NFL Draft
3/28/25
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Isaac TeSlaa 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Arkansas Razorbacks WR
Height: 6035 (verified)
Weight: 214lbs (verified)
Year: Redshirt Senior
Pro Comparison: TBD
Scouting Overview
Arkansas Razorbacks wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa is a developmental talent with unreal raw ability. He plays the game with a physicality and edge that will help him find positive impacts on the game even when he’s without the football.
TeSlaa’s explosiveness athletically sets the stage for him to be a breakout player in the pros once he’s able to be developed more clearly than the role he filled at Arkansas the last two seasons afforded him. TeSlaa has great hands, toughness, and good open-field speed. However, the nuances of route running will be a work in progress. He’s likely worth the wait.
2025 NFL Combine Results
| Position | Name | School | 40-Yard Dash | 10-Yard Split | Broad Jump | Vertical Jump | 3-Cone Drill | 20-Yard Shuttle | Bench Press |
| WR | Isaac TeSlaa | Arkansas | 4.43 | 1.51 | 129 | 39.5 | 6.85 | 4.05 | 17 |
Positives
- Provides a significant catch radius and body control to adjust to errant throws and make a play on the ball
- Is a tremendous run-game contributor with urgency and physicality as a blocker from the slot
- Height/weight/speed combination creates headaches for smaller defensive backs in space
Negatives
- The ability to defeat man coverage against physical defensive backs is going to require significant development
- Route running, as a whole, is underdeveloped after three seasons at Hillsdale and two at Arkansas
- The timeline for development may not be for everyone
Background
TeSlaa is from Hudsonville, MI, and played high school football for Unity Christian HS. There, he was a two-sport star who played both football and basketball, helping to lead his school to state titles on both the hardwood and the gridiron. TeSlaa was also a track and field athlete who set a school record while winning the District 2 regional title with a 22’ 3.75” long jump. TeSlaa went unranked as a high school recruit and enrolled at Hillsdale College, where his father, Mark, played in the mid-1990s.
TeSlaa played three seasons at Hillsdale, including during a spring season in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. TeSlaa earned starting opportunities as early as his true freshman season. He earned Great Midwest American Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2022 with 68 receptions for 1,325 yards and 13 touchdowns.
TeSlaa entered the transfer portal after the 2022 season as a 3-star transfer (247 Sports) and landed with Arkansas. He started for two seasons with the Razorbacks and accepted an invitation to the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl to culminate his college career.
Tale Of The Tape
The growth potential in Isaac TeSlaa’s game is massive. He served as a big slot at Arkansas for the past two seasons and was a big-play, low-volume weapon for the Razorbacks this past season while averaging nearly 20 yards per catch. He lives in the middle of the field and likely would be wise to be kept there as he makes his transition to the NFL.
TeSlaa needs to grow as a route runner and with the nuance of angles and geometry of how the game is played in space. The exits at the top of the break, the way in which he stacks defenders when running his routes, and how he attacks the football in contested areas are all little things that should come to him better as he collects more of a Rolodex of targets. If all that clicks into place? Holy smokes, look out.
The blend of height, weight, and speed is pretty electric. TeSlaa is every bit of the 6-foot-3 plus he’s measured at, and with dynamic open-field speed, he’s a dangerous threat if given too much green grass to operate with when running crossers and seams or if given quick game targets that allow him to get north with the football and use his vision to run to daylight. He has big-time power through his frame and bully potential with the football.
TeSlaa’s catch radius is excellent. He’s been charged with no drops through two seasons and has made a number of high-difficulty catches away from his frame. There’s very good body control and strong hands to extend away from his body, and, more often than not, contact doesn’t bother him either. TeSlaa converted five of seven contested catch opportunities this season and 54 percent of them through two years at Arkansas.
There’s a large amount of growth and development required before he should be given perimeter alignments or X-receiver treatment. His ability to play through press and stack at the line of scrimmage has potential because of his mass and explosiveness, but defeating press with hands into his frame is not an area he’s been developed in.
TeSlaa has taken 68 percent of wide receiver snaps on passing downs from the slot during his career at Arkansas, and he’s much more accustomed to free releases and open space through the contact window.
He should be afforded the same luxury early in the NFL and not just for the passing game benefit and staying on schedule with his routes.
This is a player you want to be involved in the run fit. TeSlaa is one of the best run-blocking receivers in the class, and he puts safeties, corners, and linebackers on notice. Creative 11 personnel offensives will be tickled at his split flow, crack toss, insert, and fold block assignments at the point of attack from reduced splits.
This is the kind of skill set Sean McVay, Kyle Shanahan, or Mike McDaniel could turn into a star with his run game assets and building quick targets against conflict defenders off of it.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
TeSlaa projects as a big-slot receiver at the NFL level. There, his run-blocking prowess and stature over the middle of the field can serve as centerpieces for his role and allow him to serve as a potential hybrid to blur the lines between 11p and 12p. Play-action-heavy offenses will lighten the load of his route-running limitations to collect targets early on.
Grade: 73.50/100.00, Fourth Round Value
Big Board Rank: 115
Position Rank: WR14
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