellinger’s mirror skills and ability to adjust laterally to fight pressure and stay attached to blocks are limiting factors that hinder his staying on the block, too. He’s better in close quarters, where defenders have less lateral room to work and try to fall back off his chest.
In zone schemes, he shows some pleasant burst out of the blocks and, as a result, can challenge wider angles and connect to string out the point of attack. As he opens his strides, his balance and control wane, however. If he’s met with sudden upfield penetration or fall-back opportunities, his base and redirection can be challenged. Dellinger can be vulnerable to falling off the block or, potentially, dropping to the ground.
In pass protection, Dellinger offers heavy hands and a heavy midline. Thanks to his frame, he offers some stiffness against shaded rushers as well. At the end of the day, he needs to be contained as frequently as possible to protect him from getting isolated with space to protect.
Despite some spot starts at tackle, the foot speed and lateral agility aren’t well equipped to handle larger areas of grass. Pass rushers who can drive the lane against him and manipulate his base and balance will be able to catch him leaning and blow past him to run through gaps.
Further complicating Dellinger’s blend of strengths and weaknesses is his significant injury history, which has cost him half of two of the last three seasons. That level of variance in his availability could be a non-starter for some teams and cost him ground in the interior offensive line class for others.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Dellinger would be best served in an inside zone scheme where he can connect to blocks and try to frame for sustained fits without steep angles. He has sufficient mobility, but the more ambitious the landmarks are, the more his modest length and lateral agility issues arise and challenge his ability to execute.
He should be considered a depth option, but will teams ultimately feel comfortable enough with any position flexibility at the pro level? That could be the determining factor in him grabbing a roster spot.
Grade: 69.50/100.00, Sixth Round Value
Big Board Rank: 218
Position Rank: OG16
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